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AZ Real Estate - Legal Land Description B6 Flashcards

0
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Each township is divided into 36 sections of 1 square mile each. 1 sq mi. is how many acres?

A

640 acres

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Townships are how many square miles?

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36 sq miles

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2
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Meridians run….

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North - South

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Baselines run…

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East - West

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4
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Every 6 miles, parallel to the principal meridian there are _____ lines.

A

Range lines

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5
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Every 6 miles parallel to the baseline there are east west lines called ______ lines.

A

Township lines

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6
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Each township has ____sections.

A

36

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7
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Each section is ______sq mi and has _____acres.

A

1 square mile

640 acres

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3 basic methods used in legal descriptions are?

A

Metes and bounds (used in 20 states)
Rectangular survey aka government survey
Map and plat aka lot and block

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9
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The principal meridian in AZ is the…?

A

Gila and Salt River Merdian

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10
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Every 6 mi parallel to the principal meridian, there are north south lines
called______.

A

Range lines

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Every 6 miles parallel to the base line there are east west lines called ______lines.

A

Township lines

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12
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What is best system for describing small subdivided properties in urban areas?

A

Mat and plat aka lot and block

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13
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Every 24 miles contains _____townships?

A

16

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14
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____standard and ____fractional sections in a township.

A

25 standard

11 fractional

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15
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1 foot =

A

12 inches

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16
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1 yard =

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3 feet or 36 inches

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17
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1 rod =

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5 1/2 yards or 16 1/2 feet

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18
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1 mile =

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320 rods or 1760 yards or 5280 ft

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19
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1 square foot is

A

144 sq inches

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20
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1 sq yard is

A

9 square feet

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21
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1 square rod is

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30 1/4 square rods or 272 1/4 sq ft

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22
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1 acre is

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160 sq rods or 4840 sq yards or 43,560 sq feet

23
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1 acre sq.

A

208.71 feet square

24
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Township measurements

A 
36 square miles
6 miles square
24 miles perimeter
23,040 acres
36 sections
25
Q

A government survey check contains _____townships?

A

16

26
Q

The GSRB&M is where in relation to Phoenix?

A

20 miles SW and

At the confluence of the Gila and Salt Rivers

27
Q

What is the perimeter of a section?

A

4 miles

28
Q

When a quarter section is nonstandard as a result of lakes, mountains, and/or streams this is called?

A

Government lot

29
Q

How many standard sections in a township? How many fractional?

A

25 standard

11 fractional sections

30
Q

What determines the north south boundaries in a gov’t survey?

A

Baselines (tier lines)

31
Q

What determines the east west boundaries in a gov’t survey?

A

Meridian or range lines

32
Q

Phoenix is ____ miles_____of the GSRB&M:

A

20

Northeast

33
Q

What is the smallest unit of measurement?

A

Lot and block

34
Q

A plat map does not include______.

A

Buildings

35
Q

Markers and degrees are found in what type of survey?

A

Metes and Bounds

36
Q

How many townships are in a square mile?

A

16

37
Q

Which of the following sections are fractional?

10,6,12,17

A

6

38
Q

Smallest area of survey would most likely be:

A

Lot and Block

39
Q

Which of these sections is not standard?

13,18,20,36

A

18

40
Q

How many townships are in a government survey check?

A

16

41
Q

Distance around a quarter of a section is?

A

2 miles

42
Q

A row of tiers are called?

A

Townships

43
Q

When would a plat map be used?

A

Subdivisions

44
Q

If you were given boundaries, easements and measurements but not the orientation of the house, what type of survey would this be?

A

Lot and block

45
Q

A method of legal description that uses definite property lines and starting points is called?

A

Formal metes and bounds

46
Q

A township contains how many acres?

A

23,040

47
Q

Rows of townships are called?

A

Tiers

48
Q

A topography map would show what type of survey?

A

Contour map

49
Q

To keep range lines as nearly as possible six miles apart, a correction line is made as the line continues north. The correction is made every?

A

24 miles

50
Q

How many townships are in a gov’t check?

A

16

51
Q

Perimeter of Section 13 is

A

4 miles or 7,040 yards

52
Q 
Which is larger?
2 sections
1/10 of a township 
2 miles square
2 square miles
A

2 miles
36 sq mi / 10 = 3.6
2 mi x 2 mi or 4 mi
2 sq miles

53
Q

A section of land can be described as

A

1760 yards by 1760 yards or 5280 ft by 5280 ft

54
Q

1/2 mile square is

A

160 acres

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