CHP 8 - Legal Descriptions Flashcards
Metes and Bounds
Starts at a point of beginning and returns to the same point
Metes
Distance and direction
Bounds
fixed reference points (monuments and landmarks)
Rectangular Survey System
longitude latitude township grids ranges tiers sections
Why does legal description need county & state
meridians and parallels extend through multiple counties and states
Recorded Plat Method AKA
Lot and BLock system for subdivisions
Lot and Block Description Format
lot# or letter
BLock identifier
Subdivision name Section location township county state
Datums
Standard eleveation reference points
Benchmarks
Local elevation markers
Calculating Acreage of a parcel
X denominators of the fractionsand divide 640 by the answer
N to S area between two meridians
Range lines
In a rectangular survey system Range lines go….
N to S
Reference points, angles and distances (which description method uses these)
Metes and Bounds
Check or quadrangle is defined by
guide meridians and standard parallels
How far apart are common parallels
6 miles
What’s the dimensions of a township
6 miles square
What’s a guide meridian
every 24 miles east or west to correct for earths curve
A plat survey is best described as
subdivision
1st legal description used in USA
metes and bounds
Define a range
two consective meridians
Which land description method uses plat map
lot and block
What is a block
A group of lots
Legal description in rectangular survey system will include metes and bounds if….
Irregular in shape
