Agenda

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Wednesday, October 1, 2025
9:00 am – 1:30 pm CDT


Agenda:
Presented by Steven K. Lemke, PLS, PE

Metes and Bounds and What Came Before the US Public Land Survey System (PLSS)

  • Basic land description concepts: distances, directions, circular curves, mathematical closure, state plane coordinates
  • Reading a metes and bounds description
  • Drawbacks of a metes and bounds-based system

Basics of the U.S. Public Land Survey System (PLSS)

  • Development of PLSS, advantages and disadvantages
  • Principal meridians and baselines
  • The Township: the basic building block of the PLSS
  • Township Subdivision: sections, quarter sections, and government lots
  • Numbering sections
  • Irregular sections and aliquot parts

Describing and Locating Lands in the PLSS

  • Conventional parcels
  • “Part of” descriptions
  • Reading a PLSS description
  • Writing a description
  • Drawing a description
  • Software/websites for mapping, drawing and locating described lands

 

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Credits

Engineers
4.0 PDHs*

Land Surveyors
4.0 PDHs*

 

Continuing Education Information

This webinar is open to the public and is designed to qualify for 4.0 PDHs for professional engineers and land surveyors in most states that allow this learning method. *This course is not approved in New York; please refer to specific state rules to determine eligibility.

HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for engineers in Florida (Provider License No: CEA362), Indiana (License No. CE21700059), Maryland, and New Jersey (Approval No. 24GP00049300). HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for land surveyors licensed in Indiana (License No. CE10600325), and Maryland.

This webinar has been registered with the Florida Board of Professional Surveyors and Mappers for 4.0 continuing education credits. This webinar has been approved by the Missouri Board of APEPLSPLA for 4.0 PDUs.

Attendance will be monitored, and attendance certificates will be available after the webinar for those who attend the entire course and score a minimum 80% on the quiz that follows the course (multiple attempts allowed).

*On-Demand Credits*

The preceding credit information only applies to the live presentation. This course in an on-demand format is not pre-approved by any licensing boards and may not qualify for the same credits; please consult your licensing board(s) to ensure that a structured, asynchronous learning format is appropriate.

Speakers

Steven K. Lemke, PLS, PE

Executive Director (retired), Lemke Land Surveying (a division of Parkhill, Smith, & Cooper, Inc.)

Mr. Lemke has 43 years of experience in land surveying and civil engineering. For 31 years he has overseen Lemke Land Surveying out of Norman, Oklahoma. In addition to being a professional land surveyor, Mr. Lemke is a professional engineer which gives him unique perspectives when understanding clients’ challenges and addressing project needs. He has had full project management and design responsibilities for municipal, commercial, industrial and residential site development projects and has been a service provider and consultant for a wide range of project types and market sectors.