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The Public Lands Survey System (PLSS) was originally set up to sell the lands acquired by the U.S. Government in _________________. |
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Ohio |
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Indiana |
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Illinois |
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Michigan |
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Wisconsin |
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All of the above |
| 2. |
In the state of__________________, the principal meridian is known as the Willamette Meridian. |
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Washington |
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Oregon |
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New York |
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California |
| 3. |
Distances north or south of the base line are described by ___________________ townships lines. |
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North-South |
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East-West |
| 4. |
The township lines are intended to be at _________________intervals. |
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Four-mile |
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Five-mile |
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Six-mile |
| 5. |
To keep the township lines parallel to the base line, standard parallels were established at 24-mile intervals north and south of the base line. |
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True |
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False |
| 6. |
Thus, on the base line and on a standard parallel, there will be a convergence offset between the guide meridian to the north and the one to the south. |
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True |
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False |
| 7. |
Each township, approximately 6 miles on a side is further divided into 36 sections and monuments were set at the section corners. Each section is intended to be ______________ in area. |
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640 acres |
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480 acres |
| 8. |
The physical location of original monuments set is the true corner even if the theoretical position places it in a very different position. |
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True |
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False |
| 9. |
The _______________ was established running north to Puget Sound and south to the California border and the base line was established running east to the Idaho border and west to the Pacific Ocean. |
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Willamette Meridian |
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Latitudinal Meridian |
| 10. |
Willamette Stone was established in ________________. |
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June 4, 1851 |
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July 4, 1850 |
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July4, 1851 |
| 11. |
Figure 5-3 represents _________________. |
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Section Grid |
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Township Grid |
| 12. |
The dimensions of the sections are measured in chains and links and a chain of 100 links is equal to 66 feet and a link is 7.92 inches. |
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True |
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False |
| 13. |
Certain areas of land that weren’t available for sale and where the boundaries of the Public Lands Survey System (PLSS) stopped at the edge of these areas are |
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Indian reservations (IR) |
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Donation land claims (DLC) |
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Military reservations (MR) |
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All the above |
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The east west section lines were established from West to East between the meridional section lines as the surveyors worked their way north and these are called _______________ Section Lines. |
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Meridional |
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Latitudinal |
| 15. |
GL is an acronym to ___________________. |
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Government Lands |
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Government Lots |
| 16. |
In summary, a section is approximately one square mile unless it lies on the north or west side of a township or abuts one of the areas not available for sale. |
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True |
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False |
| 17. |
Figure 5-8 represents ____________________. |
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Fractional Measurements |
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Example of Government Lots in Irregular Sections |
| 18. |
In addition to monumenting the corners, the original surveyors also marked trees along the boundaries when available and these are known as line trees and were blazed or hacked with an axe. (See Figure 5-10) |
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True |
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False |
| 19. |
An obliterated corner is one that has not been destroyed but whose position cannot be reestablished from other recorded reference points nearby. |
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True |
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False |
| 20. |
The location can be reestablished by rerunning the original survey in a _________________. |
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Obliterated corner |
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Lost corner |
| 21. |
Figure 5-10 represents ___________________. |
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Old Bearing Tree with Overgrowth Removed |
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Marks Found on a Line Tree may be a Blaze, a Hack, or Both |
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Bearing objects are represented in _______________. |
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Figure 5-11 |
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Figure 5-12 |
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DLC is an acronym for ______________. |
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Donation Land Claims |
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Dredging Land Claims |
| 24. |
WC is an acronym for _________________. |
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Witness corners |
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Willamette corners |
| 25. |
The beginning point of the guide meridian is on the standard parallel or base line and the ending point is at its intersection with the next standard parallel. |
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True |
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False |
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