Unit 10 - 5 State - Legal Descriptions (Townships)

Question 1

Unit 10
Locate or name a township square

Answer 1

Principal Meridian (PM) vertical at Tallahassee
Base Line horizontal at Tallahassee
Range lines vertical (one line to right of PM = R1E)
Township lines horizontal (3 lines up = T3N)
Township, range

Question 2

Unit 10
Size of township

Answer 2

6 mile x 6 mile
36 sections (start top right of square then snake down
each section 1 mile x 1 mile
each section 640 acres
Locate township section right to left

Question 3

Unit 10
How many acres are there in the legal description N1/2 of the NE1/4 of the SW1/4 and the SE1/4 of the NW1/4?

Answer 3

640/4 /4 /2 = 20
640/4/4 = 40
Total = 60

Question 4

Unit 10
Check

Answer 4

square 24 miles on each side used to adjust grid pattern for curvature of the earth. Check contains 16 townships