PLSS🇺🇸 United States
PLSS land descriptions in Oklahoma
Oklahoma is a PLSS state surveyed mainly from the Indian Meridian, with oil-and-gas descriptions built from section, township and range.
What to know about Oklahoma
- The Indian Meridian governs most of Oklahoma's township-and-range descriptions.
- The Oklahoma Panhandle, west of the 100th meridian, references the Cimarron Meridian instead of the Indian Meridian.
- Lease and well records often omit the meridian in shorthand, so the Oklahoma context can be the clue.
Example descriptions
Each opens a decoded parcel with a map, coordinates and a plain-English breakdown.
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Last reviewed June 2026. General information about survey systems — not legal, title, or survey advice.
Sources: US BLM — Cadastral Survey (PLSS), BLM / GLO — Principal Meridians and Base Lines (map).