Unit 6 Land Description Flashcards
How many (((feet))) in a mile?
Mile = how many feet
5,280 feet
5,280 feet =
1 mile
Square mile = ?acres
5,280 x 5,280= 27,878 % 43,560
(Feet x Feet = # % square feet)
640 acres
640 squared areas =’s how many squared miles?
1 squared mile
Acre = how many squared feet with in it?
43,560 square feet
1 squared yard =’s how many squared feet
9
1 squared yard = 9 squared feet
Detailed way of describing a parcel of land for documents is defined as a
Legal description
What are the 3 main methods currently used to describe real estate?
- Metes and bounds
- Rectangular (or government) survey
- Lot and block (recorded play)
To measure/ linear direction is which method of land description ?
Metes-and-Bounds
Metes means
Bounds means
Metes means to measure, and bounds means linear direction.
How many principals meridians are in the United States?
37
Principle meridians run
North and south
Baselines run
East and west
Each township has 36 sections.
Each section is one square mile or how many acres?
640 areas
Each township has 36 sections.
Each section is one square mile or 640 acres, with how many squared feet in a acre?
43,560 square feet in a acre.
What three identifiers are used in the lot and block method?
A. Lot and block number
B. Name or number or the subdivision plat
C. Name of the county and state
A. Lot and block number
B. Name or number or the subdivision plat
C. Name of the county and state
Are what type of land description?
Lot and block
Measure distance from a start point and follow compass directions or angles to arrive back at the point of beginning. Monuments or fixed object use as markers identify the point of beginning in the corners or places where the boundary lines change directions. This is known as what type of land description?
The metes and bounds method
This type of land description divides land into rectangles called townships, measured from the intersection of a principal meridian and baseline, and referenced by degrees of longitude and latitude. Township lines within a section 1 E. and West parallel to the baseline, range lines run north and south parallel and counted from the principal meridian 6 miles apart. Rows of townships are called tears in the column ships are called ranges what type of land description is this?
Rectrangular survey system
This type of land description uses the method by dividing a subdivision and two blocks and locked individual parcels numbers and references all data in the subdivision plat map, noting lot sizes, street names, and other required information that is approved by the governing body, and filed in public records of the county with the land is located what type of land description is this?
Lit and block
