Sizes of PLSS Subdivisions
The following table indicates some distance and area conversions in the PLSS:
| dimensions (miles) |
(mile2) |
area (acres) |
(m2) |
(km2) |
notes | |
| Quadrangle | 24 by 24 | 576 | 368,640 | 1,492 | Usually 16 townships | |
| Township | 6 by 6 | 36 | 23,040 | 93 | Usually 36 sections | |
| Section | 1 by 1 | 1 | 640 | 2.6 | ||
| Half-section | 1 by 1⁄2 | 1⁄2 | 320 | 1,294,994 | 1.3 | |
| Quarter-section | 1⁄2 by 1⁄2 | 1⁄4 | 160 | 647,497 | ||
| Half of quarter-section | 1⁄2 by 1⁄4 | 1⁄8 | 80 | 323,749 | ||
| Quarter of quarter-section | 1⁄4 by 1⁄4 | 1⁄16 | 40 | 161,874 | ||
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