LEVEL 4 TERMS Flashcards
Benchmark
Permanent marker of known location and elevation above sea level as established by a government survey team.
Block and lot system
A system of legal land description that identifies a piece of platted property by referring to the section, lot, and block numbers in a subdivision; aka recorded plat method.
Datum
A designated base reference point to elevation used by surveyors to determine the elevations of land or property in an area.
Legal description
A description of a property that is distinct and precise enough to distinguish it from all other properties.
Metes and bounds
A land survey process in which a licensed
land surveyor starts at a readily identifiable point of beginning and defines the boundaries of a property in terms of distances and compass directions, finally returning to the point of beginning.
Monument
A fixed landmark, whether natural or human made, used as a reference point in a metes and bounds legal description.
Plat
A map indicating the locations and dimensions in a block and lot system.
Point of beginning(POB)
The starting point for a metes and bounds legal description.
Survey
The process and physical product of finding and measuring the boundaries of a piece of real estate, including the location of improvements,encroachments,and easements.
Acre
A measurement of land equal to 43,560 sq ft.
Baseline
A parallel used in reference to a meridian to identify ranges, tiers, and townships in the rectangular survey method
Government survey system
A system of legal land description that uses the global lines of longitude and latitude to create a surveyed grid of meridians, baselines, townships, and ranges to describe a piece of land; aka TGE RECTANGULAR SURVEY SYSTEM
Meridian
An imaginary line of longitude used to identify a certain area of the earth’s surface along a north-south direction.
Parallel
A line of latitude.
Principal meridian
A meridian used in reference to a baseline to identify ranges, tiers, and townships in the rectangular survey method of land description.
Range
The area if land between two consecutive range lines.
Section
One of 36 equal square miles in a township.
Square foot
A unit of area measurement equal to a square measuring one foot on each side.
Tier
The area of land between two consucutive baselines.
Township
A square area of land with sides of six miles each, consisting of 36 square- mile sections and identified in reference to a meridian and baseline in the rectangular survey system.
Area
Length x width
How many feet are in 1 yard?
3 ft
How many feet are in 1 mile?
5,280 feet
How many sq ft in 1 yard?
9 sq ft
How many sq ft in 1 acre?
43,560 sq ft
How many acres in 1 sq mile?
640 acres
Public-Land Use Control
Government-issued land-use controls such as zoning ordinances, subdivision regulations l, and building codes.
Private-land use control
Are put into place by non-governmental entities, such as real estate developers- most commonly these come in the form of deed restrictions.
