Land Description

Question 1

How many sq ft in an acre?

Answer 1

43,560 sq ft

Question 2

How many acres in a township?

Answer 2

23,040 acres

Question 3

A township is how many square miles?

Answer 3

36 square miles

Question 4

How many acres in a section?

Answer 4

640 acres

Question 5

How many sections in a town ship?

Answer 5

36 sections

Question 6

A property description using the metes and bounds methods must always end where?

Answer 6

POB Point of beginning

Question 7

What are the basic components of a metes and bounds system?

Answer 7

Points of beginning
Tangible and Intangible monuments
Degrees, minutes, seconds

Question 8

What are the basic components of the rectangular survey system?

Answer 8

Baselines
Principal meridians
Townships

Question 9

How many square miles is a section?

Answer 9

1 square mile

Question 10

What are the turning points in the metes and bounds method of property description?

Answer 10

Monuments

Question 11

Rights above the earths surface are

Answer 11

Air rights

Question 12

A survey that provides only the location of the structures and improvements as related to property boundaries is

Answer 12

ILC

Improvement Location Certificate

Question 13

A length of chain is

Answer 13

66 feet or 4 rods

Question 14

How many acres in a square mile

Answer 14

640 acres

Question 15

How many feet in a mile

Answer 15

5280 feet

Question 16

Metes measures

Answer 16

Distance

Question 17

Bounds is

Answer 17

Directions

Question 18

Rows of townships are called

Answer 18

Tiers

Question 19

Columns of townships are called

Answer 19

Ranges

Question 20

A method that divides a subdivision into individual parcels and references all data in a subdivision plat map.

Answer 20

Lot and block method

Question 21

Survey preparation includes the following

Answer 21

Legal description and survey sketch