quarter section

Noun

Meaning

a land unit equal to a quarter of a section (160 acres) and measuring 1/2 mile on a side

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quarter-section

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Examples

Combines and tractors mean that the farmer could successfully manage more than a quarter section of land, so there was a shift from family farms and subsistence crops to cash crops grown on many sections of land. Source: Internet

It is platted on a quarter section of land (160 acres; 0.6 km²) on the alluvial fan of North Crestone Creek. Source: Internet

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