#1 - The Gunter's Chain
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EAGLESTAR.NET LAND AND PROPERTY REVIEW
http://www.eaglestar.net
Issue #1
January 28, 2008
In this issue:
Properties of the Week
Buyer's List and Auction News
Land Measurement Terms: the Gunter's or Surveyor's Chain
Landterms.com Term of the Week
"The first farmer was the first man. All historic nobility rests on the
possession and use of land."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
PROPERTIES OF THE WEEK
Every issue we feature several properties that we find especially interesting.
This week's picks include two large parcels in the surprisingly hot rural
Kentucky real estate market.
Property #1 - 18,000 acres bordering Daniel Boone National Forest in
southeastern Kentucky. Flowing streams, marketable timber, and annual
right-of-way income. $3,000 per acre, with possible partial owner financing.
See gorgeous aerial and scenic photos and additional information at
http://www.eaglestar.net/vibbert.html
Property #2 - Western Kentucky: 453 acres hunting and fishing land with
marketable timber, deer stands, feeders, frontage on Pond River. To view
photos and additional information, visit http://www.eaglestar.net/spk2-.html
Property #3 - Log home with views of Cherokee Lake in Shiloh Springs, TN. 3
bdrm, 2.5 bth, 1,704 sq. ft. featuring a great room and a loft. Private gated
community. Lake access. To view photos and additional information, please
visit http://www.eaglestar.net/fmr24-.html
BUYER'S LIST AND AUCTION NEWS
See over 850 "Real estate wanted" listings created by registered property
buyers, searchable by keyword at
http://www.eaglestar.net/Land_Buyers_List/index.html
Union County, IL: Real estate agent looking for property to list in southern
Illinois, has buyers nationwide interested in hunting and other properties.
Please refer to buyer #20160.
http://www.eaglestar.net/Land_Buyers_List/index.html
Val Verde County, TX: 16,444 acres in 23 tracts to be auctioned Jan. 18, 2008
in San Antonio. Tracts range from 60 to 4,482 acres.
http://www.eaglestar.net/Detailed/20124.html
Somerville, TN - Feb. 28, 2008: Country estate auction. 26 acres, 2700 sq. ft.
home with guest house.
Listing ID: 20233 http://www.eaglestar.net/Land_Auction_Calendar/index.html
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DO YOU KNOW WHAT A GUNTER'S OR SURVEYOR'S CHAIN IS?
Perhaps you have heard someone mention the term "chain" in reference to
measuring or surveying land. This common forestry and surveying term refers to
the metal chain that surveyors once carried, which was 66 feet long and
contained 100 links. Although this tool has been largely replaced by
electronic devices such as the total station and by GIS technology, the terms
"chain" and "square chain" are still used in linear and area land measurement.
It should be noted that a Gunter's or surveyor's chain refers both to a
66-foot unit of length and to the actual 66-foot chain itself. In contrast,
the engineer's or Ramsden's chain is 100 feet in length, with 100 1-foot
links, and is used to precisely measure lengths and distances in feet and
decimal fractions of feet. in this case, the term "chain" refers only to the
measurement tool itself and not to any specific unit of length. For more
information, please visit Landterms.com using the links below.
Gunter's or surveyor's chain:
http://landterms.com/Alphabetical/C/Chain_-_Gunter_s_or_surveyor_s_743.html
Survey terms: http://landterms.com/Survey/index.html
All categories of terms: http://landterms.com/categories.html
LANDTERMS.COM TERM OF THE WEEK
Every issue we feature a real estate, forestry, natural sciences or other
land-related term from our partner site, Landterms.com. This week's term is:
Board foot: 1. A lumber measurement equal to a board or plank of wood 1 inch
thick, 12 inches long, and 12 inches wide. The formula for calculating board
feet of sawed lumber is bd ft = (thickness (in) x width (in) x length (in)/12.
For example, a board that is 1 inch thick, 12 inches wide, and 10 feet long
contains 10 board feet of lumber ((1x12x10)/12). 2. An estimate of the volume
of lumber in logs or standing timber using a log rule.
More Landterms.com Timber terms at http://www.landterms.com/Timber/index.html
COMING IN FUTURE ISSUES:
Buyer Beware! Land Buyer's Checklist
Allodial vs. Feudal Title - What's the Difference?
Property Marketing Strategies
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