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Wisconsin Public Land Survey Records : Original Field Notes and Plat Maps
The field notes and plat maps of the public land survey of Wisconsin are a valuable resource for original land survey information, as well as for understanding Wisconsin's landscape history. The survey of Wisconsin was conducted between 1832 and 1866 by the federal General Land Office. This work established the township, range and section grid; the pattern upon which land ownership and land use is based. The survey records were transferred to the Wisconsin Board of Commissioners of Public Lands after the original survey was completed. Since that time, these records have been available for consultation at the BCPL's office in Madison, as hand-transcriptions, and more recently on microfilm. Now, they are being made available via the internet as electronic images.
Wisconsin Public Land Survey Records : Original Field Notes and Plat Maps Sample items in the collection
![[Public Land Survey System map: Wisconsin Township 01 North, Range 02 West]](https://asset.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/QZQBZIQA7H7I49E/M/h300-80fd7.jpg)
![[Public Land Survey System map: Wisconsin Township 39 North, Range 08 West]](https://asset.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/OUSXLDPMHLXLU9C/M/h300-69b6e.jpg)
![[Public Land Survey System map: Wisconsin Township 15 North, Range 07 East]](https://asset.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/JAQQWH4KOCZMJ8K/M/h300-7632e.jpg)
![[Public Land Survey System map: Wisconsin Township 50 North, Range 03 West]](https://asset.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/DL4AKJONIA2DE8K/M/h300-322f6.jpg)
![[Public Land Survey System map: Wisconsin Township 30 North, Range 01 East]](https://asset.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/AVZDZPHAHNSEA8S/M/h300-68b5f.jpg)
![[Public Land Survey System map: Wisconsin Township 39 North, Range 04 West]](https://asset.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/JHTD4Y7WN4UFS8P/M/h300-aa894.jpg)
![[Public Land Survey System map: Wisconsin Township 40 North, Range 07 West]](https://asset.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/BAREQWFFMCUG38Q/M/h300-cd4aa.jpg)
![[Public Land Survey System map: Wisconsin Township 22 North, Range 04 West]](https://asset.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/GAH4YTC6S5WNQ8U/M/h300-3562a.jpg)
![[Public Land Survey System map: Wisconsin Township 29 North, Range 12 West]](https://asset.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/LRDS5FIMIDQ4H8L/M/h300-cd5d5.jpg)
![[Public Land Survey System map: Wisconsin Township 32 North, Range 06 East]](https://asset.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/2T2R2WUXEPGVY8V/M/h300-7c882.jpg)
![[Public Land Survey System map: Wisconsin Township 25 North, Range 01 West]](https://asset.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/UWQYEKQK5LU6O8W/M/h300-e5bd3.jpg)
![[Public Land Survey System map: Wisconsin Township 06 North, Range 07 West]](https://asset.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/B2FM75VWH3YFD8V/M/h300-c5e8f.jpg)
![[Public Land Survey System map: Wisconsin Township 02 North, Range 19 East]](https://asset.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/TDG27FPQ6HLEP8L/M/h300-497b1.jpg)
![[Public Land Survey System map: Wisconsin Township 39 North, Range 05 West]](https://asset.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WBOH3IDOCU5AV9E/M/h300-f0aff.jpg)
![[Public Land Survey System map: Wisconsin Township 08 North, Range 20 East]](https://asset.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/3OHNOHJH5JHNL8N/M/h300-93f98.jpg)
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