The township and range system the township and range system quizlet

The lines cross on the Willamette Stone in the west hills of Portland, Oregon. In Oregon and Washington the rectangular survey system of township and range is referenced to the north-south Willamette Meridian and the east-west Willamette Base Line. Sections in each township are numbered consecutively beginning with number 1 in the northeast corner of the township, and counting right to left then left to right and so on weaving back and forth through the sections of the township, and ending with number 36 in the southeast corner. Each township is broken down into 36 sections each section is usually 640 acres. Townships are for the most part 36 square miles or 6 miles square. Land is broken down into areas called townships. 6.Field Survey Plat View Instructions (PDF)Ī legal description/land description is the method of locating or describing land in relation to the public land survey system, which was established by law in 1785, under the Articles of Confederation. Quarter Quarter SE 1/4: each Quarter sections can be further divided into 4 more parts (called the quarter-quarter section), each being 1320 feet in length (1/4 of a mile), which results in 1,742,400 square feet, or 40 acres.

Quarter SW 1/4: Each Section (1x1 mile) is divided into 4 quarters, each being 1/4 square miles, or 160 acres is the numbered in an 's' shape. Section S24: is the S shape number that represents the 1x1 mile totaling 36 Sections in 1 Township 4. Township Number T32N: identifies how many cells the property is to north or south of a starting point. Range Number R18E: identifies how many cells the property is to the east or west of a starting point 2. This is the reason the legal description NW 1/4 NE 1/4 SW 1/4 SE 1/4 is read the NW one quarter of the NE one quarter of the SW one quarter of the SE one quarter. The last quarter mentioned in the legal description is the larger section and the first one mentioned is the smallest. To identify a parcel, simply subdivide the section into quarters. Identifying a parcel in a section or by calculating its size with a fractional system as we have been doing so far.

The township and range system the township and range system quizlet