Landgrid Data Files
The Kansas County Databases of the U.S. Public Land Survey System (PLSS) provide,
for each of the 105 counties in Kansas, high quality digital representations of
basic Kansas land divisions first established by the PLSS, primarily between the
years of 1854 and 1877. They are derived from data contained in PLSS databases of
the USGS 24K Digital Line Graph (DLG) series and data from the Kansas Cartographic
Database (KCD) developed by the Kansas Geological Survey. All of the data is derived
from USGS 7.5 minute quadrangles. The USGS maps conform to national map standards
with a claimed accuracy of 40 feet. Only minimal edge matching was performed
between DLG databases. Features represented in the county databases include the
basic point, line and area features established in the original Public Land
Surveys of Kansas. Data includes township lines and section corners in Kansas
listed by latitude/longitude in decimal degrees.
Geographic data--Public Land Survey System locations (Landgrid) is available to
the public on a provisional basis. The data is distributed free of charge. The
PLSS files are available on the DASC web site
(http://gisdasc.kgs.ku.edu/) in Arc/Info
Interchange (.e00) format. DASC can also convert the PLSS files to a shape (.shp)
file format, for a fee, for Geographix users that have the "Discovery" extension/package.
Please be aware that this data set is not updated, and that it may contain differences
from the DASC PLSS files which contain recent updates and corrections. If you have
further questions, please call Dan Suchy at the KGS Data Resources Library, (785) 864-2160.
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Disclaimer--
The Kansas Geological
Survey does not guarantee these data to be free from errors or
inaccuracies and disclaims any responsibility or liability for
interpretations based on data processing using these data or decisions
based thereon.
Kansas Geological Survey
Updated Sept. 1999.
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webadmin@kgs.ku.edu
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