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Dataset

PLSS quarter-quarter 39N09W07SWSW

Also 39N09W07SWSW

Draft — sources verified, prose evolving

TypeDataset
Coordinates45.7770° N, 85.4710° W
WithinBeaver Island archipelago
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Dataset
Coordinates
45.7770° N, 85.4710° W
Concepts
land-surveyheritage
Within
Beaver Island archipelago

Summary

This record represents aliquot part 39N09W07SWSW in the Michigan PLSS state layer. It is the smallest current survey-geometry unit held by the project and the resolution at which a future GLO patent or tract-book record is most likely to identify land.

Survey and ownership limits

The quarter-quarter polygon can be joined to its federal section and, when the township/range sheet is held, to the corresponding GLO plat. It does not say who owned the land. The source’s OWNERSHIP field is a categorical layer value, not a person, company, deed, or patent. A future ownership assertion must cite a patent, deed, tax roll, or equivalent transactional record.

Current join targets

Open questions

  • Can a GLO patent, tract book, deed, or county assessment record be joined to this aliquot-part identifier?
  • Does the legal description in any current parcel record subdivide or combine this aliquot part?

Sources

  1. Michigan Geographic Framework, PLSS quarter-quarter layers, retrieved 2026-07-28.
    State PLSS quarter-quarter record 39N09W07SWSW; township/range/section 39N/9W/7; aliquot SW of SW; computed area 163,013.7 m² in EPSG:3078. The layer supplies join geometry, not a patent or title record. The identical quarter-quarter layer is also present in the consolidated /data1 archive.
    state · michigan · plss_quarter_quarter