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SIY6.TXT Township and Range 38
Chapter 6
Township and Range
Those of you who have land described by the Public Lands
(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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Copyright (c)1994 by David Perry Beiter
If you have any questions, problems, or comments, write or call
me. Dave Beiter, CAVE Inc, 1/2 Fast Road, Ritner KY 42639.
606/376-3137. byter@mcimail.com