PLSS System
Agency responsible for administering federal lands under the United States Department of the Interior
What is the Bureau of Land Management? (BLM)
The gradual and imperceptible process of building up new land by the action of water
0.3048006m is equivalent to 1 ft in this standard
What is the U.S. Survey Foot?
The source in which one could obtain a Flood Hazard Boundary Map
What is the Federal Emergency Management Agency?
The best instrument(s) to use to determine the topography of a 3 acre plot of undeveloped land with moderate amounts of sage brush and an elevation variance of 20 ft being used for residential design
What is a GPS unit with a Drone?
The number of Sections within a Township
What is 36 Sections?
The term that accurately describes the rights along the shore of a pond, lake or sea.
What is Riparian?
The number of feet equivalent to a surveyors gunther chain
What is 66 feet?
The instrument needed to plot applicable effect, or lack of, regarding easements listed
What is a Title Report?
The four point of the compass-north, east, south and west- are known by name when describing direction
What is cardinal direction?
A tree being a corner accessory to a monument
What is a bearing tree?
When the public good is involved and adequate compensation is offered, private property may be taken for public use under this principle
What is Eminent Domain?
The acreage within a regular aliquot quarter-quarter section
What is 40 acres?
A measure of how precisely the surveyor is able to monument and report the positions of where they believe the property line to be located
What is Relative Positional Precision?
Air temperature, barometric pressure and relative humidity are atmospheric condition that effect the accuracy of measurement when utilizing this form of land surveying equipment.
What is a EDM? (Total Station is acceptable too!)
Form of restoration to be used to re-establish a lost quarter section corner on a section line within a township
What is single proportionate measurement?
The greatest available interest in real property
What is fee simple absolute?
The volume in cubic yards of a storage pile of crushed rock that is 100 ft square at the base and 50 ft square on the top and the pile being 25 ft tall. (round to nearest cubic yard)
What is 5401 cubic yards?
The allowable relative positional accuracy for measurements controlling land boundaries in preforming an ALTA/NSPS Land Title Survey (to the foot)
What is 0.07 ft + 50 ppm? (does not need to get ppm)
These two field collected data can be used to determine Mean Seal Level (MSL)
What is Barometric Pressure and Air Tempature?
The ordinance that established the Public Land Surveying System (PLSS). This ordinance determined how to measure, divide and distribute land in the Western territory.
What is The Land ordinance of 1785?
Written instrument that appears to convey title to real property, but actually cannot transfer or convey ownership
What is Color of Title?
The sum of the interior angles of a closed plane traverse of 12 sides in degrees.
What is 1800 degrees?
The elevation of surface water resulting from a flood that has a 1 chance of equaling or exceeding that level in any given year.
What is the base flood elevation (BFE)?
When preforming long route surveys what needs to be corrected for?
What is the curvature of the earth?