Description:
The public land laws of the United States
have created a wide diversity of estates in land,
each having its own idiosyncrasies. In addition,
the lands in public ownership are subject to
daily changes in the applicability of the various
public land laws, including the mining laws, by
virtue of congressional and administrative
withdrawals. It is therefore impossible to publish
an accurate statewide land status map that
would not be obsolete almost immediately. By
following the procedures outlined below, however,
a reasonably accurate determination of
status can be obtained.