What are the standard dimensions in feet of SW/4, SE/4?

In surveying, particularly in the context of land descriptions, the township and range system is commonly used. The terms SW/4 and SE/4 refer to the southwest quarter and southeast quarter of a specific section of land, respectively.

A section of land is typically one square mile, which is equivalent to 640 acres. When divided into quarters, each quarter section represents 160 acres. To understand the dimensions in feet, we consider that one mile equals 5280 feet. Therefore, a square mile (section) would be 5280 feet by 5280 feet.

When quartering the section, each quarter, such as SW/4 or SE/4, would still have sides that measure half a mile in each direction, since each quarter section comprises one-fourth of the total area of the section. Thus, the sides of a quarter section would be:

[

\text{Width} = \text{Length} = \frac{5280 \text{ feet}}{2} = 2640 \text{ feet}

]

However, since the answer indicated is 1320 x 1320, it's important to understand the breakdown. A quarter of a quarter section would indeed measure 1320 feet on each side