ABBREVIATIONS USED ON LAND STATUS RECORDS Reading a Plat

A Acre, acr •• Long Longitude SO Secre tary Order The land statUI records are designed to portray
Acq Acquired LS Lieu Se lec tion Sad Sodium the title story by use of lines and notations.
Adm S Adminll troti YO Site Labl Lessuble SRHE Stock RaiSing H~ltead Entry Using the .uggestiona listed below will help in
Admin Administration, adm1ni.tered Lae Lease SRP Serial Register Page making the records easy to read.
AEC Atomic Energy Corrml.llion Ltr Letter SS State Selection
Agri Agrieul ture LU Land Utilization
1. Alwsys Collow a particular Une around until
ST Small Trac t
Allot Allotmont you return to the point of beginning. The
Stat Statute
Amdt Amond... nt Mat Material SHe area within that boundary i. the land
Stats Statute.
ANS Air Navigation SHe Hates and Bound. affected by the action identified.
H&B Str Strueture
Apln Application HC Mineral Certificate Subdiv Subdivision 2. To find the notation for a particular area,
Appvd Approved HE Mineral Entry Subj Subject know what that line stand. for.
Arpt Airport Har Haridian Suppl Supplement, supple"",ntal
,ugn ,u.ign, aaaigned, assignuoont Hgmt Management 3. Identification of the land circLl11\lcribed
Sur Survey, surveyed
Auth Authorized, authorization Mil Res Military Reservation SUI usually appears in the lower center of the
Suspend, suspended
Mil RG Military Road Grant SW area involved. If apace does not allow a
Southwest
&drs Boundarlea MilWR Military Wagon Road sx lower center placement of the notation, it
State Exchange
Bdy Boundary Min Minerals may appear to one side or even outside the
Ben Bentonite Mise Milcellaneous area circumscribed and arrowed in.
T Township
BIA Bureau of Indian AfCairs HL Mineral Location Tel Telephone 4. When the plat is too small to adequately
Blk Block HHS Mineral Hanagement Service Teleg Telegraph depict the status, a lupplemental plat i.
BLH Bureau of Land Hanagement HOA Mineral Occupancy Act Temp Temporary prepared on a larger leale. If a supplemental
BLH 0 Bureau of Land Manage1llOnt Order Mod Modification Term Terminate, terminated plat haa been made, the plat will so indicate.
BPA Bonneville Power Adminlltration Mon MontJml!!:nt thru Through
BR Bureau of Reelam.tion HS Mineral Survey Tn. Townsite
Ht Mount Tmb Timber
Cad
Cane.
Cadastral
Cancel, cancelled
Htn Mountain Tp Township Source Documents
HTP Master Title Plat Tps Townships
CBWR Cooa Bay Wagon Road Hult Use Hul tiple Use Tr Tract Title information on plats are taken from
COl Control Documont Index Trans Transmission microfilm copies of documonts such as patents,
CE Cash Entry N North Trf Transfer withdrawal orders, State selection listl, etc.
Cert Certificate Nat National Trfd Tnnsfered Theso microfilm records are kept in the State
Chg Change NC Non-compe ti ti ve TUP Temporary Use Permit Office Land Records. Paper copies of source
cl Cla .. 1fieation NE Northeast docu... nts, as wall as eopies of plats and
C of E Corps of Engi neerS NF National Forest UA Unit Agreement indexes may be purchased from the Land Records.
Conn 5 C01lIIlunieation S1 te No Number Und Undefined Please ask for a current copy fee schedule.
Consol COnlolidate, consolidated NOE Not Open to Entry Undet Unde te rmi ne d
Cong Congress NP National Park Undiv Undivided
CIT Color of Title NPS National Park Service Unsur Unsurveyed
Cur Curative NW Northweat US United States
NWR National Wildlife Refuge USBR United States Bureau of Reclamation
DC Donation Claim USC United States Code
D/C Di tche. <I. Canals 0 Order USFS United States Forest Service
Def Deficiency, deficiencies O&C Oregon <I. California Railroad USGS United States Geological Service
Dept Department OE Open to Entry
Des DeSignate, designated, de.ignation OG Oil <I. gas V. VersuS
Det Determination Oper Operltion
DLE Desert Land Entry W West
DH 0 District Manager Order Par Parcel WD Warranty Deed
Doc Document. docu.menta Pat Patent Wdl Withduwal
PD Public Domain Wdn Withdrawn
E East Per Permit WH Willamette Meridian
Enlgmt Enlargemont Pho Pholphate WP Water Power
EO Executive Order PL Public Law WS Watershed
Esmt Eaaeml!lnt PLO Public Land Order
Eamt. Eaaements PLS Public Land Sale X Exchange
Excl Exclude, exclude., excluded Pot PotaSlium
Exp Expire, expires, expired Proc Proc lama tion
Ext Extend, extend., extended Proj Project
Prop Proposed CASE FILE SERIAL NUMBERS
FC Final Certificate PS Public Sale
FERC Federal Energy Regulatory Corrml. .. ion Pur Purchase ~
FERC 0 Federal Energy Regulatory Corrml. .. ion Order Pwr Power
Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation
1908 through 1948
FFHC PW Res Public Water Re.erve
FHA Farmers Home Administration Pwr S Power Site B Burns Land Office, 1908 - 1925
FLS Forelt Lieu Selection PX Private Exchange L Lakeview Land Office, 1908 • 1948
FmU Farm Unit LG LaGrande Land Office, 1908 - 1925
FPA Federal Power Act QCD QuHe1 aim Deed P Portland Land Office, 1908 - 1927
FPC Federal Power Corrml.Is10n R Roseburg Land Office, 1908 - 1948
FR Federal Regilter R Range TO The D.lle. Land Office, 1908 - 1948
Frec Fraction, fractional RA Resource Area V Vale Land Office, 1908 - 1927
FRC Federal Record Center Repl Reciprocal
FUP Free Use Permi t 1948 through 1966
Rd Road
FWS Fish <I. Wildlife Service Reed Received OR 0 Oregon Land Office, all case fi le
FX Forn t Exchange Reel Reclamation - - - numbero have 0 prefix
Recon Reconveyed (by exchange) 1966 through present
Geo Geothermal reBOUrC •• Rej Rejected
Geol Geologieal Rel Relinquished, reUnquishmont OR Oregon State Office with
CLO Ceneral Land Office Res Re •• rve, relerved~ reservation - - - jurisdiction over Washington
GLO 0 General Land Office Order Rese Rescind, rescinded
GSA General Service. Adminiatration Rest Restored, restoration WA5HI~TON
Relvr Reservoir 1908 through 1948
Hdqtrs Headquarters Rev Revoke t ravokt!!!d
HE Homestead Entry Rgr Sta Ranger Station o Olympia Land Office, 1908 - 1913
HES Home. tnd Entry Survey RHE Reclamation Homestead Entry S Seattle Land Office, 1908 - 1927
HI Historical Index RI Range Improvement Sp Spokane Land Office, 1908 - 1948
Hwy Highway Rmks Remarks V Vancouver Land Office, 1908 - 1925
R<l.PP Recreation and Public Purpose. W Waterville Land Office, 1908 - 1925
IA Indian Allotment RR Railroad WW Walla Walla Land Offiee, 1908 - 1925
IBLA Interior Board of Land App. . l1 RRG Rail road Grant Y Yakima Land Office, 1908 - 1925
IL I ndemni ty Lil t RRIS Railroad Indemnity Selection 1948 through 1966
IL Ba.. Indemnity Lilt Bau lands RRLS Railroad Lieu Selection
Incl Inclusive Retd Restricted W0 W.. hington Land Office, all case file
Ind Re. Indian Reservation RVBt Revested - - - numbers have 0 prefix
Ind Tr Indian Trust Rlw Right-of-Wsy 1966 through present
Int Interest Ry Railway
Intpr Interpretation OR W Oregon State Office with
South - - - jurisdiction over Washington.
Juris Jurisdiction. SO 0 State Director Order Washington case files have a
SO Wdl stock Driveway Withdrawal W auffix
KGRA Known Geothermal Resource Area SE Southeast
KGS Known Geological Structure Sec Section
Sec Agri Secre tary of Agricul ture
Lat Latitude See Int Secretary of Interior
LD Land Decilion Segr Segregate, segregated, segregation
LH Light House Sel Selected, .election
Lie License SG School Grant
LO Land Office SIH Simul taneous (drawing)
Loc Location, locatable SLUP Special Land Use Permit