units of measure

Question 0

Vara

Answer 0

= 33-1/3” =2.7777777776’

Question 1

When was vara standardized in Texas?

Answer 1

1919

Question 2

Sitio

Answer 2

Same as League, 5,000 vrs x 5,000 vrs, 25 million sq vrs, 4428.4 acres

Question 3

Labor

Answer 3

1,000 vrs x 1,000 vrs, 1 million sq vrs, 177.14 acres

Question 4

League

Answer 4

Same as Sitio, 5,000 vrs x 5,000 vrs, 25 million sq vrs, 4428.4 acres, 25 labors, league as length = 5,000 vrs

Question 5

Cordel

Answer 5

50 varas

Question 6

One Acre

Answer 6

43,560 sq ft, 208.71’ x 208.71’, 75.14 vr x 75.14 vr, one chain (66 ft) x one furlong (660 ft), 10 sq. chains

Question 7

Chain

Answer 7

66 feet

Question 8

Furlong

Answer 8

660 feet

Question 9

Rod

Answer 9

16.5 feet, same as pole or perch

Question 10

Pole

Answer 10

16.5 feet, same as rod or perch

Question 11

Perch

Answer 11

16.5 feet, same as pole or rod

Question 12

Statute Mile

Answer 12

5280 ft

Question 13

Marine League

Answer 13

3 nautical miles, 3.45 statute miles

Question 14

Nautical Mile (geographical mile)

Answer 14

6080 ft

Question 15

Section

Answer 15

640 acres, 1900.8 vrs x 1900.8 vrs, one square mile

Question 16

meter

Answer 16

3.2808 U.S. Survey ft

Question 17

porcion

Answer 17

roughly equivalent to one league but with narrow end on water and extended side away from water

Question 18

hacianda

Answer 18

five sitios

Question 19

ranchero

Answer 19

“one league to each wind” four leagues of land

Question 20

meter in inches ?

Answer 20

39.37 inches

Question 21

Texas Coordinate System of 1927 coordinates expressed in what units ?

Answer 21

us survey feet or varas

Question 22

Texas Coordinate System of 1983 coordinates expressed in what units ?

Answer 22

meters, us survey feet or varas

Question 23

Texas Coordinate System tied to what ?

Answer 23

North American Horizontal Geodetic Control Network as published by the National Oceanic Survey/National Geodetic Survey

Question 24

If tract is in more than one zone of Texas Coordinate System ?

Answer 24

tract can be described by either zone, zone used is referenced

Question 25

Five zones of the Texas Coordinate System ?

Answer 25

(1) the North Zone; (2) the North Central Zone; (3) the Central Zone; (4) the South Central Zone; (5) the South Zone.

Question 26

What type of projection used for Texas Coordinate System Zones ?

Answer 26

Lambert conformal projection