Abbreviations

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For consistency in legal descriptions, BLM has adopted the following
standard notation appreviations for public lands.

A
A	Acre(s)	Admt	Amendment, Amended, Amends
Acq	Acquired	ANS	Air Navigation Site
Act of Cong	Act of Congress	Apln	Application
Adm S	Administrative Site	Apln Ext	Application for extension
AEC	Atomic Energy Commission	Appvd	Approved
Agri	Agriculture, Agricultural	Aprt	Airport
Agri Exp Sta	Agricultural Experimental Station	Asgn	Assignment
AHE	Additional Homestead Entry	Asph	Asphalt
All Min	All minerals	ASRHE	Additional Stockraising Homestead Entry
Allot	Allotment	Auth	Authorization
B
Bdy, Bdrs	Boundary, Boundaries	BLM	Bureau of Land Management
BIA	Bureau of Indian Affairs	BR	Bureau of Reclamation
Blk	Block	BSFW	Bureau of Sports, Fisheries & Wildlife (Now Fish and Wildlife Service)
C
COE	Corps of Engineers	CHE	Commuted Homestead Entry
CA	Communitization Agreement	Circ	Circular
Cad	Cadastral	Cl	Classification
Canc	Cancellation, Cancelled	C/L	Center line
Cpg	Campground	Comm P	Community pit
CDI	Control Document Index	Comm S	Communication site
CE	Cash Entry	Condemn	Condemnation
Cert	Certificate	Corp	Corporation
CFR	Code of Federal Regulations	C/T	Color of Title
Ch, Chs	Chain, Chains	Cur Pat	Curative patent
D
D/C	Ditches and/or Canal	Det	Determination
Ded	Dedication	Dist	District
Def	Deficiency	Div	Division
Dept of Agri	Department of Agriculture	DLE	Desert Land Entry
Dept of Int	Department of the Interior	DM	District Manager
DOI	Department of the Interior	Doc	Document
Des	Designation, designated
E
E	East	ES	Exchange Survey
Eff	Effective	Esmt	Easement
EHE	Enlarged Homestead Entry	Excl	Excluding, excluded
Elim	Eliminate, elimination	Exp	Expire, expired
Enlgmt	Enlargement	Ext	Extended, extension, extend
EO	Executive Order
F
FAA	Federal Aviation Administration	FPA	Federal Power Act
F&WS	Fish and Wildlife Service	FPC	Federal Power Commission
FC	Final Certificate	FR	Federal Register
Fed	Federal	Frac	Fractional
FHA	Farmers Home Administration	FS	Forest Service
Fis	Fissionable materials	FUP	Free Use Permit
FLS	Forest Lieu Selection	FX	Forest Exchange
Fm U	Farm unit
G
Gd	Gold	GLO	General Land Office
Geo	Geothermal	Geo Plat	Geothermal Resource Plat
H
Hdq S	Headquarters site	HES	Homestead Entry Survey
HDS	Homestead Declaratory Statement	HI	Historical Index
HE	Homestead Entry	Hwy	Highway
I
IA	Indian Allotment	Ind Res	Indian reservation
Iden	Identify, Identification	Ind Tr	Indian Trust
IL	Indemnity List state	Ind Tr Pat	Indian Trust patent
Illus	Illustration	Intpr	Interpretation
Incl	Including, Inclusive	IS	Indemnity Selection
Ind Fee	Indian fee	IT	Isolated Tract
J
Juris	Jurisdiction
K
KCLA	Known Coal Leasing Area	KGS	Known Geological Structure
KGRA	Known Geothermal Resource Area	KLA	Known Leasing Area
L
Lat	Latitude	LS	Lieu Selection
LD	Interior Land Decision	Lsbl	Leasable
Lic	License	Lse	Lease
LO	Land Office	Ltr	Letter
Loc	Location	LU	Land Utilization
Long	Longitude
M
Mat S	Material Site	Min Cert or MC	Mineral certificate
M&B	Metes and Bounds	Misc	Miscellaneous
MCOA or MOA	Mining Claim Occupancy Act	MLCI	Mineral Location & Contest Index
ME	Mineral Entry	Mod	Modification
Mgmt	Management	Mon	Monument
Mil Pur	Military purpose	MS	Mineral survey
Mil Res	Military reservation	MTP	Master Title Plat
Mil S	Millsite	Mult Use or MU	Multiple Use
Min	Mineral
N
N	North	NOL	Not Open to Leasing
NA	Native Allotment	NOM	Not Open to Mining
NE	Northeast	NP	National Park
nc	Noncompetitive	NPS	National Park Service
NF	National Forest	NRL	National Resource Lands
N Mon	National Monument	NW	Northwest
NOE	Not Open to Entry (Surface, Mining and Mineral Leasing)	NWR	National Wildlife Refuge
O
O	Order	OG	Oil and Gas
OE	Open to Entry	Oper	Operator
P
Par	Parcel	Pre	Pre-emption
Part	Partially	Proc	Proclamation
Pat	Patent	Proj	Project
PD	Public Domain	Prop	Propose, proposed
Per	Permit	Prot Wdl	Protective Withdrawal
Pet Res	Petroleum Reserve	PS	Public sale
Pho	Phosphate	PU	Public Use
PL	Public Law	Pur	Purchase
PLC	Public Land Claim	PW Res	Public Water Reserve
PLO	Public Land Order	Pwr Proj	Power project
Pot	Potassium	Pwr S	Power site
Pr Per	Prospecting permit	PX	Private exchange
Q
QCD	Quitclaim Deed	Qs	Quicksilver
R
R	Range	Rev	Revoked, revocation
R&PP	Recreation and Public Purpose	Rfg	Refuge
Rcpl	Reciprocal	Rgr Sta	Ranger station
Rd	Road	RHE	Reclamation Homestead Entry
Re-cl	Reclassification	RI	Range Improvement
Rec Lse	Recreation lease	RIP	Records Management Project
Recl Wdl	Reclamation withdrawal	Rmks	Remarks
Recon	Reconveyed	RR	Railroad
Reg	Regional	RRG	Railroad Grant
Rej	Rejected, rejection	RRIS	Railroad Indemnity Selection
Rel	Relinquished, relinquishment	RRLS	Railroad Lieu Selection
Res	Reservation or reserve	RS	Revised Statutes
Resc	Rescind, rescinded	Rstd	Restricted
Rest	Restoration, restored	Rvst	Revested
Resvr	Reservoir	R/W	Rights-of-Way
S
S	South	Spec Per	Special Permit
SAH	Soldier's Additional Homestead	SR	Serial Register
SD	State Director	SRHE	Stockraising Homestead Entry
SDO	State Director's Order	SS	State Selection
SDW Wdl	Stock Driveway Withdrawal	ST	Small Tract
SE	Southeast	Stat	Statutes at large
sec.	Section	ST Cl	Small tract Classification
Sec of Agri	Secretary of Agriculture	ST Lse	Small tract lease
Sec of the Int	Secretary of the Interior	Sta	Station
Segr	Segregate, segregated	Subdiv Und	Subdivision undefined
Sel	Selection, selected	Subj	Subject
SG	State Grant	Sul	Sulphur
SHC	Small Holding Line	Suppl	Supplemental
Si	Silver	Sur	Survey, surveyed
Sim	Simultaneous	Sus	Suspended
SLUP	Special Land Use Permit	SW	Southwest
SO	Secretary's Order	SX	State Exchange
Sod	Sodium
T
T or Tps	Township, townships	Trans	Transmission
TC	Timber Culture	Trf	Transfer
Tel	Telephone	Trf Juris	Transfer of jurisdiction
Teleg	Telegraph	Trfd	Transferred
Temp	Temporary	Tri Sta	Triangulation station
Term	Terminate, termination	Trsp	Trespass
Tns	Townsite	T/S	Timber and Stone
Tr	Tract	TUP	Temporary Use Permit
U
UA	Unit Agreement	USS	United States Survey
Unapprop	Unappropriated	Unsur	Unsurveyed
Undet	Undetermined	UR	Uranium
Undgd	Underground	USC	United States Code
US	United States	USGS	United States Geological Survey
W
W	West	WP	Water Power
WAA	War Assets Administration	Wp Des	Water power designation
War Dept	War Department	WR	Water Rights
WD	Warranty Deed	WS	Watershed
Wdl	Withdrawal	Wt	Warrant
Wdn	Withdrawn
X
X	Exchange, exchanged