Chapter 4 Flashcards
(11 cards)
Land in Oklahoma, under the governmental survey system, is described by
the Cimarron Meridian.
the Indian Meridian.
The main base line in Oklahoma
runs east and west in the southern part of the state.
The point of intersection of a principal meridian and a base line is the
initial point.
An example of a government lot is
tract along the west or north side of a township which, because of the curvature of the earth, contains less than 40 acres.
a parcel of land along the shore of a lake or river, usually containing less than 40 acres.
A township is
6 Square Miles
The sections in a township are numbered in a serpentine pattern that always begins in which corner of the township?
The NE Corner
The section of land that is located immediately to the east of Section 1 would be Section
6
All of the following are true statements about metes and bounds descriptions, EXCEPT
the primary advantages of a metes and bounds description are brevity, simplicity and uniform interpretations.
In a metes and bounds description,
boundaries are established on the basis of actual distance between monuments.
the boundary must return to the point of beginning (POB).
the method may be highly complicated.
A monument may be
any physically identifiable object.
a concrete marker on an iron pipe.
How many square feet are in 1 ¼ acres?
54,450.
