(2)A geographic Cutter, usually based on the first filing word in the established form of a place name, is used with classification numbers ending with 2 or 7, 3 or 8, and 4 or 9. The geographic Cutter may be followed by a subject Cutter. A geographic Cutter never follows a subject Cutter.

For areas or features classified by using the colon technique, the geographic Cutter is considered to extend through the second alphanumeric. Example:

Special Applications and Instructions:

Boundaries

Mountains

Coasts and Continental Shelf

Named Quadrangles

Colleges and Universities

National Forests, Parks, Etc.

Formerly Independent Towns

Sections of Geographic Features

Forts

Southern California and Northern California (5)

Geologic Formations

Townships

Government Agency Administrative Units

Townsites (Imaginary)

Lake and River Regions

Townsites (Proposed)

Military Installations, Etc.

Trails

Mines

Urban and Rural Districts

See also:

Classification