Acres Per Quarter Section

Each of the quarter sections is labeled with a quadrant direction.

Acres per quarter section. A quarter section of land or 160 acres could be broken down into quarters or a quarter quarter section of 40 acres relatively easily without a great grasp of mathematics. In our example the description is referring to the southwest quarter section of section 24 which is highlighted in yellow in figure 6. View gis maps that compile agricultural data including farmland values soil productivity ratings crop mix and parcel ownership information.

One section is equal to one square mile. The septic system density surrounding each case and control residence was determined for three geographic scales corresponding to conventional land survey units. In the kansas area and may have been somewhat different for other areas and times of settlement an immigrant applied to homestead a quarter section or piece of ground 1 2 mile by 1 2 mile square 160 acres.

If we put 300 head on 160 acres a typical quarter section of land in canada or the usa using a paddock system of 0 5 acres 320 paddocks then the calculated stocking rate is 300 750 0 5 450 000 lb acre. This is what is called a section. In 1832 a quarter quarter section of land was the smallest unit of land that could be acquired.

Lot size in the us can be as small as one quarter of an acre or as large as 10 acres. Section 640 acres 259 hectares quarter section 160 acres 64 75 hectares and quarter quarter section 40 acres 16 19 hectares. Each section is divided into 4 quarters each being 1 4 square miles or 160 acres.

In one square mile there are 640 acres therefore in one quarter of a section of land there are 160 acres. 64 752 hectares in a quarter it depends on how the quarter section gets subdivided by the developer.