A section in a township typically consists of 640 acres.
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A township is a unit of land measurement used in the United States and typically measures 36 square miles or 23,040 acres.
The southeast quarter of a section is 160 acres, and the southeast quarter of that is 40 acres. So, the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of a section is 40 acres.
One section is equal to one square mile. In one square mile, there are 640 acres, therefore in one quarter of a section of land, there are 160 acres.
There are 10.89 acres in a 40-foot wide by half-mile long section.
A quarter section is equivalent to 64 hectares. This is because one section is 640 acres and a quarter section is one-fourth of that area.