One side of a section in the United States land survey system is typically 1 mile long. A section is a square parcel of land that measures 1 mile by 1 mile, resulting in a total area of 640 acres.
The answer depends on the section of land.
1 section = 640 acres. A quarter section = 160 acres.
One statute (land) mile equates to ~0.87 air/nautical miles. So, multiply 'land' miles by 0.87 to get air/nautical miles:12.72 x 0.87 = ~11.06 air miles.
About one fifth of the earth's land is Tundra, as the Earth has about 57.5 million square miles (149 million sq kms) of land. This is around 11.5 million sq miles (29.8 million sq kms).
A quarter section of land is 160 acres, and one acre is approximately 0.0015625 square miles. Therefore, a quarter section of land is about 0.25 square miles.
A 'Township' is larger then a section of land and is generally 6 miles square or equal to 36 sections.
1/2 mile on each side. A section is one mile square (640 acres) a quarter section refers to 1/4 of a section, so it would be 1/2 mile on each side. (160 acres)
One Section of a Towship
Under the U.S. Public Land Survey (or government survey) System a section is one square mile. If you own two sections of land you own two square miles of land. Not all legal descriptions of land use the government survey method.
A quarter section of land is typically one-fourth of a full section, measuring half a mile by half a mile, which equals 2,640 feet by 2,640 feet. So, the dimensions of a quarter section of land in feet are 2,640 feet by 2,640 feet. Hope that clears things up for you, darling.
18.75 square miles. A "section" of land contains 640 acres and is equal to 1 square mile.
1 quarter of a mile square. Each section is 1 mile square so a quarter section is 1/4 mile square.
1 mile squared or (5280' x 5280') / 43560 sq.ft. = 640 acres. One Section is the 640 acres as figured above.
One side of a section in the United States land survey system is typically 1 mile long. A section is a square parcel of land that measures 1 mile by 1 mile, resulting in a total area of 640 acres.
A section was 1 mile by 1 mile. Townships were approximately 6 miles by 6 miles (36 square miles). To read more about the Public Land Survey System visit the Related Link.
Area: 636,372 sq miFor the source and more detailed information concerning your request, click on the related links section (Wikipedia) indicated directly below this answer section.