PLSS Lookup

Look up the Public Land Survey System (PLSS) designation for a given coordinate pair. Returns the section, township, range, state, and principal meridian.

Endpoint

GEThttps://api.landmapmagic.com/api/plss/from-coordinates

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
lat*	number	Latitude of the point to look up.
lng*	number	Longitude of the point to look up.

Response Attributes

Available Attributes

Attribute	Type	Description
section	integer	Section number within the township (1-36).
township	string	Township designation (e.g. "T84N").
range	string	Range designation (e.g. "R24W").
state	string	Full state name (e.g. Iowa).
meridian	string	Principal meridian name (e.g. 5th Principal Meridian).

Code Examples

cURL

curl -G "https://api.landmapmagic.com/api/plss/from-coordinates" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  --data-urlencode "lat=42.0308" \
  --data-urlencode "lng=-93.6319"

JavaScript

const params = new URLSearchParams({
  lat: "42.0308",
  lng: "-93.6319",
});

const response = await fetch(
  `https://api.landmapmagic.com/api/plss/from-coordinates?${params}`,
  {
    headers: {
      Authorization: "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY",
    },
  }
);

const data = await response.json();
console.log(`Section ${data.section}, ${data.township}, ${data.range}`);

Python

import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://api.landmapmagic.com/api/plss/from-coordinates",
    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"},
    params={"lat": 42.0308, "lng": -93.6319},
)

data = response.json()
print(f"Section {data['section']}, {data['township']}, {data['range']}")
print(f"State: {data['state']}, Meridian: {data['meridian']}")

Response

Example Response

{
  "section": 4,
  "township": "T84N",
  "range": "R24W",
  "state": "Iowa",
  "meridian": "5th Principal Meridian"
}

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