BLM LIBRARY 88069661 r DRAFT BLM Glossary of Terms and Acronyms Bureau of Land Management Branch of Cadastral Survey Development GA Service Center 109.5 1992 . G56 1992 it 5013^ 0004 ID 2530(/)M*’ I * 109.5 BLM Glossary of Terms- Acronyms 6 • A A (Land Status Records) - Acre(s). ABC - Airborne Control. ACIC - Aeronautical Chart and Information Center. ACQ (Land Status Records) - Acquired. ACSM - American Congress on Surveying and Mapping. ACT OF CONG (Land Status Records) - Act of Congress. ADHE (Land Status Records) - Adjusted homestead entry. ADM S (Land Status Records) - Administrative site. ADP - Automatic Data Processing. A&E - Architect and Engineer. AEC (Land Status Records) - Atomic Energy Commission. AEI - Aerial Exposure Index. AF (Land Status Records) - Air Force. AGRI (Land Status Records) - Agriculture, Agricultural. AGRI EXP STA (Land Status Records) - Agriculture Experiment Station. AHA (Land Status Records) - Alaska House Authority. AHE (Land Status Records) - Additional homestead entry. AK - Alaska. AL - Alabama. ALA - Alabama. ALL MIN (Land Status Records) - All Minerals. ALLOT (Land Status Records) - Allotment. ALS PS (Land Status Records) - Alaska Public Sale. AM - Amended Monument. AMC - Auxiliary Meander Corner. AMS - Above Mean Sea Level. A&M COL (Land Status Records) - Agriculture and Mechanical College. AMDT (Land Status Records) - Amendment, Amended, Amends. AMT - Above Mean Terrain. ANCSA - Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. ANS (Land Status Records) - Air Navigation Site. AP - Angle point also AP-1, AP-2 etc. APLN (Land Status Records) - Application. APLN EXT (Land Status Records) - Application for extension. APP (Land Status Records) - Appendix. APPROP (Land Status Records) - Appropriation, Appropriate, Appropriated. APPVD (Land Status Records) - Approved. AR - Arkansas. AREA ADM O (Land Status Records) - Area Administrator Order(s). ARIZ - Arizona. ARK - Arkansas. ARPT (Land Status Records) - Airport. ARRCS (Land Status Records) - Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Corp. Sale. ASA - American Standards Association. ASCE - American Society of Civil Engineers. ASGN (Land Status Records) - Assignment. ASPH (Land Status Records) - Asphalt. ASRHE (Land Status Records) - Additional stock raising homestead entry. AUTH (Land Status Records) - Authorization. AVE LSE (Land Status Records) - Aviation lease. AZ - Arizona. B BAL (Land Status Records) - Balance. BDY; BDRS (Land Status Records) - Boundary, Boundaries. BEN (Land Status Records) - Bentonite. BH MER (Land Status Records) - Black Hills Meridian B/H-Base to height ratio. BIA (Land Status Records) - Bureau of Indian Affairs. BIFC - Boise Interagency Fire Center. BLK (Land Status Records) - Block. BLM (Land Status Records) - Bureau of Land Management. BLM-M (Land Status Records) - Bureau of Land Management Manual. BM (Land Status Records) - Bench Mark. BM - Erroneously for Boise Meridian. BO - Bearing object. BOISE MER (Land Status Records) - Boise Meridian. BR - Bearing Rock. An obsolete corner marking for a bearing object used on mineral surveys. BR (Land Status Records) - Bureau of Reclamation. BSFW (Land Status Records) - Bureau of Sports, Fisheries and Wildlife. Now, 1976, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services, 1976. BT - Bearing Tree. C CA (Land Status Records) - Communitization Agreement. CA - California. CAD (Land Status Records) - Cadastral. CALIF.- California. CANC (Land Status Records) - Cancellation, Canceled. CBWR (Land Status Records) - Coos Bay Wagon Road. CC (Land Status Records) - Cash certificate. CC - Closing Corner. CDI (Land Status Records) - Control Document Index. CDS (Land Status Records) - Coal declaratory statement. CE (Land Status Records) - Cash entry. CERT (Land Status Records) - Certificate. CFR (Land Status Records) - Code of Federal Regulation. C&GS - (United States) Coast and Geodetic Survey. CH, CHS (Land Status Records) - Chain, Chains. CHE (Land Status Records) - Commuted homestead entry. CHG (Land Status Records) - Change. CHIC MER (Land Status Records) - Chickasaw Meridian. CHOC MER (Land Status Records) - Choctaw Meridian CIM MER (Land Status Records) - Cimarron Meridian CIRC (Land Status Records) - Circular. CL - Centerline. C/L (Land Status Records) - Commissioner of Lands. CL (Land Status Records) - Classification. CO (Land Status Records) - Company. CO - Colorado, Colo. C of E (Land Status Records) - Corp of Engineers. COLO. - Colorado. COMM P (Land Status Records) - Community Pit. COMM S (Land Status Records) - Communication Site. CONDEMN (Land Status Records) - Condemnation. CORP (Land Status Records) - Corporation. CPG (Land Status Records) - Campground. CRE (Land Status Records) - Credit entry. CR MER (Land Status Records) - Copper River Meridian. CR PER (Land Status Records) - Crossing Permit. C/T (Land Status Records) - Color of Title. CT - Connecticut. CUR PAT (Land Status Records) - Curative patent. CWS - Community watershed. CRT - Cathode ray tube. D D (Land Status Records) - Director. DC - District of Columbia. DC (Land Status Records) - Donation claim. See DONATION LAND CLAIM. DDB - Directives Digest Bulletin. DE - Delaware. DED (Land Status Records) - Dedication. DEF (Land Status Records) - Deficiency. DEP - Departure (of a traverse). DEPT OF AGRI (Land Status Records) - Department of Agriculture. DEPT OF INT (Land Status Records) - Department of the Interior. DES (Land Status Records) - Designated or Designation. DET (Land Status Records) - Determination. DI-10 - A brand name of electronic measurement equipment. DLC - Donation Land Claim. DLE (Land Status Records) - Desert Land Entry. DM (Land Status Records) - District Manager. DMD - Double meridian distance. DOC (Land Status Records) - Document. DOC (Land Status Records) - Ditches and/or Canal. DPD - Double parallel distance. DSC - Denver Service Center. E E (Land Status Records) - East. EC STATION - 1) Extended control stations 2) Electronic control station EDM - Electronic Distance Measurement. EDP - Electronic Data Processing. EFF (Land Status Records) - Effective EG - An abbreviation of "exempli gratia" which means: For the sake of an example. EHE (Land Status Records) - Enlarged homestead entry. ELIM (Land Status Records) - Elimination. ENLGMT (Land Status Records) - Enlargement. ESNA - Electrical Survey Net Adjuster. EO (Land Status Records) - Executive Order. ES (Land Status Records) - Exchange survey. ESLO - Eastern States Land Office. The Eastern States Land Office is in Silver Springs, Maryland. (Now designated Eastern States Office, ESO) ESMT (Land Status Records) - Easement. F F.2d - In a citation, as 22 F.2d 100, means Federal Reporter, Second Series. FAA (Land Status Records) - Federal Aviation Administration. FBX MER (Land Status Records) - Fairbanks Meridian. FC (Land Status Records) - Final Certificate. FED (Land Status Records) - Federal. FED - Federal. If shown as a citation (198 Fed. 125 (1912)), it means "Federal Reporter." FF LSE (Land Status Records) - Fur farm lease. FFMC (Land Status Records) - Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation. FHA (Land Status Records) - Farmers Home Administration. FIS (Land Status Records) - Fissionable materials. FL - Florida. FLA - Florida. FLS (Land Status Records) - Forest lieu selection. FLOP - Free land use permit. FM U (Land Status Records) - Farm unit. FPA (Land Status Records) - Federal Power Act. FPAS ACT - The Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended, sets forth the basic contracting procedures and principles which all civilian agencies must follow. FPC (Land Status Records) - Federal Power Commission. FPR - Federal Procurement Regulations. FR (Land Status Records) - Federal Register. FRAC (Land Status Records) - Fractional. FRAC INT PAT (Land Status Records) - Fractional Interest Patent. FS (Land Status Records) - Forest Service. F SUPP - Federal Supplement. FUP (Land Status Records) - Free use permit. F&WS (Land Status Records) - Fish and Wildlife Service. FX (Land Status Records) - Forest Exchange. G ’i v “' *. J. GA - Georgia. GAT - Greenwich Apparent Time. GCT - Greenwich Civil Time GD (Land Status Records) - Gold. GEO (Land Status Records) - Geothermal. GEOL STR (Land Status Records) - Geologic structure. GHA - Greenwich Hour Angle. GLO (Land Status Records) - General Land Office. GMT - Greenwich Mean Time. ‘ GR DIST (Land Status Records) - Grazing District. GR LIC (Land Status Records) - Grazing license. GR LSE (Land Status Records) - Grazing lease. GR PER (Land Status Records) - Grazing permit. GSR MER (Land Status Records) - Gila and Salt River Meridian. H HB - Handbook. If in a citation, it means "Horse Bill." HDQ S (Land Status Records) - Headquarters Site HDS (Land Status Records) - Homestead declaratory statement. HE (Land Status Records) - Homestead entry. HES (Land Status Records) - Homestead entry survey. HI - Hawaii. HI (Land Status Records) - Historical Index. HI - Height of Instrument. HUM MER (Land Status Records) - Humboldt Meridian. HUNTS MER (Land Status Records) - Huntsville Meridian. HWY (Land Status Records) - Highway. I IA - Iowa. IA (Land Status Records) - Indian Allotment. IAS - Indian Allotment Survey. IBID. - An abbreviation for "ibidem," a Latin term meaning "in the same place," "in the same book," "on the same page," etc. It usually refers to an immediately preceding citation with an identical page reference. IBLA - Interior Board of Land Appeals. See BOARD OF LAND APPEALS. IC (Land Status Records) - Interim Conveyance. ID.- Abbreviation for "idem," a Latin term meaning "the same." It indicates an immediately preceding citation but a different page reference. See IBID. ID - Idaho. ID (Land Status Records) - Interior Decisions. IDEN (Land Status Records) - Identify Identification. ID EST - That is. Commonly abbreviated "i.e." IE - That is. The common abbreviation for the Latin "id est." IL - Illinois. IL (Land Status Records) - Indemnity list. ILL - Illinois. INC (Land Status Records) - Including, Inclusive. IN - Indiana. IND - Indiana. IND FEE (Land Status Records) - Indian Fee. IND HD TR PAT (Land Status Records) - Indian homestead trust patent. IND MER (Land Status Records) - Indian Meridian. IND RES (Land Status Records) - Indian Reservation. IND TR (Land Status Records) - Indian Trust. INTPR (Land Status Records) - Interpretation. IPS - Iron Pipe Size. Also plural for Iron Post. IS (Land Status Records) - Indemnity selection. IT (Land Status Records) - Isolated tract. K KAN - Kansas. KCLA (Land Status Records) - Known Coal Leasing Area. KGRA (Land Status Records) - Known Geothermal Resource Area. KGS (Land Status Records) - Known Geologic Structure. KLA (Land Status Records) - Known Leasing Area. KR MER (Land Status Records) - Kateel River Meridian. KS - Kansas. KY - Kentucky. L LA - Louisiana. LA MER (Land Status Records) - Louisiana Meridian. LAT (Land Status Records) - Latitude. LCR - Lower Colorado River. LD (Land Status Records) - Interior Land Decisions. LH (Land Status Records) - Light House. LIC (Land Status Records) - License. LM - See UNITED STATES LOCATION MONUMENT. LO (Land Status Records) - Land Office. LOC (Land Status Records) - Location. LONG (Land Status Records) - Longitude. L&R - Division of Lands and Recreation. LS - Land Surveyor. LS (Land Status Records) - Lieu selection. LSBL (Land Status Records) - Leasable. LSE (Land Status Records) - Lease. LTR (Land Status Records) - Letter. LU (Land Status Records) - Land Utilization. M M - Mile, as marked on monuments and/or accessories. ME (Land Status Records) - Mineral Entry. MER (Land Status Records) - Meridian, m - meter MES - Mineral Entry Survey. MA - Massachusetts. MGMT (Land Status Records) - Management. MAT S (Land Status Records) - Material site. MI - Michigan. M&B (Land Status Records) - Metes and Bounds. MICH - Michigan. MC - Meander Corner. MICH MER (Land Status Records) - Michigan Meridian. MC (Land Status Records) - Mineral Certificate; Also Min Cert. MIL PUR (Land Status Records) - Military Purpose. MCOA or MOA (Land Status Records) - Mining Claim Occupancy Act. MIL RES (Land Status Records) - Military Reservation. MD - Maryland. MIL RG (Land Status Records) - Military Road Grant. MD MER (Land Status Records) - Mount Diablo Meridian. MIL WRG (Land Status Records) - Military Wagon Road Grant. ME - Maine. MILL S (Land Status Records) - Millsite. MIN (Land Status Records) - Mineral. MIN CERT or MC (Land Status Records) - Mineral certificate. MINN- Minnesota. MISC (Land Status Records) - Miscellaneous. MISS - Mississippi. ML (Land Status Records) - Mineral location. MLCI (Land Status Records) - Mineral Location and Contest Index. MM (Land Status Records) - Mineral Monument. MN - Minnesota. MO - Missouri. MOA (Land Status Records) - Mining Claim Occupancy Act. MOD (Land Status Records) - Modification. MON (Land Status Records) - Monument. MONT - Montana. MONT PRIN MER (Land Status Records) - Montana Principal Meridian. See PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, MONTANA. MAP FACTOR - Meridian and Parallel Factors. See M and P Factor (below). MS - Mineral Survey. As used in field notes. MS - Mississippi. MS (Land Status Records) - Mineral Survey. MT - Montana. MTN (Land Status Records) - Mountain. MTP (Land Status Records) - Master Title Plat. MULT USE (Land Status Records) - Multiple Use. N N (Land Status Records) - North. N DAK - North Dakota. N MEX - New Mexico. N MEX PRIN MER (Land Status Records) - New Mexico Principal Meridian. N MON (Land Status Records) - National Monument. NA (Land Status Records) - Native Allotment. NAV MER (Land Status Records) - Navajo Meridian. NB - Nebraska. NC - North Carolina. nc (Land Status Records) - Noncompetitive. ND - North Dakota. NM - New Mexico. NE (Land Status Records) - Northeast. NEB - Nebraska. NEPA - National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. The Act of Congress of January 1,1970, Public Law 91-190, 83 Stat.852,42 U.S.C. 4321, et seq. NEV - Nevada. NF (Land Status Records) - National Forest. NG SEL (Land Status Records) - Native Group Selection. NGS - National Geodetic Survey. NH - New Hampshire. NIT (Land Status Records) - Nitrate. NJ - New Jersey. NMAS - United States National Map Accuracy Standards. NMPM (Private Practice of Surveying) - New Mexico Principle Meridian. NP (Land Status Records) - National Park. NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. NOE (Land Status Records) - Not Open to Entry. NOL (Land Status Records) - Not Open to Lease. NOM (Land Status Records) - Not Open to Mining. NOS - National Ocean Survey. NPPR (Land Status Records) - Native Primary Place of Residence. NPS - National Park Service. NRL (Land Status Records) - National Resource Lands. NV - Nevada. NW (Land Status Records) - Northwest. NWR (Land Status Records) - National Wildlife Refuge. NY - New York. O O - Ohio. O (Land Status Records) - Order. OAS - Office of Aircraft Services. OCS - Outer Continental Shelf. O&C (Land Status Records) - Oregon and California (revested lands). OE (Land Status Records) - Open to Entry. OG (Land Status Records) - Oil and Gas. OK - Oklahoma. OKLA - Oklahoma. OPER (Land Status Records) - Operation. OR - Oregon. ORE - Oregon. OS (Land Status Records) - Oil Shale. P P - Property Line. PA - Pennsylvania. PAR (Land Status Records) - Parcel. PAT (land Status Records) - Patent. PART (Land Status Records) - Partially. PC - Point of curve. PCC - Point of Compound Curve. PCS - Point of Curve to Spiral. PCCS - Public Land Survey Coordinate Computation System PD (Land Status Records) - Public Domain. PE - Professional Engineer. PE and LS - Professional Engineer and Land Surveyor. PER (Land Status Records) - Permit. PET RES (Land Status Records) - Petroleum Reserve. PHO (Land Status Records) - Phosphate. PI - In highway surveying. Point of Intersection of two tangents. PL (Land Status Records) - Public Law. PLC (Land Status Records - Private land claim. PLO (Land Status Records) - Public Land Order. POL - Point on line. POST - In highway surveying. Point on semi tangent. POT (Land Status Records) - Potassium. POT - In highway surveys, Point on Tangent. PPB (Land Status Records) - Primary Place of Business. PR PER (Land Status Records) - Prospecting permit. PRE (Land Status Records) - Preemption. PRIN MER (Land Status Records) - Principal Meridian. PROC (Land Status Records) - Proclamation. PROJ (Land Status Records) - Project. PROP (Land Status Records) - Propose, Proposed. PROT WDL (Land Status Records) - Protective Withdrawal. PS (Land Status Records) - Public Sale. PS - Point of Spiral (curve). PSC - Point of Spiral to Curve. PSC - Private survey claim. Used in the specimen field notes in the General Instructions of 1855. PST - Point of Spiral to Tangent. PU (Land Status Records) - Public Use. PUR (Land Status Records) - Purchase. PW RES (Land Status Records) - Public water reserve. PWR PROJ (Land Status Records) - Power Project. PWR S (Land Status Records) - Power site. PX (Land Status Records) - Private Exchange. Q QCD (Land Status Records) - Quitclaim deed. QS (Land Status Records) - Quicksilver. R R (Land Status Records) - Range. RB (Land Status Records) - River Basin. RCPL (Land Status Records) - Reciprocal. RD (Land Status Records) - Road. RDS (Land Status Records) - Reservoir declaratory statement, re (Land Status Records) - Reference. RE-CL (Land Status Records) - Reclassified. REC LSE (Land Status Records) - Recreation lease. RECL WDL (Land Status Records) - Reclamation withdrawal. RECON (Land Status Records) - Reconveyed. RECON - Reconnaissance. REC&PP - Recreation and Public Purposes. REG (Land Status Records) - Regional. REJ (Land Status Records) - Rejected and rejection. REL (Land Status Records) - Relinquished or Relinquishment. RES (Land Status Records) - Reservation or Reserve. RESC (Land Status Records) - Rescind, Rescinded. REST (Land Status Records) - Restoration or Restored. RESVR (Land Status Records) - Reservoir. REV (Land Status Records) - Revocation or Revoked. RF - Representative Fraction. RFG (land Status Records) - Refuge. RGR STA (land Status records) - Ranger Station. RHE (Land Status records) - Reclamation homestead entry. RI - Rhode Island. RI (Land Status Records) - Range Improvement. RIP - Branch of Records Improvement (Original name was "Records Improvement Project."). RLS - Registered Land Surveyor. RMKS (Land Status Records) - Remarks. R&PP (Land Status Records) - Recreation and Public Purposes. R&R (Land Status Records) - Register and Receiver. RR (Land Status Records) - Railroad. RRG (Land Status Records) - Railroad Grant. RRIS (Land Status Records) - Railroad indemnity selection. RRLS (land Status Records) - Railroad lieu selection. RS - Registered Surveyor. RS (Land Status Records) - Revised Statutes. RSB (Land Status Records) - River sub-basin. RSTD (Land Status Records) - Restricted. RVST (Land Status Records) - Revested. R/W (Land Status Records) - Right-of-way. RY (Land Status Records) - Railway. S S (Land Status Records) - South. S DAK - South Dakota. SAH (Land Status Records) - Soldier's Additional Homestead. SB MER (Land Status Records) - San Bernardino Meridian. SC - South Carolina. SCS (Land Status Records) - Subsistence Camp Site. SCS - United States Soil Conservation Service. SD (Land Status Records) - State Director. SD - South Dakota. SDO (Land Status Records) - State Director's Order. SDS (Land Status Records) - Soldier's declaratory statement. SDW (Land Status Records) - Stock Driveway. SDW WDL (Land Status Records) - Stock driveway withdrawal. SE (Land Status Records) - Southeast. SEC (Land Status Records) - Section. SEC OF AGRI (Land Status Records) - Secretary of Agriculture. SEC OF THE INT (Land Status Records) - Secretary of the Interior. SEGR (Land Status Records) - Segregate or Segregated. SEL (Land Status Records) - Selection or Selected. SETER - Survey Equipment Technical Evaluation Report. SEW MER (Land Status Records) - Seward Meridian. SG (Land Status Records) - State Grant. SHC (Land Status Records) - Small Holding Claim. SI (Land Status Records) - Silver. SIA - Stereo Image Alternator. SIM (Land Status Records)- Simultaneous. SL MER (Land Status Records) - Salt Lake Meridian. SLAR - Side Looking Airborne Radar. SLUP (Land Status Records) - Special Land Use Permit. S&M (Land Status Records) - Soil and moisture. SMC - Special Meander Corner. SO - State Office. SO (Land Status Records) - Secretary's Order. SOD (Land Status Records) - Sodium. SPEC PER (Land Status Records) - Special permit. SR (Land Status Records) - Serial Register. SRHE (Land Status Records) - Stockraising Homestead Entry. SS (Land Status Records) - State Selection. SSE (Land Status Records) - Subsurface Estate. ST (Land Status Records) - Small Tract. STA (Land Status Records) - Station. STAT - Statutes. Used in citing a reference to the United States Statutes at Large, for example: 85 Stat. 688, which cites the eighty-fifth volume of the United States Statutes at Large, at page 688. ST CL (Land Status Records) - Small tract classification. ST HEL MER (Land Status Records) - St. Helena Meridian. ST LSE (Land Status Records) - Small tract lease. STS (Land Status Records) - Small tract sale. ST STEP MER (Land Status Records) - St. Stephens Meridian. SUBDIV UND (Land Status Records) - Subdivisions undefined. SUBJ (Land Status Records)- Subject. SUL (Land Status Records) - Sulphur. SUPPL (Land Status Records) - Supplemental. SUR (Land Status Records) - Survey or Surveyed. SUS (Land Status Records) - Suspended. SW (Land Status Records) - Southwest. SX (Land Status Records) - State Exchange. T T (Land Status Records) - Township. TA (Land Status Records) - Tentative Approval. TALL MER (Land Status Records) - Tallahasee Meridian. TBM (USGS and USC&GS) - Temporary bench mark.