Soil Survey Reports and Legal Land Descriptions Objectives

Soil Survey Reports and Legal Land Descriptions

Objectives • Identify and define range and township lines, townships, and sections. • Identify specific land locations from a legal land description. • Determine acreages from legal land descriptions. • Analyze a soil survey map for specific information.

Key Terms • Range lines • Township lines • Section, half-section, quarter-section • Soil survey map

Numbering Sections Within Townships are divided into 36 one-mile-square sections.

36 Sections Make Up One Township

Dividing Sections into Smaller Tracts

Determining Acreages from Legal Land Descriptions E D F A C B

Determining Acreages from Legal Land Descriptions S ½, SE ¼, Sec. 13 80 acres

Determining Acreages from Legal Land Descriptions SE ¼, NW ¼, Sec. 13 40 acres

Determining Acreages from Legal Land Descriptions S ½, N ½, SW ¼, Sec. 13 40 acres

Determining Acreages from Legal Land Descriptions N ½ and SW ¼, Sec. 13 480 acres

Ran ge 2 Town 3 South 3 10 3 W est 2 1 11 12

Legal Land Descriptions A – N 1/2, Sec 2, R 23 W, T 3 S B – SW 1/4, NW 1/4, Sec 12, R 23 W, T 3 S C – S 1/2 Sec 3 and N 1/2, Sec 10, R 23 W, T 3 S D – N 1/2, SE 1/4, NE 1/4 Sec 11, R 23 W, T 3 S

Ran ge 2 Town 3 South 3 C A 10 D 3 W est 2 1 11 12 B