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    Public Land Survey System (PLSS): Sections

    Metadata Updated: January 23, 2026

    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

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date January 23, 2026
    Metadata Updated Date January 23, 2026

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from State of California

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date January 23, 2026
    Metadata Updated Date January 23, 2026
    Publisher California Department of Conservation
    Maintainer
    Identifier 5248518e-1c15-42c4-a1e1-0e7cb9706911
    Data First Published 2019-05-21T23:21:36.000Z
    Data Last Modified 2019-05-14T23:14:04.469Z
    Category Natural Resources
    Public Access Level public
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id f221f373-b8a9-4d61-90c7-81b5197ea61e
    Harvest Source Id 3ba8a0c1-5dc2-4897-940f-81922d3cf8bc
    Harvest Source Title State of California
    License http://www.opendefinition.org/licenses/cc-by
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 6d41e57d058b2310b1207048bb7bca7a77db8c728cac7d761dff0a4480a911ae
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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