Legal Descriptions Flashcards
How big is a SECTION
640 acres
or
1 square mile
How big is a 1/4 SECTION
160 acres
1 square miles equals
640 acres
also know as
1 SECTION
how many feet in 1 ACRE
43,560 square feet
A Township are created by which lines? and they equal how many square miles?
They are created by township lines running E and W and Range lines running N and S to create a 36 square mile
How many miles are between each each Township and Range lines
6 miles
Tier
A measure of the distance north and south from a referenced principal baseline, in units of six miles. They are divided by township lines
Range Lines
A measure of the distance east or west from a referenced principal meridian, in units of six miles
Range columns run parallel to meridians, and township lines run parallel to baselines, meaning east to west. They intersect to create 36-square-mile areas called?.
Townships
datum
instrument to describe the height of a property
think of a datum like a very large ruler that extends upward and downward.
sometimes called the recorded plat method
Lot and Block system
Meridians
Longitude lines run North and South
also Range lines
Township lines
run west and east, parallel to the baseline and, like range lines, are six miles apart from one other
Simple way to find the area of a triangle?
the formula for a triangle is:
1/2 x Base x Height = Sq. ft.
1 mile equal how many feet
5,280 feet
