Wells, leases, and royalties on every oil & gas tract
Convert drilling permits, mineral leases, and ROW agreements from PLSS to GPS, then pull the wells, BLM leases, ONRR royalties, and pipelines on that exact tract. Every PLSS oil and gas state, plus the Permian Basin in Texas.
The Problem with PLSS in Oil & Gas Work
Every upstream land document describes locations in PLSS notation: drilling permits from state regulators, mineral leases from landowners, right-of-way agreements from pipeline companies, division orders from operators. NENE 12 4N 5E Indian Meridian means the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, something precise on the ground, but it takes local knowledge or a dedicated tool to translate it to coordinates your GPS, GIS, or mapping software actually understands.
Landmen working a new county, geologists verifying well spots before spud, pipeline engineers drafting survey instructions: everyone ends up with a stack of legal descriptions that need coordinates attached. Doing it one at a time in a county plat book is slow. Doing it wrong costs money.
Township America converts PLSS descriptions to GPS coordinates in seconds, one at a time or by the hundreds. The same engine powers the web app, the mobile app, and the REST API, so your team works however the job demands.
How Oil & Gas Teams Use Township America
Landman Processing a Lease Package
BusinessA landman receives a 200-page lease package with legal descriptions for wells across 3 counties. Rather than looking up each section manually, they export the PLSS descriptions to a CSV, upload it to Township America's batch converter, and download GPS coordinates for every location in under a minute. The output drops straight into their land management system.
Geologist Verifying Well Locations Before Spud
A geologist needs to verify that proposed well locations match the permitted coordinates before the rig moves. They convert the permit legal descriptions to GPS, compare against the operator's plat, and flag any discrepancies, all before the AFE is signed. Catching a one-section error at the desk costs nothing. Catching it at the wellsite costs the day.
Pipeline Engineers Mapping ROW Easements
Pipeline engineers receive ROW easement agreements where the corridor is described by a series of PLSS sections and quarter sections. They convert each segment to GPS coordinates, generate a KML file, and share the route with field survey crews, who walk the corridor using the exported waypoints. No manual replotting, no ambiguity about which section boundary the easement follows.
Built for Upstream Land Work
Batch Conversion
BusinessUpload a CSV with up to 10K PLSS descriptions from lease packages or permit applications. Download GPS coordinates in one pass. CSV upload on Business.
API Integration
Connect directly to your land management system, GIS platform, or internal tools via the REST API. Sub-200ms response times. Standalone REST API subscriptions available.
Route Planning
Generate driving routes to well locations described in PLSS for field operations, inspection runs, and survey crews.
Polygon Export
BusinessExport as Shapefile, GeoJSON, or KML for GIS workflows. Polygon formats on Business, CSV export on all plans.
State Coverage for Oil & Gas Operations
Township America covers every PLSS state where oil and gas production is active. The same converter handles descriptions from Indian Meridian leases in Oklahoma, 6th PM permits in Wyoming, and Cimarron Meridian tracts in the Anadarko Basin, without needing to configure the meridian manually.
Texas TXSS abstracts, also covered
Texas RRC counties, abstracts, and surveys matter for oil & gas workflows just as much as PLSS sections. Township America converts both PLSS section descriptions and Texas Abstract / Block & Section / Survey-name descriptions. One resolver, one API, both systems.
A-123 Reeves County, TXBlock 5, Sec 14, T&P Survey, ReevesJohn Smith Survey, Bexar CountyFrequently Asked Questions
Can I batch convert an entire lease package?
Yes. Upload a CSV with PLSS legal descriptions and Township America returns GPS coordinates for every row. A 200-record lease package converts in under a minute. Supported export formats include CSV, KML, and GeoJSON. Polygon formats (Shapefile, GeoJSON, KML) available on Business.
Does the API integrate with land management systems?
Yes. The Township America REST API accepts PLSS descriptions and returns coordinates in standard JSON format. It integrates with any land management system, GIS platform, or internal tool that can make HTTP requests. Response times average under 200ms.
Which states are covered for oil & gas operations?
Township America covers all 30+ PLSS states including Oklahoma, Wyoming, North Dakota, Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, Utah, Kansas, Texas, and more. Every state where the Public Land Survey System is used for mineral rights and drilling permits.
How accurate is the PLSS to GPS conversion for well locations?
Conversions are accurate to the quarter-quarter section level (approximately 40 acres), which matches the precision of most PLSS legal descriptions on drilling permits and mineral leases. For sub-40-acre precision, the actual permit GPS coordinates should be used.
The energy data on the lease tract, in one report
Look up any section or Texas abstract, then pull the wells, leases, royalties, and production tied to it. Two packs cover oil and gas: Energy for the federal and multi-state stack, Texas for the Permian.
Federal and producing-state wells (CO, ND, OK, WY, NM), BLM leases, ONRR royalty totals, HIFLD pipelines, split-estate, orphaned-well liability, sage-grouse, and renewable siting. The pack for federal and multi-state oil and gas.
The Permian runs on Texas data, not PLSS. RRC active wells, T-4 pipelines, and W-1 permits; GLO leases, PSF and state-agency surface; RRC lease production history. For landmen working Reeves, Midland, and the Delaware Basin.
Need surface diligence too? The Federal Land pack ($80/mo) adds flood, soils, and wetlands on the same tract. Stack any combination into one Combined Parcel Report PDF.
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