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Painted trees along boundary?
I am doing a couple surveys in Louisiana, both in tracts owned by tree farms. In both cases, there’s a lack of standard property/section corner monuments. However, there’s plenty of trees painted along property lines, and I am trying to wrap my brain around what specific markings mean
They mostly come in 3 types: Stripe(s), X (sometimes with stripes), and circle. And I assume the side matters too if this is supposed to be like blazing
Maybe my google skills are lacking but I am not finding much.
Is there a standard of some sort for painting along property lines, or is this something I will have to hash out with a forestry manager if they have one?
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USFS has some guidance…. If the person who marked that line was “under that influence”
Line tree. 2 hack marks, one above, one below a stripe or big dot. So that the line passes through the hacks.
Touching one side, and up to 1/2 foot off the tree. Side blaze, with 2 hacks, one above, one below.
1/2 foot off the tree, to 3 ft off, just a side blaze.
3 ft to 6 ft off a tree, small side dot. (This was not always done).
X is a witness tree to a corner.
This is all from memory. It’s right in concept, even if a detail is wrong.
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Iƒ??ve seen variations in one State Forest we have. The Manual has instructions but those are not always followed.
Best bet is to ask those who might know.
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It has been my experience in Mississippi that the painted markings on trees near the boundary (+/- 30′) are a signal to the loggers for their cutting limits, not necessarily the property boundary. Markings that signify line trees, witness corners and the like to a land surveyor means something entirely different to the logger. For example an X on a tree would tell the logger to harvest that specific tree, the slashes painted on the trees is their cutting limits, not to be exceeded. @dave-karoly gave the best advise, ask the timber men in that area.
Good luck.
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