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Survey township, sometimes called Congressional township, as used by the United States Public Land Survey System, refers to a square unit of land, that is nominally six (U.S. Survey) miles (~9.7 km) on a side. Each 36-square-mile (~93 km2) township is divided into 36 one-square-mile (~2.6 km2) sections, that can be further subdivided for sale, and each section covers a nominal 640 acres (2.6 km2).
Name of unit | Symbol | Definition | Relation to SI units | Unit System |
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survey townships | ≡ 36 sq mi (US) | ≈ 9.323994×107 m2 | Other |
survey townships | sections | survey townships | sections |
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1 | = 36.000142096368 | 6 | = 216.00085257821 |
2 | = 72.000284192736 | 7 | = 252.00099467458 |
3 | = 108.0004262891 | 8 | = 288.00113677095 |
4 | = 144.00056838547 | 9 | = 324.00127886731 |
5 | = 180.00071048184 | 10 | = 360.00142096368 |
a section is an area nominally one square mile (2.6 square kilometers), containing 640 acres (260 hectares), with 36 sections making up one survey township on a rectangular grid.
Name of unit | Symbol | Definition | Relation to SI units | Unit System |
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section | ≡ 1 mi × 1 mi | = 2.589988110336×106 m2 | Imperial/US |
sections | survey townships | sections | survey townships |
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1 | = 0.027777668135951 | 6 | = 0.16666600881571 |
2 | = 0.055555336271902 | 7 | = 0.19444367695166 |
3 | = 0.083333004407854 | 8 | = 0.22222134508761 |
4 | = 0.1111106725438 | 9 | = 0.24999901322356 |
5 | = 0.13888834067976 | 10 | = 0.27777668135951 |
survey townships | sections |
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1 | = 36.0001421 |
0.0277777 | = 1 |
Symbol | Definition |
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≡ | exactly equal |
≈ | approximately equal to |
= | equal to |
digits | indicates that digits repeat infinitely (e.g. 8.294 369 corresponds to 8.294 369 369 369 369 …) |