AZ desert wildflowers
BLM
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
AZ petroglyph AZ Ironwood Forest National Monument AZ Vermilion Cliffs National Monument AZ Wild Burros AZ Desert sunset
Arizona
BLM >Arizona>Programs>Cadastral Survey>Manual of Surveying Instructions
Print Page
Manual of Surveying Instructions - 1973

(files are Acrobat pdf)
(right click a link to save without opening)

Download the complete Manual (29M)
Table of ContentsPages I thru IV
Chapter 1 "The General Plan"Pages 1 thru 12 (1M)
Chapter 2 "Methods of Survey"Pages 13 thru 58 (5M)
Chapter 3 "The System of Rectangle Surveys"Pages 59 thru 104 (4M)
Chapter 4 "Monumentation"Pages 105 thru 128 (2M)
Chapter 5 "Restoration of Lost or Obliterated Corners"Pages 106 thru 144 (2M)
Chapter 6 "Resurveys"Pages 145 thru 156 (1M)
Chapter 7 "Special Surveys and Instructions"Pages 157 thru 182 (3M)
Chapter 8 "Field Notes"Pages 183 thru 190
Chapter 9 "Plats"Pages 191 thru 218 (2M)
Chapter 10 "Mineral Surveys"Pages 219 thru 226
Appendix I. "Adjustments of the Solar Unit"Pages 226 thru 238 (1M)
Appendix II. "Sample Field Notes"Pages 239 thru 324 (6M)
IndexPages 325 thru 333
Inserts (Pocket, back cover)
(Please note that .tif files will not open in your browser, right-click the link to save the image)
       No. 1 Township Plat (tif format, 4M)
       No. 1 Township Plat (pdf)

       No. 2 Mineral-Patent Survey and Mill Site (tif format, 2.4M)
       No. 2 Mineral-Patent Survey and Mill Site (pdf)

Cadastral Survey Links

About Survey Plats & Field Notes

Tools & Reference Materials

Contacts

Inquiries, Protests & Appeals 

Download Arizona Survey Plats and GCDB Data

National GCDB Program

National Cadastral Web

GeoCommunicator

General Land Office Records 

   
Last updated: 02-22-2008