![]() ![]() The section below is taken from T.2S., R.2E. Sections are numbered from the top right, or northeast section, then to the left, and down in an "S" formation. A township can be divided into 36 sections. Sections represent further divisions of a township. They are numbered starting at the meridian that runs through the point of origin of each system. Ranges are columns of townships set side by side. ![]() The squares are gridded and numbered according to their position north or south of the base line. Townships are rectangular blocks of land about 6 miles square. Use geographic locations, such as prominent features of the area, as reference points. 6.Base and meridian lines are similar to latitude and longitude lines. Quarter Quarter SE 1/4: each Quarter sections can be further divided into 4 more parts (called the quarter-quarter section), each being 1320 feet in length (1/4 of a mile), which results in 1,742,400 square feet, or 40 acres. Quarter SW 1/4: Each Section (1x1 mile) is divided into 4 quarters, each being 1/4 square miles, or 160 acres is the numbered in an "s" shape. Section S24: is the S shape number that represents the 1x1 mile totaling 36 Sections in 1 Township 4. Township Number T32N: identifies how many cells the property is to north or south of a starting point. Range Number R18E: identifies how many cells the property is to the east or west of a starting point 2. This is the reason the legal description NW 1/4 NE 1/4 SW 1/4 SE 1/4 is read the NW one quarter of the NE one quarter of the SW one quarter of the SE one quarter. The last quarter mentioned in the legal description is the larger section and the first one mentioned is the smallest. To identify a parcel, simply subdivide the section into quarters. Identifying a parcel in a section or by calculating its size with a fractional system as we have been doing so far. ![]()
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