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Show \ Well- and spring- numbering system The system of numbering wells and springs in Utah is based on the cadastral land- survey system of the U. S. Government. The number, in addition to designating the well or spring, describes its position in the land net. By this system, the State is divided into four quadrants by the Salt Lake Base Line and Meridian, and these quadrants are designated by the uppercase letters A, B, C, and D, indicating the northeast, northwest, southwest, and southeast quadrants, respectively. Numbers designating the township and range ( in that order) follow the quadrant letter, and all three are enclosed in parentheses. The number after the parentheses indicates the section, and is followed by three lowercase1 letters indicating the quarter section, the quarter- quarter section, and the quarter- quarter- quarter section ( generally 10 acres); the letters a, b, c, and d indicate, respectively, the northeast, northwest, southwest, and southeast quarters of each subdivision. The number after the letters is the serial number of the well or spring within the 10- acre tract; the letter " S" preceding the serial number denotes a spring. Springs that cannot be located accurately to the nearest 10- acre tract are indicated by the letter " S" following one or two lowercase letters and are assigned no serial number. Thus ( D- 3- 4) 32cca- 1 designates the first well constructed or visited in the NE% SW% SW% sec. 32, T. 3 S., R. 4 E.; and ( D- 3- 4) 32b- S indicates a spring known only to be in the northwest quarter of the same section. The numbering system is illustrated in figure 19. Sections within a township R. 4 E. Tracts within a section Sec. 32 ( D- 3- 4) 32cca- l fod- T. 3 S., R. » ' E. \ ' I ."^ WASATCH I COUNTY | Figure 19.- Well- and spring- numbering system used in Utah. In the basic- data tables in this report, which are computed printouts, these letters are uppercase. 52 |