Humboldt Meridian Research

Articles and records#

• Humboldt Meridian research center#

  Explore the Humboldt Meridian, its 1853 initial point, township and range, historical survey methods, Eureka land-office archives, and Jay Smith Road survey records.

  Topic hub

• 1876 Township 2 South, Range 3 East plat#

  HTML reference record for the 1876 Township 2 South, Range 3 East, Humboldt Meridian plat, county survey record copy 100 UR 445.

  Archival record · 1876 · County survey copy

• A History of the Rectangular Survey System#

  C. Albert White’s federal survey history supplies the October 1853 Humboldt initial-point account and the broader history of rectangular surveying.

  Archival record · 1983 · Bureau of Land Management

• BLM cadastral survey manuals and research tools#

  A source gateway to historical survey manuals, terminology, corner evidence, and modern cadastral resources.

  Archival record · Bureau of Land Management

• Eureka land-office records in National Archives Record Group 49#

  A collection-level guide identifying Eureka land-office material and Humboldt Meridian township maps from 1856–1894.

  Archival record · National Archives

• From Original Survey to Modern GIS#

  How GLO plats, field notes, resurveys, county surveys, recorded documents, assessor maps, and GIS serve different purposes.

  Reference article

• How to Read Township, Range & Section#

  An illustrated guide to T2S, R3E, Section 27, quarter sections, and aliquot parts, with a clearly schematic educational PLSS grid.

  Reference article

• Humboldt Meridian Schematic#

  An original 3840 × 2160 educational grid composition, clearly distinguished from a historical plat or official survey map.

  Wallpaper

• Surveying in Redwood Country#

  Chains, field books, survey corners, bearing trees, and the physical work of nineteenth-century surveying, with BLM historical sources.

  Reference article