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Cadastral Survey, Department of the Interior and Bureau of Land Management
Manual of Instructions for the Survey of the Public Lands of the United States

Next Edition Website Last Revision – March 6, 2007

This web site provides information regarding the next edition of the Manual of Surveying Instructions (Manual). In 2007 it is anticipated a draft of the next edition of the Manual will be complete. The draft will be subject to Agency, Departmental, and Governmental technical and legal reviews. The Manual is important to landowners, and land managers, and is critical to the surveying and land tenure communities. We will proceed in a deliberate and expedited manner and do intend to consider concerns of affected parties prior to the next edition of the Manual becoming final. In the future this web site will have updates on the next edition process. In the interim I can be contacted by using the following information.

Robert W. (Bob) Dahl, Cadastral Surveyor
U.S. Department of the Interior
Bureau of Land Management
Minerals, Realty & Resource Protection Directorate
Division of Lands, Realty & Cadastral Survey (WO-350)
U.S. Postal Mail Address: Mail Stop 1000, 1849 C St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20240
FEDEX, UPS & Street Address: Mail Stop 1000, 1620 L St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20036

robert_w_dahl@blm.gov
Voice: (202) 452-5132
Fax: (202) 452-7708

     

GENERAL INFORMATION

Note: Files listed below are in pdf format
You may download the Adobe Reader at the following web site:
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html.

Date
Subject
File Size
June 12, 2002   Email: Lead, Manual of Surveying Instructions
206kb
October 22, 2002   Email: Outreach for New Edition of Manual
78kb
November 15, 2002   Next Edition of the Manual of Surveying Instructions
472kb
November 25, 2002   Research Tools
338kb
January 3, 2003   BLM Press Release
274kb
March 14, 2003   Abstract 2003 ACSM Presentation
23kb
March 21, 2003   POB Article - Land Surveyors "Bible" Gets Update
69kb
May 1, 2003   Public Land Survey States -Request for Assistance
366kb
August 20, 2003   ACSM Article - Cadastral Survey Accuracy Standards
1,241kb
October 16, 2003   National Assoc. of County Surveyors Article
175kb
March 9, 2004   Process and Procedure Outline for Next Edition
359kb
November 4, 2004   Mineral Surveys - An Aid to Bona Fide Rights as to Location
25kb
December 6, 2004   Notes on Types of Survey Systems
171kb
December 19, 2006   Fractional Sections and Their Identification with Glossary of Related Terms
37kb

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS

The focus of presentations have been the relevance of the Manual to the work of private surveyors. This is done by an examination of individual State's statutes, regulations and case law. The process and procedure for developing the next edition of the Manual is also discussed.

Alaska - 1.37mb
Arkansas - 2.39mb
Colorado - 562kb
California - 1.29mb
Idaho - 435kb
Indiana - 963kb
Kansas - 783kb
Montana - 476kb
Oklahoma - 567kb
Oregon - ACES-684kb
Oregon - OIT-390kb
Washington-Oregon - 866kb
Wyoming - 465kb

 


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