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.
TIERS
The strips of land formed by the township lines running north and south of the baselines in the government survey system.
TOWNSHIPS
The principle unit of the rectangular survey system that is a 6 mile square of 36 miles.
