NR 215 Chamberlain College Of Nursing -NR 215 – final Questions With Complete Solutions

NR 215 – final Questions With Complete Solutions


public land survey system
(PLSS)
surveying method developed and used in US to divide property

originally developed by Thomas Jefferson and the Land
Ordnance of 1785 following the Declaration of Independence
- federal government had little power to tax so they decided to
use sale of the Western Territories to pay off war debt

today the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) controls survey,
sale and setting of lands acquired by the US
initial point
starting point for survey

intersection point of principal merdian and the base line in a
given region
principal meridian
true median running through an initial point

together with the baseline forms the highest level frameworks
for all rectangular surveys in a given area
meridians in CA

, Humboldt

Mount Diablo

San Bernardino
baseline
parallel of latitude

referenced and established from initial point

all rectangular surveys in a defined area are based off of it
township
square parcel of land (36 miles)

OR measure of the distance N or S from a reference baseline (in
6 mile units)
section
1 x 1 mile square area of a township

there are 36 sections in a survey township
number of sections in a township
1 through 36

starting at top right and snaking down
number of acres in a township