AZ Real Estate - Legal Land Description B6 Flashcards
Each township is divided into 36 sections of 1 square mile each. 1 sq mi. is how many acres?
640 acres
Townships are how many square miles?
36 sq miles
Meridians run….
North - South
Baselines run…
East - West
Every 6 miles, parallel to the principal meridian there are _____ lines.
Range lines
Every 6 miles parallel to the baseline there are east west lines called ______ lines.
Township lines
Each township has ____sections.
36
Each section is ______sq mi and has _____acres.
1 square mile
640 acres
3 basic methods used in legal descriptions are?
Metes and bounds (used in 20 states)
Rectangular survey aka government survey
Map and plat aka lot and block
The principal meridian in AZ is the…?
Gila and Salt River Merdian
Every 6 mi parallel to the principal meridian, there are north south lines
called______.
Range lines
Every 6 miles parallel to the base line there are east west lines called ______lines.
Township lines
What is best system for describing small subdivided properties in urban areas?
Mat and plat aka lot and block
Every 24 miles contains _____townships?
16
____standard and ____fractional sections in a township.
25 standard
11 fractional
1 foot =
12 inches
1 yard =
3 feet or 36 inches
1 rod =
5 1/2 yards or 16 1/2 feet
1 mile =
320 rods or 1760 yards or 5280 ft
1 square foot is
144 sq inches
1 sq yard is
9 square feet
1 square rod is
30 1/4 square rods or 272 1/4 sq ft
1 acre is
160 sq rods or 4840 sq yards or 43,560 sq feet
1 acre sq.
208.71 feet square
Township measurements
36 square miles 6 miles square 24 miles perimeter 23,040 acres 36 sections
A government survey check contains _____townships?
16
The GSRB&M is where in relation to Phoenix?
20 miles SW and
At the confluence of the Gila and Salt Rivers
What is the perimeter of a section?
4 miles
When a quarter section is nonstandard as a result of lakes, mountains, and/or streams this is called?
Government lot
How many standard sections in a township? How many fractional?
25 standard
11 fractional sections
What determines the north south boundaries in a gov’t survey?
Baselines (tier lines)
What determines the east west boundaries in a gov’t survey?
Meridian or range lines
Phoenix is ____ miles_____of the GSRB&M:
20
Northeast
What is the smallest unit of measurement?
Lot and block
A plat map does not include______.
Buildings
Markers and degrees are found in what type of survey?
Metes and Bounds
How many townships are in a square mile?
16
Which of the following sections are fractional?
10,6,12,17
6
Smallest area of survey would most likely be:
Lot and Block
Which of these sections is not standard?
13,18,20,36
18
How many townships are in a government survey check?
16
Distance around a quarter of a section is?
2 miles
A row of tiers are called?
Townships
When would a plat map be used?
Subdivisions
If you were given boundaries, easements and measurements but not the orientation of the house, what type of survey would this be?
Lot and block
A method of legal description that uses definite property lines and starting points is called?
Formal metes and bounds
A township contains how many acres?
23,040
Rows of townships are called?
Tiers
A topography map would show what type of survey?
Contour map
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?
24 miles
How many townships are in a gov’t check?
16
Perimeter of Section 13 is
4 miles or 7,040 yards
Which is larger? 2 sections 1/10 of a township 2 miles square 2 square miles
2 miles
36 sq mi / 10 = 3.6
2 mi x 2 mi or 4 mi
2 sq miles
A section of land can be described as
1760 yards by 1760 yards or 5280 ft by 5280 ft
1/2 mile square is
160 acres
