Abbreviations	Descriptions	Abbreviations	Descriptions
1/2	Half	D	Director
A-(number)	Arizona Serial Number	D/C	Ditches and/or Canal
A	Acre, Acre(S)	Ded	Dedication
Acq	Acquired	Def	Deficiency
Act of Cong.	Act of Congress	Dept	Department
ADHE	Adjusted homestead entry	Dept of Agri	Department of Agriculture
Adm S	Administrative Site	Dept of Int	Department of the Interior
AEC	Atomic Energy Commission	Des	Designated or Designation
AF	Air Force	Det	Determination
Agri	Agriculture, Agricultural	Dist	District
Agri Exp Sta	Agriculture Experiment Station	Div	Division
AHE	Additional homestead entry	DLE	Desert Land Entry
All Min	All Minerals	Doc	Document
Allot	Allotment	DM	District Manager
Admt	Amendment, Amended, Amends
ANS	Air Navigation Site	E	East
Apln	Application	Eff	Effective
Apln Ext	Application for Extension	EHE	Enlarged homestead entry
App	Appendix	Elim	Elimination
Approp	Appropriation, Appropriate, Appropriated	Eng	Engineering
Appvd	Approved	Enlgmt	Enlargement
AR-(number)	Arizona Serial Number	EO	Executive Order
Ariz	Arizona	ES	Exchange Survey
Arpt	Airport	Esmt	Easement
Asgn	Assignment	Excl	Excluding, excluded
Asph	Asphalt	Exp	Expire(d)
ASHE	Additional stockraising homestead entry	Ext	Extended, extension, extend
Auth	Authorization
Av Lse	Aviation Lease	FAA	Federal Aviation Admin.
		F&WS	Fish & Wildlife Service
		FC	Final Certificate
Bdy; Bdrs	Boundary, Boundaries	Fed	Federal
BIA	Bureau of Indian Affairs	FFMC	Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation
Blk	Block	FHA	Farmers Home Admin.
BLM	Bureau of Land Management	Fis	Fissionable materials
BLM O	Bureau of Land Management Order	FLS	Forest lieu selection
BM	Bench Mark	FLUP	Free Land Use Permit
Br	Branch	Fm U or FMU	Farm unit
BR	Bureau of Reclamation	FPA	Federal Power Act
BSF&W	Bureau of Sports, Fisheries & Wildlife	FPC	Federal Power Commission
		FPC 0	Federal Power Commission Order
		FR	Federal Register
C of E	Corps of Engineers	Frac	Fractional
CA	Communitization Agreement	FS	Forest Service
CACA (number)	California Serial Number	FS ST	Forest Service Small Tract
Cad	Cadastral	FUP	Free Use Permit
Calif	California	FX	Forest exchange
Canc	Cancellation, Cancelled	FX ST	Forest Exchange Small Tract
Cpg	Campground
CDI	Control Document Inde	Gd	Gold
CE	Cash Entry	Geo	Geothermal
Cert	Certificate	Geol Str	Geologic Structure
CFR	Code of Federal Regulations	GLO/O	General Land Office Order
Ch, Chs	Chain, Chains	Geo Plat	Geothermal Resource Plat
CHE	Commuted homestead entry	GSR Mer	Gila & Salt river Meridian
Circ	Circular
Cl	Classification	Hdq S	Headquarters Site
Co	Company	HDS	Homestead delaratory statement
Colo	Colorado	HE	Homestead Entry
Comm P	Community Pit	HES	Homestead entry survey
Comm S	Communication Site	HI	Historical Index
Condemn	Condemnation	Hum Mer	Humboldt Meridian
Corp	Corporation	Hwy	Highway
C/T	Color of Title	1/2	Half
Cur Pat	Curative Patent

 

Abbreviations	Descriptions	Abbreviations	Descriptions
IA	Indian Allotment	N	North
ID	Interior Decisions	N Mon	National Monument
Iden	Identify, Identification	N Prs	National Preserve
IL	Indemnity list-State Land	Nav Mer	Navajo Meridian
Illus	Illustration	nc	noncompetitive
Inc	Including Inclusive	NE	Northeast
Ind Fee	Indian Fee	NF	National Forest
Ind Tr Pat	Indian trust patent	NOE	Not Open to Entry (Surface, Mining & Mineral Leasing
Ind Res	Indian Reservation	NOL	Not Open to Lease
Ind Tr	Indian Trust	NOM	Not Open to Mining
Int	Interior	NP	National Park
Intpr	Interpretation	NRL	National Resource Lands
IS	Indemnity Selection	NEV	Nevada
IT	Isolated Tract	NW	Northwest
		NWR	National Wildlife Refuge
Juris	Jurisdiction
KCLA	Known Coal Leasing Area	O	Order
KGRA	Known Geothermal	OE	Open to Entry
KGS	Known Geologic Structure	OG	Oil and Gas
		Oper	Operation
Lat	Latitude	OR	Oregon
LD	Interior Land Decisions
Lic	License	Par	Parcel
Loc	Location	Part	Partially
Long	Longitude	Pat	Patent
LS	Lieu Selection	PD	Public Domain
Lsbl	Leaseable	Per	Permit
Lse	Lease	Pet Res	Petroleum reserve
Ltr	Letter	Pho	Phosphate
LU	Land Utilization	PHX-(number)	Phoenix Serial Number
		PL	Public Law
Mat S	Material Use	PLC	Private Land Claim
M&B	Metes and Bounds	PLO	Public Land Order
MC	Mineral Certificate	PLS	Public Land Sale
MCOA or MOA	Mining Claim Occupancy Act	Pot	Potassium
MD Mer or MDM	Mount Diablo Meridian	Pr Per	Prospecting Permit
ME	Mineral Entry	Pre	Preemption
Mer	Meridian	Proc	Proclamation
Mgmt	Management	Proj	Project
Mil Pur	Military Purpose	Prop	Propose, Proposed
Mil Res	Military Reservation	Prot Wdl	Protective Withdrawal
Mill S	Millsite	PS	Public Sale
Min	Mineral	PU	Public Use
Min Cert or MC	Mineral Certificate	Pur	Purchase
Misc	Miscellaneous	PW Res	Public Water Reserve
Miss Doc	Missing Document	Pwr Proj	Power Project
ML	Mineral location	Pw S & Pwr S	Power Site
MLCI	Mineral Location & Contest Index	PX	Private Exchange
MM	Mineral Monument
Mod	Modification	QCD or QD	Quitclaim deed
Mon	Monument	Qs	Quicksilver
MS	Mineral Survey
Mtn	Mountain
MTP	Master Title Plat
Mult Use	Multiple Use

 

Abbreviations	Descriptions	Abbreviations	Descriptions
R	Range	ST	Small Tract
R&PP	Recreation & Public Purpose	Stat	Statutes at Large
RB	River Basin	St Cl	Small Tract Classification
Rcpl	Reciprocal	St Lse	Small Tract Lease
Rd	Road	Sta	Station
Re	Reference	STS	Small Tract Sale
Re-cl	Reclassified	Subdiv Und	Subdivisions Undefined
Rec Lse	Recreation lease	Subj	Subject
Recl Wdl	Reclamation withdrawal	Sul	Sulphur
Recon	Reconveyed	Suppl	Supplemental
Reg	Regional	Sur	Survey or Surveyed
Rej	Rejected & rejection	Sus	Suspended
Rel	Relinquished or Relinquishment	SW	Southwest
Res	Reservation or reserve	SX	State Exchange
Resc	Rescind, Rescinded
Rest	Restoration or Restor	T or Tp	Township (Tps-Townships)
Resvr	Reservoir	TC	Timber Culture
Rev	Revocation or Revoked	Tel	Telephone
Rfg	Refuge	Teleg or Tel	Telegraph
Rgr Sta	Ranger Station	Temp	Temporary
RHE	Reclamation homestead entry	Term	Terminate, Termination
RI	Range Improvement	Tns	Townsite
RIP	Records Improvement Project	Tp	Township
Rmks	Remarks	Tr	Tract
RR	Railroad	Trans	Transmission
RRG	Railroad Grant	Trf	Transfer
RRIS	Railroad indemnity selection	Trf Juris	Transfer of Jurisdiction
RRLS	Railroad lieu selection	Trfd	Transferred
RS	Revised Statutes	Tri Sta	Triangulation Station
Rstd	Restricted	Trsp	Trespass
Rvst	Revested	T/S	Timber and Stone
R/W	Right-of-way
Ry	Railway	UA	Unit Agreement
		Unapprop	Unappropriated
S	South	Undet	Undetermined
SAH	Soldier's additional homestead	UNDGD	Underground
SB Mer	San Bernardino Meridian	USS	United States Survey
SD	State Directors	Unsur	Unsurveyed
SDO	State Director's Order	Ur	Uranium
SDS	Soldier's Declaratory Statement	US	United States
SDW	Stock Driveway	USAF	United States Air Force
SDW Wdl	Stock Driveway Withdrawal	USC	United Statess Code
SE	Southeast	USFS	United States Forest Service
Sec	Section	USGS	United States Geological Survey
Sec of Agri	Secretary of Agriculture
Sec of the Int	Secretary of the Interior	W	West
Segr	Segregation	WAA	War Assets Administration
Sel	Selection or Selected	War Dept	War Department
SG	State Grant	W/Chg	With Change(s)
SHC	Small holding claim	WD	Warranty deed
Si	Silver	Wdl	Withdrawal
Sim	Simultaneous	Wdn	Withdrawn
SLUP	Special Land Use Permit	W/O	Without
SO	Secretary's Order	WP	Water Power
Sod	Sodium	WP Des	Water Power Designation
Spec Per	Special Permit	WR	Water Rights
SR	Serial Registar	WS	Watershed
SRHE	Stockraising homestead entry	Wt	Warrant
SS	State Selection
		X	Exchange

Symbols to Master Title Plat:

Legend	Symbols
Withdrawals
Patent
Leases
PL 167 Determination Area
Limits of surveyed lands (hatching on unsurveyed side)
Railroad
Telephone Line
Power transmission line
Hwys:  Hard Surface, Graveled, Improved dirt
Trail
Fence
Acq. land
Bridge
Country Road
Established Livestock Route Access Control
Mine Prospect
Corridor (R/W's)

Legend	Symbols	Legends	Symbols
Settlelment (Towns & Cities)		Land Treatment Area (reseeding, brush eradication, contour trenching, diking, ripping, fire burn, etc.)
Cemetery		Water pumping plant
Historic Ruins		Telegraph line
River & Island		School
Stream		Mine or Quarry
Lake & Island		Spring
Marsh or Swamp		Water well
Spring (Improved)		Water well (with trough)
Reservoir		Water well (with trough and storage)
Pipe line or Conduit		Storage tank Rainwater catchment
Canal or Ditch Flume		Stock pond or earthen tank
Artisian Well		Dike or Levee
Windmill & trough storage		Airplane landing field
Drainage Easement		Gauging Station
Cultivated Land		Mine Shaft
Cattle Guard		Radio Station Communication Site
Corral		County Line

 

Definitions to Master Title Plat Symbols:

FEATURE	DEFINITION	SYMBOL
SINGLE WEIGHT PATENT LINE	Line is heavy on the side of the property line that is patented.  This same line type is used to depict Public Sales, State Grants, Warranty Deeds, Railroad Grants, and Allotments.  (See Notations on the plats for specific use.)
DOUBLE WEIGHT PATENT LINE	Line is heavy on both sides of the property line, indicating a patent on both sides of the line.
SECTION LINE & SURVEY LINE	Used on the all lines of the township that are surveyed.  This same line type is used to depict tract lines, mineral surveys, homestead surveys, and acquired lands.
LOT TICS	Lot tics appear in different position as shown depending on the configuration of the surveyed lots.
WITHDRAWAL, CLASSIFICATION, RESERVES, INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARIES, RECREATION AND PUBLIC PURPOSE (R&PP)	Lline is used to depict land uses mentioned and is offset to the inside on the land boundary of the parcel they identify.
LEASE LINE, USE PERMIT AND AVIATION SITE	Line is used to depict land uses mentioned and is offset to the inside of the land boundary of the parcel they identify.
DESIGNATION AREA	Line is used to depict a Designation Area and is offset to the inside of the land boundary of the parcel it identifies.
STATE BOUNDARY LINE	Line is used to depict the State Boundary
FIELD OFFICE BOUNDARY, O&C BOUNDARY, CWR BOUNDARY	Used to depict the boundary line of the aforementioned boundary lines.
PIPELINE OR CONDUIT	Symbol depicts any underground pipeline the size and type will be noted.
UNIMPROVED ROAD	Road width will be noted, symbol is drawn at 50 ft. width.
IMPROVED ROAD	Improved Road will be noted symbol is drawn at 50 ft. width.
TRAIL OR FIREBREAK	Symbol will be used for both designations, but correct designation will be noted.
CORRIDOR (R/W'S)	Symbol depicts a corridor for multiple use R/W's.
RAILROAD OR TRAMWAY	Symbol depicts a railroad R/W.  The width and number of tracks will be noted.
POWER TRANSMISSION LINE	Symbol depicts a power line.  The R/W width and Line Voltage will be noted.
TELEPHONE LINE	Symbol depicts a telephone line.  R/W width and number of lines will be noted.
TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH	Symbol depicts a telephone and telegraph line.  R/W width and number of line will be noted.
TELEGRAPH LINE	Symbol depicts a telegraph line.  R/W width and number of line will be noted.
DITCH, CANAL, FLUME, OR AQUEDUCT	Symbol depicts a ditch, canal, flume or aqueduct.  The arrows indicate the direction of the flow.
UNSURVEYED LINE	Symbol depicts an area that is unsurveyed.  The slanted lines are inside the unsurveyed area.

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