Good to Know Flashcards
(20 cards)
Method describing property using distances and directions (markers and degrees)
Metes and Bounds
Method of describing property based on survey map entered into the public records
Recorded plat/ Lot and Block
Method describing property using baseline and meridians
Rectangular Survey/ Government System Survey
Principal meridian runs
North and South
Baseline Runs
West and East
Baseline and Meridian in Arizona is the
Gila river and salt river
Ranges are
part of the meridian and run North and south, distance between them is 6 miles
tiers are
part of the baseline and run east and west, distance between them is 6 miles
Townships are
squares created by ranges and township tiers - 6 miles each side, 36 miles squared of area, 24 of perimeter
they have 36 sections
Sections are
inside townships - there are 36 sections in a township
measure 1 mile by 1 mile
sections have 640 acres
Government check
holds 16 townships, 24 miles squared
How many feet in a mile
5280 feet in a mile
How many feet in an acre
43560 feet in an acre
Arizona state trust land is managed by the
Arizona state land department
Agency in arizona that protects arizonas water supply
Arizona department of water resources
2 types of water
ground water and surface water
surface water rights in Arizona are regulated by the
Doctrine of prior appropriation - first in time - first in right
3 objectives of the Arizona groundwater management code
control severe overdraft, allocate groundwater, increase supplies through supplemental resources
areas where irrigation use threaten to exceed limited water supplies are designated as
irrigation non expansion areas (INA)
Areas in AZ where excessive overdraft fee is occurring are designated as
active management areas - AMAs
