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Land Descriptions

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Assessor's or Subdivision Plat   a detailed map of the area giving complete metes and bounds descriptions of all parcels of land within the area. this must be recorded in the office of the register of deeds of the county where the land is located.   show
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Base Lines   show  
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show Usually bronze markers, placed by the US Coast & Geodetic Surveyors to locate a parcel of land and to indicate the elevation above sea level.    
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show provisions in the rectangular survey (govt. survey) system made to compensate for the curvature of the earth's surface. are   every fourth township line (at 24 mile intervals) is used as correction line on which intervals between the north and south range lines are re-measured and corrected to a full six miles.  
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show a level surface from which elevations are measured. surveyors use NY harbor as the mean sea level.    
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Fractional Section   show  
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Government Lot   a parcel of land established in the govt. lots, they are numbered. e.g. govt. lot 1 in the northwest quarter of fractional 18, T2N, R4E   show
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Government Survey   original survey of the state by US govt.   show
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Known Point   a point which a surveyor can locate on the ground from a written description of the point. section corners and quarter corners are examples of known points (ref points).   show
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show a method of legal description used when a surveyor's plat map is filed with the register of deeds in the county where the land is located.    
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Metes And Bounds   to describe a parcel of land by starting from a known point and following the outside boundaries, giving direction and length of each side.   show
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Monuments   show  
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Plat   show  
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Principal Meridian   the north-south line from which townships are numbered east or west in the govt. survey of the state.   show
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Quarter Corner   the mid-point of each side of a section as mapped and marked on the ground govt. survey.   show
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show lines that run north and south and are measured from the principal meridian. used in the rectangular survey system.    
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Section   show  
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Square Footage In One Acre   show  
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show the process by which a parcel of land is measured and its area is ascertained.    
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show these maps show elevations. contours lines on maps connect all points having the same elevation.   the purpose is to show hills, valleys, slopes, and water runoffs.  
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show an area of land six miles square, or 36 square miles; the largest division of land in a govt. survey    
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Township Lines   show  
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show a designated airspace over a piece of land. an air lot, like surface property, may be transferred.    
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