Free US Township and Range Data download

A little know secret is that Free Township Range data for each State can be had via the delorme Xmap site. Simply jump to http://www.delorme.com/xmap/ and scroll down to the supplementary data section. NGS Benchmarks are also available for purchase for a very small fee.

The PLSS layer includes the following attributes for each section polygon:

• TWP – Township number
• TWP_DIR – Township direction, usually N (north) or S (south) of the survey baseline
• RNG – Range number
• RNG_DIR – Range direction, usually E (east) or W (west) of the principal meridian
• SEC – Section number

Free US Township and Range Data download

BLM Township and Range data

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) cadastral survey program is responsible for the official boundary surveys for all federal agencies in the U.S. that together manage over 700 million acres. The Public Land Survey System also called the Rectangular Survey System is the foundation for many survey-based land information systems Download PLSS GIS shapefiles. To select and download data, select the Map Viewer and Download button. See http://www.geocommunicator.gov/GeoComm/lsis_home/home/index.html

BLM Township and Range data