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How large is a quarter section?
A quarter section is a unit of land measurement that is 160 acres in size. It is equal to half of a half section of land.
How far across a section of land?
It depends on the section of land and the unit of measure, a Section is 640 Acres, but an acre measures area, not distance. However, if the section is perfectly square, the distance across would be exactly 5,280 feet, or one mile.
How big is a section of land in miles?
1 mile squared or (5280' x 5280') / 43560 sq.ft. = 640 acres. One Section is the 640 acres as figured above.
How many quarters in a section of land?
There are four quarters to a section, and each quarter also has four quarters in the US land survey system. So you could say there are 16 quarters. For example, if you came across a land plot description that looked like this: Sec. 32, NW 1/4 SW 1/4, you would read it thusly: "The northwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section 32."
What is larger than a section of land?
A 'Township' is larger then a section of land and is generally 6 miles square or equal to 36 sections.
