UNIT 5 LAND DESCRIPTIONS Flashcards
AIRLOTS
Designated airspace over a piece of land
BASE LINES
Maine imaginary line running east and west used by surveyors for reference in locating and describing land under the rectangular survey system.
DATUM
A horizontal plane from which heights and depths are measured.
LEGAL DESCRIPTION
The legal description of a property provides a clear and lawful definition of a property’s boundaries.
LOT AND BLOCK METHOD
The lot and block survey system is a method used in the United States and Canada to locate and identify land.
METES AND BOUNDS
The boundaries or limits of a tract of land especially as described by reference to lines and distances between points on the land.
MONUMNETS
A fixed object used to describe real estate boundaries for a metes and bounds description.
PLAT MAPS
A map of a subdivision indicating the location and boundaries of individual properties.
POINT OF BEGINNING
The starting point of in a metes and bounds legal description.
PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN
A principal meridian is one of the prim meridians used in the government rectangular survey method that runs north and south to locate range lines.
RANGES
A measure of the distance east or west from a referenced principal meridian, in units of six miles.
RECTANGULAR SURVEY SYSTEM
A survey system created in 1785 by the federal government that references land based on principal meridians and baselines.
SECTIONS
A portion of a township in the rectangular survey system.
SURVEY
The process of locating and measuring a property’s boundary lines to determine the exact amount of land that a homeowner owns.
TOWNSHIP LINES
All lines that run east and west parallel to the baseline in a rectangular survey system.
