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Public Land Survey System (PLSS): Sections

In support of new permitting workflows associated with anticipated WellSTAR needs, the CalGEM GIS unit extended the existing BLM PLSS Township & Range grid to cover offshore areas with the 3-mile limit of California jurisdiction. The PLSS grid as currently used by CalGEM is a composite of a BLM download (the majority of the data), additions by the DPR, and polygons created by CalGEM to fill in missing areas (the Ranchos, and Offshore areas within the 3-mile limit of California jurisdiction).CalGEM is the Geologic Energy Management Division of the California Department of Conservation, formerly the Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources (as of January 1, 2020).Update Frequency: As Needed

Data files

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CSV

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CSV
03/13/25

Shapefile

DownloadZIP
03/13/25

GeoJSON

DownloadGEOJSON
03/13/25

KML

DownloadKML
03/13/25

Supporting files

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ArcGIS Hub Dataset

HTML
03/13/25

ArcGIS GeoService

ARCGIS GEOSERVICES REST API
02/20/25

API endpoint

Dataset Name

Use the query web API to retrieve data with a set of basic parameters. Copy the API endpoint you need to start.

Usage documentation