Kane County Illinois - Strictly Surveying

Strictly Surveying

Kane County Illinois

Posted by andy-j on February 16, 2019 at 9:03 pm

Hey All!

Hoping for a little on line help from my fellow surveyors…   I’ve been researching the family property in Big Rock Illinois.   I’ve been able to get the deeds and other records, but the adjoiner’s deeds mention Lots 1 or 2 of “Castner’s Subdivision”    I know right away how to find an old plat here in Florida but I can’t seem to locate any maps that define that subdivision. Perhaps a map doesn’t exist and it was just created by descriptions?

My parents bought what was probably the remainder of the parent parcel from Harold Castner.   (Book 2841, Page 457)    The property is in the SW 1/4 of Section 20, Township 38 North, Range 6 East.

If anyone here has some local Kane County surveying experience, please let me know here or send me a message.

Thanks!

Andy Johnson

andy-j replied 5 years, 7 months ago 6 Members · 11 Replies
11 Replies

mdavis

Member
February 17, 2019 at 3:02 am

I’m pretty far from Kane County (My office is in Township 2 South, Range 3 East), but I was able to find the plat online. If the PDF I tried to attach doesn’t work, you can find it at this site:

https://lrs.kanecountyrecorder.net/Search/SubdivisionCodes

Castner's Sub.pdf
andy-j

Member
February 17, 2019 at 5:22 am

Thanks!! That worked. I didn??t look in the ??codes? tab, I thought that would be rules for platting.
david-livingstone

Member
February 18, 2019 at 2:26 pm

I grew up in Kane County and never heard of Big Rock. Learn something new every day.
andy-j

Member
February 21, 2019 at 2:09 pm

Well, we barely have a stop sign… so there’s that.

Been a town since 1850-something!!
peter-lothian

Member
February 21, 2019 at 2:30 pm

Wow! That’s a crazy number of signatures required for a simple land division with frontage on an existing road.
stlsurveyor

Member
February 22, 2019 at 12:48 am

Posted by: Peter Lothian

Wow! That’s a crazy number of signatures required for a simple land division with frontage on an existing road.

Oh…that is just a glimpse of the bureaucratic wasteland known as the Great State of Illinois. ???? We love our public officials…fees…taxes…(yes, I am a resident of IL)

https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-population-loss-worsens-for-5th-straight-year/
andy-j

Member
February 22, 2019 at 12:23 pm

I’m tempted to call up Donahue and Thornhill and ask about getting a cheap update since they “were just there!”
david-livingstone

Member
February 22, 2019 at 5:16 pm

I live in a part of Illinois that is a little easier going, but that might change. Our current governor may just tax me out of the state. His latest is a 5 cent tax on plastic bags.
daniel-ralph

Member
February 22, 2019 at 5:42 pm

I don’t fully understand the last sentence in the surveyor’s certification. I get the feet and decimal part, and think I grasp the 1.5 miles part but the tributary thing is puzzling.
andy-j

Member
February 22, 2019 at 10:01 pm

I’m pretty sure the last part says the “Said tract is within 500 feet of a water course serving a tributary area of 640 acres or more”…. which is a no-brainer, as there is a creek running right through the property.
andy-j

Member
February 22, 2019 at 10:04 pm

Regarding the tax…. I just flew through Midway a few weeks ago. Got some snacks and the cashier says, Would you like a plastic bag for an additional 7 cents?

I stood there and laughed, then she handed me my receipt…. so I asked her if she would like my receipt for 3 cents! She didn’t take me up on it either.