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Public Land Survey Part two Township, Range and Legal Land Description

Learn about township, range, and legal land descriptions. Discover the missing information and practice writing proper descriptions. Identify sections, quarter sections, and their sizes.

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Public Land Survey Part two Township, Range and Legal Land Description

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  1. Public Land SurveyPart twoTownship, Range andLegal Land Description

  2. Lets review Township Range Township line Section Prove it!

  3. What is the township and range information which is missing? Mt. Diablo 1 2 3 4 5 6

  4. What sections have been left unnumbered? One Township

  5. Breaking a section down • The section can be divided into halves, quarters, halves of halves • These quarters can be broken into halves or quarters • They are broken down by combining the words East, West, North, South north west east south

  6. Breaking a section down • Yellow = 1 section = section 8 • orange = NE ¼, section 8 • Blue = NW ¼, NE ¼, section 8 N W E S

  7. How big is that section • 1 whole section = 640 acres = 1 sq. mile • ½ section = 320 acres • ¼ section = 160 acres • ¼ of a ¼ section = 40 acres 640 acres 320 acres Section 8 160 acres 40 acres

  8. One Section of Land (640 acres) 8 This section is divided into quarters, halves of a quarter, and quarters of a quarter.

  9. Practice 2 5 NW1/4, NW1/4 NE1/4, NE1/4 3 SE1/4, NW1/4 Section 8 1 4 W1/2, SE 1/4 SW1/4

  10. Writing the legal description • Locate desired plot of land • Figure out what section it is located in and what portion of section • Smallest part is listed first • Work your way out from the section to the principal meridian • For example

  11. Saying it correctly Example: T 1S, R 3 E, Mt. Diablo PM • Yellow = 1 section = section 8 • Orange = NE ¼ , section 8 • Blue = NW ¼, NE ¼, section 8 • How it is spoken NW ¼ of the NE ¼ of section 8 of township one South Range three East of the Mt. Diablo Principal Meridian

  12. Writing a Legal Land Description T 1S, R 3 E, Mt. Diablo PM ? Yellow Area Brown Area Blue Area Green Area Sec. 8, T.1 N., R. 3 E., Mt. Diablo PM (640 acres) NE ¼, Sec. 8, T.1 N., R. 3 E., Mt. Diablo PM (160 acres) NW ¼, NE ¼, Sec. 8, T.1 N., R. 3 E., Mt. Diablo PM (40 acres) NE ¼, SE1/4, Sec. 8, T. 1 N., R. 3 E, Mt. Diablo PM (40 acres)

  13. Principal Meridian R2W R1W R1E R2E R3E Base line T2N T1N T1S ? T.1S,R3E T2S T3S 34 ? • NW1/4, Sec. 34 T.1S.,R.3E., Mt. Diablo P.M. • NE1/4, SW1/4, Sec. 34 T.1S.,R.3E., Mt. Diablo P.M. • S1/2, S1/2, SW1/4, Sec. 34 T.1S.,R.3E., Mt. Diablo P.M. • NE1/4,NW1/4, SE1/4, Sec. 34 T.1S.,R.3E., Mt. Diablo P.M. • W1/2, SE1/4, SE1/4, Sec. 34 T.1S.,R.3E., Mt. Diablo P.M. • S1/2, NE1/4, Sec. 34 T.1S.,R.3E., Mt. Diablo P.M. • S1/2, NE1/4, SE1/4, Sec. 34 T.1S.,R.3E., Mt. Diablo P.M. • NE1/4, NE1/4, NE1/4, Sec. 34 T.1S.,R.3E., Mt. Diablo P.M. (1) NW1/4, Sec. 34 T.1S.,R.3E., Mt. Diablo P.M. 8 (2) NE1/4, SW1/4, Sec. 34 T.1S.,R.3E., Mt. Diablo P.M. (3) S1/2, S1/2, SW1/4, Sec. 34 T.1S.,R.3E., Mt. Diablo P.M. 1 (4) NE1/4, NW1/4, SE1/4, Sec. 34 T.1S.,R.3E., Mt. Diablo P.M. 6 (5) W1/2, SE1/4, SE1/4, Sec. 34 T.1S.,R.3E., Mt. Diablo P.M. 4 2 (6) S1/2, NE1/4, Sec. 34 T.1S.,R.3E., Mt. Diablo P.M. 7 (7) S1/2, NE1/4, SE1/4, Sec. 34 T.1S.,R.3E., Mt. Diablo P.M. 5 (8) NE1/4, NE1/4, NE1/4, Sec. 34 T.1S.,R.3E., Mt. Diablo P.M. 3

  14. A typical US Forest Service transportation map that identifies townships and sections

  15. Identify these items using the transportation map • What is the principal meridian? • In what section is Agnew Grove? • How many acres are in the private (darkened) land around Kennedy Meadow? • What is the legal description for Kennedy Meadow? • What is at SW1/4, SW1/4, Sec 3, T.13S., R.29E., Mt. Diablo Meridian ?

  16. Principal Meridian R2W R1W R1E R2E R3E Base line 2 1 T2N T1N 1 T1S 2 3 T2S 4 3 5 T3S 4 5 • NW1/4, Sec. 34 T.1S.,R.3E., Mt. Diablo P.M. • NE1/4, SW1/4, Sec. 34 T.1S.,R.3E., Mt. Diablo P.M. • S1/2, S1/2, SW1/4, Sec. 34 T.1S.,R.3E., Mt. Diablo P.M. • NE1/4,NW1/4, SE1/4, Sec. 34 T.1S.,R.3E., Mt. Diablo P.M. • W1/2, SE1/4, SE1/4, Sec. 34 T.1S.,R.3E., Mt. Diablo P.M. • S1/2, NE1/4, Sec. 34 T.1S.,R.3E., Mt. Diablo P.M. • S1/2, NE1/4, SE1/4, Sec. 34 T.1S.,R.3E., Mt. Diablo P.M. • NE1/4, NE1/4, NE1/4, Sec. 34 T.1S.,R.3E., Mt. Diablo P.M. (1) NW1/4, Sec. 8 T.2N.,R.1W., Mt. Diablo P.M (2) NE1/4, SW1/4, Sec. 14 T.2N., R.2E., Mt. Diablo P.M. (3) S1/2, S1/2, SW1/4, Sec. 20 T.2S.,R.2W., Mt. Diablo P.M. 1 (4) NE1/4, NW1/4, SE1/4, Sec. 25 T.1S.,R.3E., Mt. Diablo P.M. (5) W1/2, SE1/4, SE1/4, Sec. 34 T.3S.,R.3E., Mt. Diablo P.M 4 2 5 3

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