Unit 6 Land Description

Question 1

How many (((feet))) in a mile?

Mile = how many feet

Answer 1

5,280 feet

Question 2

5,280 feet =

Answer 2

1 mile

Question 3

Square mile = ?acres

5,280 x 5,280= 27,878 % 43,560
(Feet x Feet = # % square feet)

Answer 3

640 acres

Question 4

640 squared areas =’s how many squared miles?

Answer 4

1 squared mile

Question 5

Acre = how many squared feet with in it?

Answer 5

43,560 square feet

Question 6

1 squared yard =’s how many squared feet

Answer 6

9

1 squared yard = 9 squared feet

Question 7

Detailed way of describing a parcel of land for documents is defined as a

Answer 7

Legal description

Question 8

What are the 3 main methods currently used to describe real estate?

Answer 8

1. Metes and bounds
2. Rectangular (or government) survey
3. Lot and block (recorded play)

Question 9

To measure/ linear direction is which method of land description ?

Answer 9

Metes-and-Bounds

Question 10

Metes means

Bounds means

Answer 10

Metes means to measure, and bounds means linear direction.

Question 11

How many principals meridians are in the United States?

Answer 11

37

Question 12

Principle meridians run

Answer 12

North and south

Question 13

Baselines run

Answer 13

East and west

Question 14

Each township has 36 sections.

Each section is one square mile or how many acres?

Answer 14

640 areas

Question 15

Each township has 36 sections.

Each section is one square mile or 640 acres, with how many squared feet in a acre?

Answer 15

43,560 square feet in a acre.

Question 16

What three identifiers are used in the lot and block method?

Answer 16

A. Lot and block number
B. Name or number or the subdivision plat
C. Name of the county and state

Question 17

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?

Answer 17

Lot and block

Question 18

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?

Answer 18

The metes and bounds method

Question 19

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?

Answer 19

Rectrangular survey system

Question 20

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?

Answer 20

Lit and block