# Control Point Generated PLS

Table Name | Field Name | Begin Column | Definition | Valid Values | Description
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pls40ne2.pat |  |  |  |  | ARC/INFO Polygon Attribute Table (PAT)
| COUN | 25 | 2, 2, I |  | Two digit County Code
|  |  |  | 1-87 | Presented as part of the Hybrid County Boundaries layer description
| TOWN | 27 | 3, 3, I |  | Three digit township number, townships extend east to west.
|  |  |  | 26-71, 101-168 |
| RDIR | 30 | 1, 1, I |  | Range direction, ranges extend north to south.
|  |  |  | 0 | West
|  |  |  | 1 | East (Cook County only)
|  |  |  | 2 | Township 58 1/2 (St. Louis Co.) and Range 42 1/2 (Roseau Co.)
| RANG | 31 | 2, 2, I |  | Two digit range number
|  |  |  | 1-51 | Numbers 3 to 27 are used for both the 4th and 5th principle meridians, (a Public Land Survey System baseline) while numbers 1 to 7 exist both east and west of the 4th principle meridian.
| SECT | 33 | 2, 2, I |  | PLS section number
|  |  |  | 1-36 |
| FORT | 35 | 2, 2, I |  | A combination of a code for the quarter section and a code for the quarter of the quarter section. The FORT_DESC field contains the corresponding text for the numeric values in the FORT field, as seen in the description column below.
|  |  |  | 0 | Meandered water body (used in combination with GLOT = 99 to identify meandered water bodies)
|  |  |  | 11 | NENE
|  |  |  | 12 | NWNE
|  |  |  | 13 | SWNE
|  |  |  | 14 | SENE
|  |  |  | 21 | NENW
|  |  |  | 22 | NWNW
|  |  |  | 23 | SWNW
|  |  |  | 24 | SENW
|  |  |  | 31 | NESW
|  |  |  | 32 | NWSW
|  |  |  | 33 | SWSW
|  |  |  | 34 | SESW
|  |  |  | 41 | NESE
|  |  |  | 42 | NWSE
|  |  |  | 43 | SWSE
|  |  |  | 44 | SESE
|  |  |  | 15 | First government lot E. of NENE
|  |  |  | 16 | First government lot E. of SENE
|  |  |  | 45 | First government lot E. of NESE
|  |  |  | 46 | First government lot E. of SESE
|  |  |  | 1 | First government lot S. of SESE
|  |  |  | 2 | First government lot S. of SWSE
|  |  |  | 5 | First government lot S. of SESW
|  |  |  | 6 | First government lot S. of SWSW
|  |  |  | 71 | First government lot W. of NWNW
|  |  |  | 74 | First government lot W. of SWNW
|  |  |  | 81 | First government lot W. of NWSW
|  |  |  | 84 | First government lot W. of SWSW
|  |  |  | 72 | Second government lot W. of NWNW
|  |  |  | 73 | Second government lot W. of SWNW
|  |  |  | 82 | Second government lot W. of NWSW
|  |  |  | 83 | Second government lot W. of SWSW
|  |  |  | 75 | Third government lot W. of NWNW
|  |  |  | 78 | Third government lot W. of SWNW
|  |  |  | 85 | Third government lot W. of NWSW
|  |  |  | 88 | Third government lot W. of SWSW
|  |  |  | 54 | First government lot N. of NENE
|  |  |  | 53 | First government lot N. of NWNE
|  |  |  | 64 | First government lot N. of NENW
|  |  |  | 63 | First government lot N. of NWNW
|  |  |  | 51 | Second government lot N. of NENE
|  |  |  | 52 | Second government lot N. of NWNE
|  |  |  | 61 | Second government lot N. of NENW
|  |  |  | 62 | Second government lot N. of NWNW
|  |  |  | 58 | Third government lot N. of NENE
|  |  |  | 57 | Third government lot N. of NWNE
|  |  |  | 68 | Third government lot N. of NENW
|  |  |  | 67 | Third government lot N. of NWNW
|  |  |  | 94 | First government lot NW of NWNW
| GLOT | 37 | 2, 2, I |  | Two-digit government lot ID (unique only within a section)
|  |  |  | 1-98 | Government lot ID
|  |  |  | 99 | Meandered water body (used in combination with FORT = 0 to identify meandered water bodies)
| PARC | 39 | 2, 2, I |  | Two-digit parcel code used to uniquely identify multiple parcels within forties and government lots. (not currently used)
| FORT_DESC | 41 | 40, 40, C | See above, under FORT description | This field contains the corresponding text for the numeric values in the FORT field. This IS NOT necessarily the legal description for the parcel, especially in the case of government lots, where the FORT and FORT_DESC are for locational reference only. See the 'Description' column of the FORT field.
| GEOPARC | 25 | 16, 16, I |  | REDEFINEd, beginning at column 25. A composite identifier uniquely identifying each ownership parcel. (not currently used)
| GEOGLOT | 25 | 14, 14, I |  | REDEFINEd, beginning at column 25. A composite identifier that uniquely defines a portion of land to the government lot level.
| GEOFORT | 25 | 12, 12, I |  | REDEFINEd, beginning at column 25. A composite identifier that uniquely defines a portion of land to the forty acre level (1/4-1/4 section)..
| GEOSECT | 25 | 10, 10, I |  | REDEFINEd, beginning at column 25. A composite identifier that uniquely defines a portion of land to the section level.
| GEORANG | 25 | 8, 8, I |  | REDEFINEd, beginning at column 25. A composite identifier that uniquely defines a portion of land to the township-range.
| RANG.DIR | 30 | 3, 3, I |  | REDEFINEd, beginning at column 30. A combination of range number and range direction.
pls40ne2.aat |  |  |  |  | ARC/INFO Arc Attribute Table (AAT). The layout of this table is largely dictated by the ARC/INFO COGO software package, which requires a standard suite of fields on which to perform operations.
| ANGLE | 33 | 10, 10, C |  | The direction of the line in degrees from true north. This field is not consistently populated, since in some instances it has been necessary to restructure the data during processing in such a manner that this information is eliminated. The field itself is retained since it is mandatory for use within the ARC/INFO COGO package.
| DISTANCE | 43 | 8, 8, C |  | The length of a line in map units. This field is not consistently populated, since in some instances it has been necessary to restructure the data during processing in such a manner that this information is eliminated. The field itself is retained since it is mandatory for use within the ARC/INFO COGO package.
| FLAG | 51 | 1, 1, C |  | A flagging field used in edgematching township to township and county to county.
| PLSLINE | 52 | 3, 3, I |  | The type of boundary that the line feature represents. The PLSLINETYP field contains the corresponding text for the numeric values in the PLSLINE field, as seen in the description column below.
|  |  |  | 01 | State line that is also a township or range line (all PLS state lines are county and forty/government lot lines)
|  |  |  | 02 | State line that is not a township line but is a section line
|  |  |  | 03 | State line that is a PLS line but is neither a township line nor a section line (e.g. east side of state along Pine and Carlton County border)
|  |  |  | 11 | County line that is also a township or range line (all county lines are forty/government lot lines)
|  |  |  | 12 | County line that is not a township or range line but is a section line
|  |  |  | 13 | County line that is a PLS line, but is neither a township line nor a section line (e.g., south side of Marshall County)
|  |  |  | 14 | County statutory boundary that is not a PLS line (e.g., center lines of rivers)
|  |  |  | 21 | Township or range line (all township and range lines are also section lines and forty/government lot lines)
|  |  |  | 22 | Pseudo township or range line (line extending across meandered water body to complete the polygons). Both points defining the line are show on the GLO plat as having been surveyed.
|  |  |  | 23 | Type 2 pseudo township line. Same as above except that at least one point defining the line was not surveyed (no distance to it is shown on the GLO plat).
|  |  |  | 31 | Section line (all section lines are also forty/government lot lines)
|  |  |  | 32 | Pseudo section line (line extending across meandered water body to complete the polygons). Both points defining the line are show on the GLO plat as having been surveyed.
|  |  |  | 33 | Type 2 pseudo section line. Same as above except that at least one point defining the line was not surveyed (no distance to it is shown on the GLO plat).
|  |  |  | 41 | Quarter section line
|  |  |  | 42 | Sixteenth section line
|  |  |  | 43 | Meander line (Note: Meander lines are rough approximations of water body outlines at the time of the public land survey. They are not current water boundaries, but they may be coincident.)
|  |  |  | 44 | Pseudo government lot lines (e.g., lines extending from meander line to current water boundary)
|  |  |  | 45 | Reservation line dividing forties and forming government lot boundaries. (e.g., Red Lake Reservation)
|  |  |  | 46 | Miscellaneous government lot line. (e.g., previous meander line (originally a meander line, but now a government lot boundary due to a resurvey) or other government lot lines that do not fit any of the above categories.)
| PLSLINETYP | 55 | 50, 50, C | See above, under PLSLINE description | This field contains the corresponding text for the numeric values in the PLSLINE field. See the 'Description' column of the PLSLINE field.