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Methods of Land Description Flashcards

1
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What are the 3 methods of Surveying Land?

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  1. Government system or Rectangular System
  2. Lot and Block
  3. Metes and Bounds
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Rectangular System describes what?

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Used to standardize land boundaries using Principle meridians and Base lines.

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What is a Survey?

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Process of calculating dimensions and area to find exact location of land parcel

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Principle Meridian?

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Lines that run North to South and is referenced by a name or number and crossed by a base line

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Base Lines?

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Lines that run East to West

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How are Principle Meridian and Base Lines located?

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Using degrees of longitude and latitude

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Tiers?

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Used in Rectangular system described by numbers, parallel, and north or south of base line. Each is 6 miles apart to describe township lines.

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What are Ranges?

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Run parallel North to South of Principle Meridian and divided 6 miles apart

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How are townships formed?

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When Horizontal town lines (E to W) and Ranges (N to S) lines intersect, it forms squares or townships, which are the basic units of rectangular system.

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What are the 3 legal descriptions of a township?

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  1. Indication of tier by its locations
  2. Indication of range
  3. name or number of Meridian for that area
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What are Sections?

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Townships divided in sections and subsections called halves and quarters

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How many sections are in a Township and which section is subject to school purposes?

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36 sections, which section 16 used for school

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How long is one section in a township?

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1 square mile or 640 acres or 43,560 square feet in each acre.

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Where does a section start?

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At section one, the Most Northeastern or upper right hand corner. Counting right to left, then down, then from left to right.

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What does the comma and semicolon replace in Government Survey?

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Comma replaces the word, “of,” and Semicolon means, “and”

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When may Metes and Bounds be used in the Government System?

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In 3 situations:

  1. Tract is irregular in shape
  2. Tract is too small to be in quarter-sections
  3. Tract does not follow lot and block lines of subdivisions or section, quarter-section lines, or other fractional section lines.
17
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What is Metes and Bounds Survey

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Metes describes measures and bounds describes linear directions that describe the physicality of land to determine boundaries and measures of parcels

18
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What is POB?

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Point of Beginning in the Metes and Bounds survey as well where the boundary ends. POB is designated by a monument usually iron pins or concrete posts.

19
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What is the Lot and Block Method?

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Uses lot and block to locate where a land is located in a county. Lot is described in numbers, and block is described in name of subdivision within a plat map.

20
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What is Plat Map?

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A map of a town, section, or subdivision indicating location and boundaries of individual properties. Used mostly in Subdivisions and urban areas.

21
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Lot and Block is performed in 2 steps?

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  1. Large parcel is described in Rectangular system or metes and bounds
  2. Once surveyed, parcel is broken down into smaller parcels
22
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When describing a lot from a subdivision plat 3 identifiers are used?

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  1. Lot and Block number
  2. Name or number of subdivision plat
  3. Name of County or state
23
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Put the steps in the proper order to physically locate the property legally described as follows: Lot 71, Happy Valley Estates 2, located in a portion of the southeast quarter of Section 23, Township 7 North, Range 4 East of the Seward Principal Meridian in Johnson County, MO.
Place the objects in the correct order from top to bottom by dragging them.

A) Find Southeast quarter

B) Look for reference to plat map for subdivision known as Happy Valley Estates

C) Find Township 7 North, Range 4 East

D) Find Seaward Principle Meridian

A

D, C, A, B

24
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The legal description of a property is based on information collected through a process called a survey. T/F?

A

True.

25
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A metes-and-bounds description starts at a designated place on the parcel called the point of beginning. T/F?

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True.

Unit 5 Land Description (2 decks)

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