Which section is located immediately north of section 34 in a township?

In the Public Land Survey System (PLSS) used in Florida, townships are divided into sections that are arranged in a specific grid format. Each township consists of 36 sections, each measuring one square mile. Sections are numbered starting from the northeast corner of the township (section 1) and proceed row by row.

To determine which section is located immediately north of section 34, it is essential to understand the arrangement of sections. Sections are laid out in a pattern where the sections in the same column share the same number across different rows.

Sections are organized as follows:

• The first row (1-6) runs along the north side.

• The second row (7-12) is beneath that, and so on, until the sixth row (31-36) at the southern edge of the township.

Section 34 is somewhere in the middle of the sixth row (31-36), specifically located to the left side of the two last sections in that row. The two sections directly north of the sections primarily include numbers from the row above.

Since section 34 is located in the sixth row, the section directly north of it must be section 34 minus 6 (because there are six sections in each row). Hence