Montana State Library 19960324 map Helena, Montana Montana State Library The former name of the data set on the NRIS web site was "ab123" https://ftpgeoinfo.msl.mt.gov/Data/Spatial/NonMSDI/Shapefiles/Township1996.zip Montana's townships, including townships "protracted" through unsurveyed areas by the BLM or Forest Service. These features were digitized by the Bureau of Land Management from 1:100,000 scale maps. The Montana State Library combined the individual quadrangles into a single layer, edgematched the features, and populated the attribute fields. 1975 1993 Publication Date Complete -115.610260 -103.611107 49.0347443 44.2378540 ISO 19115 Topic Category planningCadastre Township Range PLSS Montana None Not for use at scales greater than 1:100000. Not for accurate determination of section corner or property line locations. The Montana State Library provides this product/service for informational purposes only. The Library did not produce it for, nor is it suitable for legal, engineering, or surveying purposes. Consumers of this information should review or consult the primary data and information sources to ascertain the viability of the information for their purposes. The Library provides these data in good faith but does not represent or warrant its accuracy, adequacy, or completeness. In no event shall the Library be liable for any incorrect results or analysis; any direct, indirect, special, or consequential damages to any party; or any lost profits arising out of or in connection with the use or the inability to use the data or the services provided. The Library makes these data and services available as a convenience to the public, and for no other purpose. The Library reserves the right to change or revise published data and/or services at any time. Montana State Library mailing address

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Helena Montana 59620-1800 406-444-5354 Montana Relay 711 406-444-0266 geoinfo@mt.gov https://ftpgeoinfo.msl.mt.gov/Documents/Maps/Thumbnails/20090825_506_thumb.jpg Thumbnail image of Montana Townships map https://ftpgeoinfo.msl.mt.gov/Documents/Maps/Individual/20090825_506_2009_PubSurveyTownships.pdf Montana Townships map Approximate horizontal accuracy is 51 meters, assuming source data meets National Map Accuracy Standards. National Mapping Division U.S. Geological Survey 1975 Reston, VA U.S. Geological Survey 100000 mylar 1975 1993 Publication Date All of the coordinates were collected from these maps. U.S. Bureau of Land Management Montana Office Unpublished material 100000 Arc/Info E00 files on 8mm tape 19960321 Publication Date blmd The data is an edited copy of this source. Digitize the lines from the USGS mylar maps and code the arcs and polygons. This was performed by the BLM office in Billings using ADS software on their PRIME minicomputer. 199406 Correct the projection definition of all BLM data and convert any single-precision coverages to double precision. Project coverages from UTM zone 12 coordinates to Albers. 19960321 Parse the LABEL item in the BLM PCODE file into separate Town, Range, and Section items in the PAT. Correct any errors in the PCODE file that make the parsing AML crash. 19960321 Add polygon attributes to BLM coverages that had no polygon attributes or no PCODE files. blmd 19960321 View township, range, and section attributes of every coverage and correct errors. 19960321 Edit the data to remove more errors and edgematch adjacent quadrangles. Performed by Cedron Jones and Duane Lund at the State Library. 19970225 Re-code the arc attributes to distinguish between section lines, township lines, the Base Line and Principal Meridian, and the state outline. Drop the arc attribute from BLM, which were mostly missing. 19970521 Join the tiles into one coverage and dissolve the polygons to remove the internal section lines of each township. 19970521 Fix the town_range designation of half-townships. 20030327 Vector G-polygon 4210 State Plane Coordinate System 1983 2500 45 49 -109.5 44.25 600000.00000 0.00000 meters North American Datum of 1983 Geodetic Reference System 80 6378137 298.257 Township1996.dbf Polygon Attribute Table FID Shapefile sequence number Shape Feature geometry Area area of the polygon in square meters Perimeter perimeter of the polygon in meters Township_ Sequence number from original coverage version of the data Township_I ID number from original coverage version of the data TOWN Township Number 0 37 N_S Township North or South Designation N Township North of the Base Line S Township South of the Base Line RANGE Range Number 0 63 E_W Range East or West Designation W Range West of the Principal Meridian E Range East of the Principal Meridian TOWN_RANGE Combined township, n-s, range, and e-w values that uniquely identify a township Montana State Library mailing address

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Helena MT 59620-1800 406-444-5354 406-444-5354 Montana Relay 711 406-444-0266 geoinfo@mt.gov geoinfo@mt.gov Downloadable Data The Montana State Library provides this product/service for informational purposes only. The Library did not produce it for, nor is it suitable for legal, engineering, or surveying purposes. Consumers of this information should review or consult the primary data and information sources to ascertain the viability of the information for their purposes. The Library provides these data in good faith but does not represent or warrant its accuracy, adequacy, or completeness. In no event shall the Library be liable for any incorrect results or analysis; any direct, indirect, special, or consequential damages to any party; or any lost profits arising out of or in connection with the use or the inability to use the data or the services provided. The Library makes these data and services available as a convenience to the public, and for no other purpose. The Library reserves the right to change or revise published data and/or services at any time. ESRI Shapefile https://ftpgeoinfo.msl.mt.gov/Data/Spatial/NonMSDI/Shapefiles/Township1996.zip 20140108 20130417 20040929 20030327 19980116 19971218 Montana State Library mailing address

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