Section 10 Vocabulary

Question 1

Primary Reference Line

Answer 1

With the metes-and-bounds system, the North and South line through the circle is the primary reference line.

Question 2

Three types of survey systems are?

Answer 2

The metes-and-bounds, the government survey system and the lot and block description.

Question 3

The government survey system is also called what?

Answer 3

The public land survey system or rectangular survey system.

Question 4

The government survey system uses a primary reference line running which way?

Answer 4

The government survey system uses a primary reference line running north-south called the principal meridian and an east-west called baseline.

Question 5

Range Lines

Answer 5

Run north-south every 6 miles to the west and east of the principal meridian.

Question 6

Township Lines

Answer 6

Run east-west every 6 miles to the north and south of the baseline.

Question 7

Range

Answer 7

Range lines run north-south every 6 miles. The north-south strip of land formed by two range lines is called a range.

Question 8

Township

Answer 8

Township lines run east-west every 6 miles. The east-west strip of land formed by two township lines is called a tier or township.

Question 9

Baseline

Answer 9

In Florida, the principal meridian and baselines run through the center of Tallahassee. The lines running in an east-west direction are called baselines.

Question 10

Benchmark

Answer 10

When a survey is conducted, a benchmark is put in place in order to make the property lines easier to identify by surveyors in the future. The benchmark is a marked point of known or assumed elevation from which other elevations may be established.

Question 11

Check

Answer 11

Correction lines and checks are used in the government survey system. Every fourth township line is used as a correction line in which the placement of the range lines is measured and corrected to a full six miles. A check contains 16 townships.

Question 12

Datum

Answer 12

Surveys include datum, which are a set of reference points used to locate places on the Earth. Surveys rely on a point of beginning, monuments, and an ending point known as the terminus.

Question 13

Government Survey System

Answer 13

It is based on the logic that you can identify any point on a plane by reference to two axes. It relies on primary reference lines running in a north-south direction called the principal meridian and lines running in an east-west direction called baselines.

Question 14

Legal Description

Answer 14

A legal description is a method of describing the location of real estate that will be accepted by a court

Question 15

Lot and Block

Answer 15

The lot and block system is used to identify specific parcels of land by describing the lot number within a recorded block or subdivision plat. It is also called the recorded plat method.

Question 16

Metes and Bounds

Answer 16

The Metes-and-Bounds system is the oldest method of land description. Know that METES refers to distance (measured in feet) and BOUNDS refers to direction. Every Metes-and-Bounds description begins with a reference point called a “POINT OF BEGINNING” (POB).

Question 17

Monument

Answer 17

Monuments are fixed objects used to establish boundaries.

Question 18

Point of Beginning

Answer 18

Surveys begin with reference point called a point of beginning (POB).

Question 19

Principal Meridian

Answer 19

Reference lines running in a north-south direction are called the principal meridian.

Question 20

Section

Answer 20

Townships are divided into 36 Sections which are each 1 mile square or 1 mile by 1 mile or 1 square mile. Each section then is identified as a number within the township.

Question 21

Survey

Answer 21

Florida property is either identified through the government survey system or the lot and block description.

Question 22

Terminus

Answer 22

Surveys rely on a point of beginning, monuments, and an ending point known as the terminus.