MEASUREMENT OF FOREST
RESOURCES CORRECT 100%
Metes and Bounds - ANSWERA land survey systems that uses natural physical
features in the landscape as starting points for land measurements
Rectangular Survey - ANSWERA land survey system that uses an initial point as the
beginning point for each survey and that establishes east-west baselines north-
south meridians, and intermediate survey lines
Initial Point - ANSWERA permanent physical feature that is prominent in the
landscape that serves as a beginning point for a rectangular land survey
Baseline - ANSWERA survey line that runs east and west
Principal Meridian - ANSWERA survey line that runs north and south
Standard Parallel - ANSWERA survey line that is established running east and west
for each interval of 24 miles on either side of the baseline
Guide Meridian - ANSWERA survey line that is established running north and south
for each interval of slightly less than 24 miles (corrected for the curvature of the
earth) on either side of the principal meridian
Township - ANSWERA tract of land measuring approximately 6 miles on each side
Range - ANSWERthe east and west location of a township from a principal meridian
Sections - ANSWERA tract of land approximately 1 mile square with a surface area
of 640 acres
Quarter Section - ANSWERA tract of land measuring approximately 160 acres; one-
fourth of a section
Forty - ANSWERA tract of land measuring approximately 40 acres
Acre - ANSWERA tract of land equal to 43,560 square feet
Hectare - ANSWERA metric measurement for land area that is equal to 10,000
square meters or 100 ares; equivalent to 2.471 acres
Are - ANSWERA metric measurement of land area; a land area equal to 100 square
meters
RESOURCES CORRECT 100%
Metes and Bounds - ANSWERA land survey systems that uses natural physical
features in the landscape as starting points for land measurements
Rectangular Survey - ANSWERA land survey system that uses an initial point as the
beginning point for each survey and that establishes east-west baselines north-
south meridians, and intermediate survey lines
Initial Point - ANSWERA permanent physical feature that is prominent in the
landscape that serves as a beginning point for a rectangular land survey
Baseline - ANSWERA survey line that runs east and west
Principal Meridian - ANSWERA survey line that runs north and south
Standard Parallel - ANSWERA survey line that is established running east and west
for each interval of 24 miles on either side of the baseline
Guide Meridian - ANSWERA survey line that is established running north and south
for each interval of slightly less than 24 miles (corrected for the curvature of the
earth) on either side of the principal meridian
Township - ANSWERA tract of land measuring approximately 6 miles on each side
Range - ANSWERthe east and west location of a township from a principal meridian
Sections - ANSWERA tract of land approximately 1 mile square with a surface area
of 640 acres
Quarter Section - ANSWERA tract of land measuring approximately 160 acres; one-
fourth of a section
Forty - ANSWERA tract of land measuring approximately 40 acres
Acre - ANSWERA tract of land equal to 43,560 square feet
Hectare - ANSWERA metric measurement for land area that is equal to 10,000
square meters or 100 ares; equivalent to 2.471 acres
Are - ANSWERA metric measurement of land area; a land area equal to 100 square
meters
