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- SIY6.TXT Township and Range 32
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- Chapter 6
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- Township and Range
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- Those of you who have land described by the Township and Range (Checkerboard
- Square) System are surely wondering what all the foregoing has to do with
- surveying land. The Township and Range System was established to prevent the
- chaos of land claims such as happened in the Eastern States. An imaginary grid
- has been drawn upon the land. Land is described by its location on this grid.
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- A topographic map is the best way to understand the T&R system. Section lines
- are laid out and labeled on these maps, as well as roads, fences, buildings.
- wells, streams, and much more.
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- Often the topo map and a stroll around the property is plenty survey enuf.
- Where it isn't, you must survey in the same way as we do here in the original
- Colonies [you do know that Kentucky was part of the Commonwealth of Virginia].
- Find a section corner or other good starting point on both the topo map and the
- ground. Pick your next station. Measure the direction and distance. Continue
- around the line in question, or to the corner in question.
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- Set the declination on your compass so that your section lines run north-south
- and east-west with those of your neighbors. The grid may be wrong, but you
- can't change it.
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- A section is one mile (5280 feet) on a side and contains 640 acres. When a
- section is quartered, each quarter has sides of a half mile long and contains
- 160 acres. The four quarters are named for their locations: Northeast, SE, SW,
- NW. These quarters can be quartered again into four 40 acre quarter quarters.
- And again as necessary.
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- There are occasional irregularities in the section lines. This is usually
- where two survey crews met. Again, the topo map is the best way to deal with
- the problem.
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- If you have questions or comments, contact me.
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- Dave Beiter
- CAVE Inc
- 1/2 Fast Road
- Ritner KY 42639
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- 606/376-3137
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