Whats involved in the survey of an aliquot part?
Since an aliquot part is a proportional subdivisional part of a Section, the location of the exterior corners of that Section must be known and tied together in order to “break down”, or subdivide, that Section. Although the original government surveys indicate uniform and regular measurements and areas, the actual dimensions always vary to some degree – sometimes substantially. Therefore, it is not enough “come off” or base a survey on just one or even two government corners. The location of all four quarter corners of the Section and the Section Corner of the ? Section the parcel is in must be located in order to define the parcel – even if that parcel may be only 5 or 10 acres.
