What is a Status Plat?
A Status Plat is a state document that describes the location of state land, the classification of the land, and assignments of state interest in the land. A Status Plat is the graphic land record of the department. The township (36 square miles) is the standard convention for a Status Plat. If there is too much activity to map at this scale, cartographers will create supplemental plats. The most complex townships in the state can have over 100 supplementals. Simple townships with limited activity can have a single plat. There are about 20,000 plats maintained by DNR. See the help documents on how to read and interpret a Status Plat.
