The TractBuilder Quartering Tool. Tools: Quartering Overview The TractBuilder Quartering Tool enables you to create GIS features based on Public Land Survey System (PLSS) aliquots. Instead of using an imaginary land grid that does not match real world conditions, the TractBuilder Quartering Tool builds the resulting. PLSS description for the Land Survey Information System.
The Public Land Survey System (PLSS) Background The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is part of the United States Department of the Interior.
Its responsibilities encompass 262 millions acres of public lands and administration and management of approximately 300 million acres of mineral rights. BLM also maintains the legal status for 331 million acres of reservation created from public lands, such as the national parks, national wildlife refuges, and national forests. The Public Land Survey System (PLSS) DOI: BLM: National Home Page.