Chapter 10 Flashcards
What is a legal description of a property?
Method used to identify a property’s unique location
Who identifies the boundaries of a property using measurements and references?
a surveyor
What are metes?
Measurements in a survey that refer to distance
What are bounds?
Compass directions to property boundaries in a survey
What are monuments (or benchmarks)
Fixed objects used to establish boundaries in a survey
What is Point of beginning?
Point at the edge of the property where the survey begins
What is Closing (in terms of a survey)
When the survey returns to the point of beginning
What are the methods used to legally describe a property?
Surveyor’s method (metes and Bounds)
Government survey method
Lots and Blocks
What is another name for the lot and block method of legal description?
Plat method
What is the plat method?
Legal description method used to identify small parcels of property in subdivided areas and cities
What are the elements in the plat method of land description?
streets, lots, and blocks
What are the items included in a plat method legal description?
Lot number
Block Number
Subdivision name
Plat book page and number
What is an assessor’s parcel number?
Number assigned to a parcel by a county property assessor to uniquely identify the property
Which is the most accurate method of legal description?
Surveyor’s method (Metes and bounds)
What is the format of directions in a surveyor’s legal description?
North or south followed number of degrees then east or west (N 37o E)
What is the government survey method?
Form of legal description that divides the surface of the earth into a grid with numbered squares
What is another name for the government survey method of land description?
Rectangular method
What is the Tallahassee principal meridian?
North/South government survey method line that goes through Tallahassee
What is the Tallahassee baseline?
East/West government survey method line that goes through Tallahassee
What is the Tallahassee government survey marker?
The intersection where the Tallahassee principal meridian and Tallahassee baseline meet
What are meridians (or range lines)?
North/South lines that run parallel to the Tallahassee principal meridian
What are baselines (or township lines)?
East/West lines that run parallel to the Tallahassee baseline
What is the distance between meridians (range) lines?
6 miles
What is the difference between baselines (township lines)?
6 miles
What is a Range (in terms of a survey)?
Vertical area between meridians (or range lines)
What is a tier (in terms of a survey)?
horizontal area between baselines (or township lines)
What is each square created by drawing range lines and township lines called?
Township
How do you locate a township?
Identifying the Tier (T) and the Range (R) where it is located
What is the notation used to identify a township that is 1 township south of Tallahassee and 1 range west?
T1S, R1W
What is the notation used to identify a township that is 5 townships north of Tallahassee and 2 ranges east?
T5N, R2E
What is the notation used to identify a township that is 2 townships north of Tallahassee and 5 ranges West?
T2N, R5W
What is the area of a township?
36 square miles
6 miles squared
What are guide meridians and correction lines?
method by which the curvature of the earth is accounted for in the government land description method
Guide meridians and correction lines are drawn on the map
What is a check (in a survey)
Intersection of guide meridians and correction lines that form a 24 mile square area
How many sections is a township divided into?
36 one square mile sections
What are the dimensions of a section?
1 square mile
1 mile by 1 mile
How many acres are in each section?
640 acres
What is the section number that is immediately south of section 1 in a township?
12
What is the number of acres in the NW 1/4 of a section?
160
