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having trouble reading Public Land Survey System descriptions


Rh_4m

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ive been reading this PDF as to understand how PLSS descriptions work, and its *mostly* been making sense to me: PLSSTutorial-1.pdf

however, i have one small issue

in the guide, it mentions basing the "range" and "township" positions off of a "starting point"

but, it doesn't specify why the starting point is where it's at, and it also doesn't explain where/how to identify a state's starting point

is the "starting point" a fixed position on a state? or does it vary, say, based off the description given in a PLSS coordinate, like the one I've attached? (covered the county name for the sake of confidentiality)

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big thanks to anyone who can help out! :D

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See map of “starting points” where local principal meridians and baselines are established. Some areas have no starting points.

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Land_Survey_System

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This PDF should help you as it has diagrams explaining what each part means

Reading_Legals.pdf?rev=2daaa5b8891042f09

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