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PLSS Sections Dane County, Wisconsin 2014

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PLSS Sections Dane County, Wisconsin 2014
Description
This polygon data layer represents PLSS Sections for Dane County, Wisconsin in 2014. The dataset was originally published by the Dane County Land Information Office in 2014.[The Public Land Survey System (PLSS) or the Rectangular Survey System is used for over half of the United States. Each grid cell represents approximately 36 square miles. In creating the PLSS the government divided the land into Townships, each of which was to be 36 miles square (6 miles tall and 6 miles wide). The location of a Township is described by its position in relation to starting lines called Base Lines and Principal Meridians. A Township is identified by a Township number based on how far North or South it is from the Base Line, and a Range number based on how far East or West it is from the Principal Meridian. So a Township 3 position North of the Base Line and 4 positions West of the Principal Meridian is referred to as "T3N R4E". These townships would contain 36 Sections, each a mile square. These townships were to be oriented true to North/South, but because lines of true north eventually converge at teh North pole, it was impossible to keep the townships oriented and a square 36 miles. Because of this, Townships are rarely truly square. One the north and West side of Townships there are often tracts of land with unusual sizes. These are referred to as fractional forties and eighties.]
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Dane County Land Information Office
Publisher
Dane County Land Information Office
Temporal Coverage
2014
Rights
Please see the UWM Libraries statement on Copyright and Digital Collections .[Refer to the License Agreement for Dane County Digital Geographic Data Sets. http://www.co.dane.wi.us/lio/gis/licenseaggreement.pdf], Although this data is being distributed by the American Geographical Society Library at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries, no warranty expressed or implied is made by the University as to the accuracy of the data and related materials. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the University in the use of this data, or related materials. [The burden for determining 'fitness for use' rests entirely upon the requester/Licensee. Dane County and its co-producers will not be liable in any way for accuracy of the data or for uses other than intended. Dane County assumes no responsibility whatsoever for direct, indirect, special, consequential, exemplary or other damages. Licensee agrees to indemnify, hold harmless and defend Dane County, its employees, agents, representatives and co-producers from any claims, damages, liabilities and expenses arising from Licensee's use of licensed data sets or products derived there from.], None [Data is copyright and licensed for use.]
Access Rights
Public
Format
Shapefile
Language
English
Date Added
May 29, 2024
Provenance Statement
The metadata for this resource was harvested from GitHub at https://github.com/OpenGeoMetadata/edu.uwm on 2026-04-08.

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    Dane County Land Information Office (n.d.). PLSS Sections Dane County, Wisconsin 2014. Dane County Land Information Office. https://geodiscovery.uwm.edu/catalog/ark:-77981-gmgsx921h9m (dataset)
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