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- A description of a quarter-quarter section in standard abbreviated form, might look like "NW 1/4, NE 1/4, Sec. 34, T.3S, R.1W, 1st P.M." or, alternatively, "34-3-1 NW4NE4 1PM".
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Not only can you describe units as ¼ sections, but you can split them as ½ sections. For example, we can identify the two left-side squares of a quarter section as W ½, Section 34, T1S, R2E.
The Quarters in a Section are described as the North East (NE), North West (NW), South East (SE) and South West (SW) Quarters. Each Quarter Section is approximately 160 acres (65 hectares) and is described by its compass direction. For example, North and West = NW ¼.
Quarter-Quarter – A subdivision of a section containing 40 acres, also known as a forty. Quarter Section – A subdivision of a section containing 160 acres. Quitclaim Deed – A deed in which the grantor conveys or relinquishes all interests that he or she may have in a property, without warrant as to the extent or validity of such interests.
Quarter sections can be further divided into 4 more parts (called the quarter-quarter section), each being 1320 feet in length (1/4 of a mile), which results in 1,742,400 square feet, or 40 acres.
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The phrases "front 40" and " back 40," referring to farm fields, indicate the front and back quarter-quarter sections of land. One of the reasons for creating sections of 640 acres (260 ha) was the ease of dividing into halves and quarters while still maintaining a whole number of acres.
The "lower 40" in a quarter-section is the one at lowest elevation, i.e. in the direction that water drains. The "lower 40" is frequently the location of or the direction of a stream or a pond. The phrase "40 acres and a mule" was the compensation apocryphally promised by the Freedmen's Bureau following the American Civil War .
Any parcel listed as northeast, northwest, southwest, or southeast is a quarter part. A combination of aliquot parts, for example two equal quarters, can be described as half of a section. Aparcel reading north, south, east, or west is a half part.
