Good to Know

Question 1

Method describing property using distances and directions (markers and degrees)

Answer 1

Metes and Bounds

Question 2

Method of describing property based on survey map entered into the public records

Answer 2

Recorded plat/ Lot and Block

Question 3

Method describing property using baseline and meridians

Answer 3

Rectangular Survey/ Government System Survey

Question 4

Principal meridian runs

Answer 4

North and South

Question 5

Baseline Runs

Answer 5

West and East

Question 6

Baseline and Meridian in Arizona is the

Answer 6

Gila river and salt river

Question 7

Ranges are

Answer 7

part of the meridian and run North and south, distance between them is 6 miles

Question 8

tiers are

Answer 8

part of the baseline and run east and west, distance between them is 6 miles

Question 9

Townships are

Answer 9

squares created by ranges and township tiers - 6 miles each side, 36 miles squared of area, 24 of perimeter

they have 36 sections

Question 10

Sections are

Answer 10

inside townships - there are 36 sections in a township
measure 1 mile by 1 mile
sections have 640 acres

Question 11

Government check

Answer 11

holds 16 townships, 24 miles squared

Question 12

How many feet in a mile

Answer 12

5280 feet in a mile

Question 13

How many feet in an acre

Answer 13

43560 feet in an acre

Question 14

Arizona state trust land is managed by the

Answer 14

Arizona state land department

Question 15

Agency in arizona that protects arizonas water supply

Answer 15

Arizona department of water resources

Question 16

2 types of water

Answer 16

ground water and surface water

Question 17

surface water rights in Arizona are regulated by the

Answer 17

Doctrine of prior appropriation - first in time - first in right

Question 18

3 objectives of the Arizona groundwater management code

Answer 18

control severe overdraft, allocate groundwater, increase supplies through supplemental resources

Question 19

areas where irrigation use threaten to exceed limited water supplies are designated as

Answer 19

irrigation non expansion areas (INA)

Question 20

Areas in AZ where excessive overdraft fee is occurring are designated as

Answer 20

active management areas - AMAs