The basics
The __________ recites the general geographic area.
What is the caption or the preamble?
The most important item is superiority of calls.
What are monuments.
Legal descriptions that use stations and offsets.
What is centerline?
The standard subdivision of a section (i.e. 1/2 section or 1/4 section)
What is an Aliquot part?
66 feet.
What is a chain?
The __________ provides the unique description of the specific tract of land.
What is the body?
Trees, rivers, streams. and ridge-tops
What are natrual monuments?
Acquistions strips which are irregular in shape.
What is a point description?
A vertical column of Townships.
What are Ranges?
80 chains
What is a section or a mile?
_____________ describes the area or rights reserved by the granter.
What are reservations?
section corners, iron pines, fences or rock piles.
What are artificial monuments?
Properties that are described by lots and blocks.
What is a subdivision?
An East-West line running through an Initial point chose as the start point for sectionalized lands with a given name.
What is a base line?
1 chain by 10 chains
_________ is the most important element in a property description.
What is intent.
____________ are expressed by degrees, minutes and sections?
What are bearing?
High accuracy over long distances.
What is State Plane Coordinates?
The starting point for the PLSS.
What is the Initial Point?
640 acres
What is a section?
___________- exclude portions of land or rights previously conveyed, deleted, or excluded.
What are exceptions?
_____________ north is established by a previous survey.
What is datum?
Uses an old English terms to describe tracts of land.
What is metes and bounds?
A line as close to true north starting at the Initial Point.
What is the Principal Meridian?
43,560 square feet.
What is an acre?