[or-roots] RE: BLM Site

[Debra Arnison-Sutton]

Hi Judy,

If you know the legal land description (township, range, section), you 
could try the Graphical Locater at
http://www.esg.montana.edu/gl/index.html

Follow the link in the first paragraph that says
"township-range-section (TRS) conversion"

On the page that comes up, you need to select the meridian (which in 
Oregon would be the Willamette Meridian, listed there as "Oregon, 
Willamette Meridian").  Then you enter your township, range, and 
section.

This should give you a page with all sorts of map-locating info.

You can also use this information in the View Maps section of the 
Topozone site at
http://www.topozone.com

The ORMAP project for property tax has detailed Oregon township/range 
maps at:
http://www.gis.state.or.us/data/ormap/statemap.htm

If you are working with other areas of the US, you might be interested 
in the web site showing "Principal Meridians and Base Lines Governing 
the United States Public Land Surveys" at
http://www.ca.blm.gov/pa/cadastral/meridian.html

Enjoy!
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Debra
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On Thursday, November 06, 2003 10:53 AM, Judy 
[SMTP:judithsel at worldnet.att.net] wrote:
J> Barb said: " it gives you enough information to locate the 
property."
J>
J> How do you translate the land discription into the property?  I need 
a
J> quick
J> seminar on map-reading.
J>
J> Thanks,
J> Judy