Explain fully the operation of the Government Survey system as applied to measurements of rural land. Explain what provisions are made to correct for the curvature of the earth under the Government Survey of land measurement. Identify and number each section in a township. When you take the test the first time, put your answers in the right-hand column. In the rectangular survey system, a 16 by 16 mile imaginary square of land is called a check.
Base lines run east and west.
The principal meridian dividing Oklahoma east and west is called the Cimarron Meridian. A township is six square miles. Correction lines every 24 miles north and south compensate for the curvature of the earth. Government lots generally contain 40 acres, more or less. Ranges are strips of land 6 miles wide and numbered north and south of the principle meridian.