Math 7: Legal Descriptions (Cont'd of Ch. 5)

Question 1

What is up and down on the description?

Answer 1

Township North (Up)
Township South (Down)

Question 2

What is Left and Right on the description?

Answer 2

Range West (Left)
Range East (Right)

Question 3

What is T2N, R3W, 6th PM?

Answer 3

Township 2 North, Range 3 West, at 6th PM

Question 4

What does Township 2 North, Range 3 West, at 6th PM mean?

Answer 4

2 Up, 3 Left, starting at 6th Principle Meridian

Question 5

How many square miles is a piece before it is divided

Answer 5

36 Square Miles

Question 6

How much do you divide them by?

Answer 6

36 pieces, 1 Square Mile each

Question 7

Where do the numbers of the Sections start?

Answer 7

North East (Top Left) then go west (left) 
Then down 1 then right, 
Then down 1 then left

Question 8

What is Section 16 used for? Why?

Answer 8

Section 16 is set aside for school purposes and is called the “school section”.

Because it more in the middle so it is fair.

Question 9

What is Section 1 used for?

Answer 9

Section 1 is always the northeast corner section

Question 10

Dividing Sections into quarters. What does it become?

Answer 10

Into quarters, NorthWest quarter, NorthEast Quarter, Southwest Quarter, SouthEast Quarter

Question 11

Each quarter is how many acres?

Answer 11

160 Acres

Question 12

How many Acres is a whole square 1 mile piece?

Answer 12

640 Acres

Question 13

Dividing a quarter of a quarter section. What does that mean?

Divide the Northeast quarter into 4

Answer 13

The 4 Parts are:
Northwest quarter of the Northeast quarter
Northeast quarter of the Northeast quarter
Southwest quarter of the Northeast Quarter
SouthEast quarter of the Northeast Quarter
So:
NW 1/4, NE 1/4
and so on

Question 14

Divide the quarter into another quarter:

What does SW 1/4, NW 1/4, NE 1/4 mean?

Answer 14

The Southwest quarter of the Northwest quarter of the Northeast quarter.

Question 15

1 acre = how many square feet?

Answer 15

43,560 square feet