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Public Land Survey Quarter Sections - 3 county area
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Summary
General purpose cross-county boundary PLSS grid, for reference and cartographic applications.
This grid has not been checked for consistency with cadastral base of either county.
Description
Public land survey system (PLSS) for combined King, Snohomish and Pierce County areas, at quarter section level where available.
See also PLSS_SEC and PLSS_TWN for section grid and township grid, respectively, dissolved from PLSS_QTR.
Layer information
| Layer Name | plss_qtr_area |
| Subject Category | Survey |
| Title | Public Land Survey Quarter Sections - 3 county area |
| Feature Count | 17993 |
| Feature Type | Polygon |
| Next Update | As needed |
| Spatial reference | EPSG:2926 |
| Control ID | 114 |
| Place Keywords | Snohomish County, WA, Pacific NW, King County, WA, Washington State |
| Theme Keywords | Plss, Reference Grids, Survey |
| Supplemental Information |
None |
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Attribute information
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OBJECTID
From ESRI |
Description
Internal feature number. DomainSequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. |
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KEYID
From King County |
Description
County FIPS code Domain7 - Chelan 33 - King 37 - Kittitas 41 - Lewis 53 - Pierce 61 - Snohomish 67 - Thurston |
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TOWNSHIP
From King County |
Description
Township identifier DomainPLSS township number as text, assumes North meridian, e.g., 32 |
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RNG
From King County |
Description
Range identifier DomainPLSS range number as text with leading zero, assumes East meridian, e.g., 04 |
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TWNINT
From King County |
Description
Township identifier DomainPLSS township number as integer, assumes North meridian, e.g., 19 |
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RNGINT
From King County |
Description
Range Identifier DomainPLSS range number as integer, assumes East meridian, e.g., 4 |
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TWNRNG
From King County |
Description
Cocantenated township and range identifier DomainPLSS township number appended to range number expressed as integer, e.g., 1907 |
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TWNLAB
From King County |
Description
PLSS township for labeling Domain"T." followed by township identifier and meridian identifier (i.e., N or S), e.g., T.19N |
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RNGLAB
From King County |
Description
PLSS range for labeling Domain"R." followed by range identifier and meridian identifier (i.e., E or W), e.g., R.07E |
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MAP_LABEL
From King County |
Description
Full township/range label DomainFull map label, i.e., T.19N R.06E |
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TWNHLF
From King County |
Description
Indicator whether township is full or half township Domain0 - Full township 5 - Half township |
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RNGHLF
From King County |
Description
Indicator whether range is full range or half range Domain0 - Full range |
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SECINT
From King County |
Description
PLSS section identifier DomainSection identifer as integer, single or double digit, e.g., 3 |
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TWNRNGSEC
From King County |
Description
Cocantenated township, range, section DomainTownship, range and section identifiers as single integer, e.g., 190601 is township 19, range 06 and section 01, assumes N township and E range |
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TWNHRNGH
From King County |
Description
Cocantenated township, township half, range, range half DomainTownship, township half, range and range half identifiers as single integer, e.g., 245110 is township 24, half 5, range 11, half 0, assumes N township and E range |
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THRHS
From King County |
Description
Cocantenated township, township half, range, range half, section identifier DomainTownship, township half, range and range half, section identifiers as single integer, e.g., 24513036 is township 24, half 5, range 13, half 0, section 36, assumes N township and E range |
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QUARTYPE
From King County |
Description
Quarter section type or quadrant DomainEH - East half NE - Northeast NW - Northwest SE - Southeast SH - South half SW - Southwest WL |
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TRSQ
From King County |
Description
PLSS township, range, section, quarter DomainTownship, range, section with appended quarter section type as text, e.g., 190601WL |
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THRHSQ
From King County |
Description
Cocantenated PLSS township, half township, range, half range, section, quarter section identifier DomainTownship, half township, range, half range, section with appended quarter section type as text, e.g., 19007002NE |
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SEC
No Source Noted |
Description
Not Found DomainNot Found |
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SHAPE
From ESRI |
Description
Feature geometry. DomainCoordinates defining the features. |
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Shape.STArea()
From SQL Server |
Description
Returns the area of a geometry instance in square units, based on the spatial reference identifier (SRID) of the geometry. DomainDouble |
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Shape.STLength()
From SQL Server |
Description
Returns the total length of the elements in a geometry instance. DomainDouble |
Contact information
| Maintained by | KCGIS Center |
| Primary |
KCGIS Center
giscenter@kingcounty.gov |
Terms of Use
| License | Terms of use and copyright |
Use this Data
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Links
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| Sharing Status | Public |
Summary
General purpose cross-county boundary PLSS grid, for reference and cartographic applications.
This grid has not been checked for consistency with cadastral base of either county.
Description
Public land survey system (PLSS) for combined King, Snohomish and Pierce County areas, at quarter section level where available.
See also PLSS_SEC and PLSS_TWN for section grid and township grid, respectively, dissolved from PLSS_QTR.
Contact information
| Maintained by | KCGIS Center |
| Primary |
KCGIS Center
giscenter@kingcounty.gov |
Terms of use and copyright
| License | Terms of use and copyright |
Change history
| 1/1/2004 |
King County layer REFGRID and Snohomish County layer QTRSECTION were merged. Some adjustments to the border between the counties were required. Although these were generally minor spatial adjustments, they do not necessarily conform to underlying cadastral bases. Adjustments were generally made by moving Snohomish County features relative to King County features. |
| 1/1/2004 |
An attribute scheme was designed to accept attributes from each county's data table. Attributes were recalculated and reformatted as necessary but not changes to the attribute values were made. |
| Update 3 |
PLSS_QTR was updated using the PLSS_AREA from Assessments. Some corrections were done to the PLSS_AREA prior to update. They include attributing 1 polygon that had no attributes, and correcting a wrong section number for proper dissolving into Section and Township layers. The Python script: update_plss.py exports the metadata, adds missing fields to PLSS_AREA, calculates the fields, fixes errors in the PLSS_AREA, updates PLSS_QTR_AREA, dissolves the quarter sections into sections and townships, then imports the metadata back to quarter, section and township layers. |