quarter-quarter section

quarter-quarter section

A parcel of land described by starting with a 640-acre section,dividing it into quarters, and then dividing one of the quarters into fourths again. It has a size of 40 acres. In the figure, 1, 2, 3, and 4 are each quarter-quarter sections. A, B, and C are quarters,of 160 acres each. See public land survey system.