Unit 4 - Property Description

Question 1

A description of a specific parcel of real estate complete enough for an independent surveyor to locate and identify.

Answer 1

Legal Description

Question 2

In a metes-and-bounds legal description, the starting point of the survey, situated at one corner of the parcel. All metes-and-bounds descriptions must follow the boundaries of the parcel back to the point of beginning.

Answer 2

Point of Beginning (POB)

Question 3

1 mile X 1 mile square, 640 acres

Answer 3

Section

Question 4

43,560 square feet (4 women going 35 mph in a 60 mph zone)

Answer 4

Acre

Question 5

A legal description of a parcel of land that begins at a well-marked point and follows the boundaries, using directions and distances around the tract, back to the place of beginning.

Answer 5

Metes-and-bounds (boundary) description

Question 6

In surveying, a reference to a course, distance, or monument when describing a boundary

Answer 6

Call

Question 7

A fixed natural or artificial object used to establish real estate boundaries for metes-and-bounds description

Answer 7

Monument

Question 8

A system established in 1785 by the federal government, providing for surveying and describing land by reference to prinicipal meridians and base lines; used mainly west of the Mississippi River,

Answer 8

Government (Rectangular or geodetic) survey

Question 9

The main imaginary line running north and south and crossing a base line at a definite point; used by surveyors for reference in locating and describing land under the rectangular (government) survey system of legal description.

Answer 9

Principal Meridian

Question 10

The main imaginary line running east and west and crossing a principal meridian at a definite point; used by surveyors for reference in locating and describing land under the rectangular (government) survey system of legal description.

Answer 10

Base lines

Question 11

A strip of land six miles wide, extending north and south and numbered east and west according to its distance from the principal meridian in the rectangular (government) survey system of legal description

Answer 11

Ranges

Question 12

The principal unit of rectangular (government) survey system. A township is a square with six-mile sides and an area of 36 square miles.

Answer 12

Township

Question 13

All the lines in a rectangular survey system that run east and west, parallel to the base line, six miles apart.

Answer 13

Township Lines

Question 14

A portion of township under the rectangular (government) survey system. A township is divided into 36 sections, numbered 1 through 36. A section is a square with mile-long sides and an area of one square mile, or 640 acres.

Answer 14

Section

Question 15

A method of describing real property that identifies a parcel of land by reference to lot and block numbers within a subdivision, as specified on a recorded subdivision plat

Answer 15

Reference to recorded plat aka lot-and-block (recorded plat) system

Question 16

A map of a subdivision indicating the location and boundaries of individual properties. Generally shows lots, blocks, easements, streets, floodplains, et cetera. Usually requires official approval before recordation,

Answer 16

Plat Map

Question 17

The process by which boundaries are measured and land areas are determined; the on-site measurement of lot lines, dimensions, and position of a house on a lot, including the determination of any existing encroachments or easements.

Answer 17

Survey

Question 18

A strip of land six miles wife, extending east and west and numbered north and south according to its distance from the base line in the government rectangular survey system of legal description.

Answer 18

Tier (Township strip)

Question 19

A survey that measures the features of the earth’s surfaces such as hills and valleys plus the location of roads.

Answer 19

Topographic Survey