Rectangular survey system Flashcards
43,560 square feet
Acre
A township that is adjusted to correct for the earths curvature that contains 25 standard sections (640 acres each) and 11 fractional sections
Correction Township
An area consisting of 16 townships; a quadrangle in the rectangular Service system of the following description that includes correction lines
Government check
In the rectangular survey system, and 6 mile strip of land running north/south
Range
Federal government system that divides land into sections, townships, and rangers using baselines and principal meridians
Rectangular survey system – also called government survey system or public land survey system (PLSS)
And area of land in the rectangular survey system that is a 1 mile x 1 mile Square. One of these equals 640 acres, and 36 sections are contained in a township
Section
In the rectangular survey system, a 6 mile strip of land running east/west
Tier
Square divisions of land, 6 miles x 6 miles, and the rectangular survey system one of these contains 36 sections, 36 square miles, 23,040 acres
Township