20060616 09413500 FALSE 20060710 16183200 20090505 13331300 {460FC0BF-2A27-44FF-84C0-4A1E34793627} Complete As needed This is Category I data. Category I data are public domain and available to share with Caltrans partners. This is Category I data. Category I data are public domain and available to share with Caltrans partners. mailing and physical address

1120 N St., MS 38

Sacramento CA 95814 USA Caltrans TSI/GIS Data Branch (916) 654-5037 (916) 654-6583 none PLSSPublic Land Survey Systemtownshiprangesection CA none California Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.0 (Build 2195) Service Pack 4; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.1.0.722enPLS is a polygon feature class depicting the township, range, and sections contained in the Public Land Survey System grid for the State of California. Townships are roughly six miles square, and are numbered north and south from an established baseline. Likewise, ranges are numbered east and west from an established meridian. California uses three baseline/meridians, these being Humboldt, Mt. Diablo, and San Bernardino, abbreviated HB&M, MDB&M, and SBB&M. The PLS feature class can be of help in defining position and scale on small-scale plots. It is of course irreplaceable if the user is locating other features by means of township/range/section identifiers. There is also a centroid (point) feature class available that is not in the library. This represents each section as a point and carries all the township/range/section info as well as X and Y coordinates.The purpose of the PLS polygon feature class is to depict the township, range, and sectioncs contained in the Public Land Survey System.Many places in the state are not gridded into sections. Most of these cases involve Spanish and Mexican land grant areas that were honored by the government of the United States when California became a state, and were subsequently excluded from the section survey process. Names of land grants may be found under the item LANDGRANT. Other areas were not sectioned because of difficulties in surveying wetlands and mountainous terrain. These areas are identified in the item COMMENTS as 'wetlands' or 'not sectioned'.U.S. Geological Survey19931101plsvector digital datahttp://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/tsip/gis/datalibrary/gisdatalibrary.htmlpublication date19931101-122.373544-121.46875837.90575237.454378-122.373544-121.46875837.45437837.905752ShapefileU.S. Geological Survey Caltrans TSI/GIS Data Branch Metadata Coordinator mailing and physical address Sacramento CA 95814

1120 N St., MS 38

USA (916) 654-5037 (916) 654-6583 enFGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial MetadataFGDC-STD-001-1998local time20090505http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.htmlESRI Metadata Profile Caltrans TSI/GIS Data Branch mailing and physical address

1120 N St., MS 38

Sacramento CA 95814 USA (916) 654-5037 (916) 654-6583 This is Category I data. Category I data are public domain and available to share with Caltrans partners. Downloadable Data0.1910.191 Scanned and digitzed from USGS digital sources and mylar maps.USGS2006061314073800Arc/Info 5.0.1UnknownUSGSPLSU.S. Geological Survey (USGS)19931101vector digital dataUnknown100000magnetic tapeUSGSU.S.G.S.digital data19931101publication dateU.S. Geological SurveyUnknownmap100000transparencyUSGSMAPMylar maps at 1:100000The feature accuracy is good and attribute accuracy is very good. It also has all pertinent section information.The feature class is as complete as the USGS 100K quad sheets. The PLS feature class does not include 'projected' sections into land grant, wetland, or unsectioned areas. PLS is complete as of 19931101.Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.0 (Build 2195) Service Pack 4; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.1.0.722pls-122.373544-121.46875837.90575237.4543781-122.373544-121.46875837.90575237.4543781ISO 19115 Geographic Information - MetadataDIS_ESRI1.0dataset002file://\\svhqs02\newgis\data\shapes\geo83\counties\ala\pls.shpLocal Area Network0.191ShapefileVectorSimplePolygonFALSE517FALSEFALSEG-polygon517GCS_North_American_1983Decimal degrees0.0000000.000000North American Datum of 1983Geodetic Reference System 806378137.000000298.257222GCS_North_American_1983517plsFeature Class517PLS polygons represent Public Land Survey System grid sections for California.USGSFIDFIDOID400Internal feature number.ESRISequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.ShapeShapeGeometry000Feature geometry.ESRICoordinates defining the features.AREAAREANumber153Area of featureCaltrans TSI/GIS Data BranchPERIMETERPERIMETERNumber153Perimeter of featureCaltrans TSI/GIS Data BranchPLSA_PLSA_Number10IdentifierCaltrans TSI/GIS Data BranchPLSA_IDPLSA_IDNumber10IdentifierCaltrans TSI/GIS Data BranchSECTIONSECTIONNumber2PLSS section number (less than 36)136USGSMERIDIANMERIDIANString10PLSS meridianUSGSHB&MHumboldt meridianCaltrans TSI/GIS Data BranchMDB&MMount Diablo meridianCaltrans TSI/GIS Data BranchSBB&MSan Bernardino meridianCaltrans TSI/GIS Data BranchTOWNSHIPTOWNSHIPString5PLSS township: number and ordinal direction USGSLast character must be N (North) or S (South)RANGERANGEString5PLSS range: number and ordinal direction (E or W)USGSLast character must be E (East) or W (West)SOURCESOURCEString15Unused at this timeUSGSCOMMENTCOMMENTString25Description of the polygon if not a surveyed section or land grant. USGSLANDGRANTLANDGRANTString60Name of the land grant, if any.USGS20090505