Review Property Description

Question 1

Recorded Plats use LOTS, BLOCKS AND SUBDIVISION.

Answer 1

THE LARGEST UNIT OF MEASUREMENT IN A SUBDIVISION IS A BLOCK

Question 2

ANY OBJECT USED TO IDENTIFY A CORNER OF A PARCEL OF LAND IS CALLED A

Answer 2

MONUMENT

Question 3

A MONUMENT MAY BE A

Answer 3

NATURAL OR MAN - MADE

Question 4

The point of beginning is usually marked by a surveyor with a IRON PIN. Always begins and ends at a

Answer 4

POINT OF BEGINNING

Question 5

The Public Land Survey System (PLSS) is the surveying method developed and used in the United States to plat, or divide, real property for sale and settling. Also known as the Rectangular Survey System, it was created by the Land Ordinance of 1785.

Answer 5

The system is based on two sets of intersecting lines: PRINCIPAL meridians (PM) and base lines. run north and south. has a name or number and is crossed by a base line. this and its corresponding base line are used to survey a definite area of land, indicated on the map by boundary lines.

Question 6

GOVERNMENTAL RECTANGULAR SURVEY SYSTEM, BASE LINES ARE LATITUDE LINES

Answer 6

EACH PM IN GOVERNMENT RECTANGULAR SURVEY IS INTERSECTED BY ONE BASE LINE

Question 7

TOWNSHIP LINES : largest unit of measurement in a governmental rectangular survey
AREA OF A TOWNSHIP IS 36 SQUARE MILES

Answer 7

Lines running east and west, parallel to the base line and six miles apart

They form strips of land called township tiers. These township tiers are designated by consecutive numbers north or south of the base line. For instance, the strip of land between 6 and 12 miles north of a base line is Township 2 North.