# Section, Township and Range explanation

**URL:** https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/section-township-and-range-explanation/58875
**Category:** Ownership and Title
**Created:** [September 7, 2020, 8:11pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/section-township-and-range-explanation/58875 "2020-09-07T20:11:53Z")
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### Author: ![Heidi\_Auale](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/user_avatar/www.mineralrightsforum.com/heidi_auale/32/12983_2.png) [@Heidi\_Auale](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Heidi_Auale)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2020, 8:11pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/section-township-and-range-explanation/58875/1 "2020-09-07T20:11:53Z")

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Can anyone explain to me what W1/2NW1/4, Section 25 means? It is supposed to be in Township 153 North, Range 96 West? In McKenzie​😊Heidi

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### Author: ![TennisDaze](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/dbc845/32.png) [@TennisDaze](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/TennisDaze)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2020, 3:43am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/section-township-and-range-explanation/58875/2 "2020-09-08T03:43:29Z")

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West one-half of Northwest one-quarter. Assume that the section is a square and one line is on north, with other sides on East, South and West sides. Draw crossed lines through center of the section, to make 4 squares. Those are NW/4, NE/4 (Northeast one-quarter), SW/4 (Southwest one-quarter) and SE/4 (Southeast one-quarter). Draw a vertical line in the NW/4 to divide it into West half and East half. That is the piece where you own minerals. If the section is 640 acres, then W/2 of NW/4 contains 80 acres. (640 / 4 / 2). You need to know your fractional ownership of the minerals to determine how many acres you own in the 80 acres.

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### Author: ![M\_Barnes](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/user_avatar/www.mineralrightsforum.com/m_barnes/32/10942_2.png) [@M\_Barnes](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/M_Barnes)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2020, 1:47pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/section-township-and-range-explanation/58875/3 "2020-09-08T13:47:42Z")

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[S-T-R Legal Land Descriptions in OK\_Kletke-1.pdf](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/uploads/short-url/unUmZdxUXd3ZUY0eX35GIxCNkTZ.pdf) (59.7 KB)

This is an article for Oklahoma, but it applies for North Dakota as well.

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### Author: ![Heidi\_Auale](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/user_avatar/www.mineralrightsforum.com/heidi_auale/32/12983_2.png) [@Heidi\_Auale](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Heidi_Auale)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2020, 8:04pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/section-township-and-range-explanation/58875/4 "2020-09-08T20:04:36Z")

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Thank you both so much for explaining 😊👍Mining business has its own “language” impossible for me to understand on my own!

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### Author: ![M\_Barnes](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/user_avatar/www.mineralrightsforum.com/m_barnes/32/10942_2.png) [@M\_Barnes](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/M_Barnes)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2020, 9:06pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/section-township-and-range-explanation/58875/5 "2020-09-08T21:06:44Z")

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I find it useful to read the descriptions from right to left. That helps me keep them straight.

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### Author: ![system](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/uploads/db5755/original/3X/6/c/6c7c56608c843272ad6e3662ce9562a5956f173e.png) [@system](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2020, 8:11pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/section-township-and-range-explanation/58875/6 "2020-12-06T20:11:59Z")

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