Rectangular survey system Flashcards

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43,560 square feet

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Acre

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A township that is adjusted to correct for the earths curvature that contains 25 standard sections (640 acres each) and 11 fractional sections

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Correction Township

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3
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An area consisting of 16 townships; a quadrangle in the rectangular Service system of the following description that includes correction lines

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Government check

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4
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In the rectangular survey system, and 6 mile strip of land running north/south

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Range

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5
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Federal government system that divides land into sections, townships, and rangers using baselines and principal meridians

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Rectangular survey system – also called government survey system or public land survey system (PLSS)

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6
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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

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Section

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7
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In the rectangular survey system, a 6 mile strip of land running east/west

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Tier

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8
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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

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Township

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