PLSS Monument markings

[jud]

What about a 1/16th line (e.g. centerline of a quarter section)?

The manual shows how to mark various aliquot parts of a section, Don’t have a clue what your stamping means or what the WP might represent. If not a aliquot part don’t try to modify the GLO marking system, make it totally unique.
jud

[charles-l-dowdell]

WP = Witness Point

C–C on the North-South (Meridional) Center Line and C–C on East-West (Latitudional) Center Line of a Section means Center to Center. This is the GLO style of marking aliquot corners in these lines.

[dave-karoly]

Jud-
sorry about that. A WP=witness point which is essentially BLM/GLOese for “point on line.”

The 1973 manual does not give specific guidance for WPs on subdivisional lines saying that will be covered in the special instructions.

[jud]

Don’t use WP on a corner monument, on assessors that are caps I always include the bearing and dist from the corner to the accessory. Have used the C-C both ways for the 1/16ths along the center 1/4 lines and use C 1/4 at the center corner. Believe the GLO goes down to 1/256ths of a section. Also have used the NE 1/6 and all around the circle.
jud

[MightyMoe]

Dave, use the key diagram in the manual to mark the points on line:

Anyway, that’s what I’ve always thought.

[Scott McLain]

Yes MightyMoe. You can include the 1/16 after the letter. “E 1/16”

[charles-l-dowdell]

Here are some more pages from the 1973 manual.

[jlwahl]

Dave the 16th lines are designated with those little letters that are shown in some of the posts W for the west 16th line, E for the E 16th line, S and N accordingly that are placed in place of the C–C in the ones shown.

Below the 16th level there is no guidance and it would probably have no graphic component simply WP.

Seems like one of your markings was not correct, but I would need to check. If you would like me to paint a better picture of the cap markings let me know.

A POL is a valid use for a WP, recalling that the language in the Manual states that a WP is a point “not related to any regular corner”.

I was discouraged from setting WP’s early in my BLM career because of fears they would in the futre become angle points in the line. I was not that afraid of my ability to put them on the line within a reasonable tolerance, but there is some merit to the concern. We see resureveyplats now that make dozens of angle points along lines to correspond to every little hunk of iron found along or near the line. There has to be some slack, at least within the width of the cap for g’s sake.

– jlw

[dave-karoly]

Thanks Jerry.

This will be on the 1/16th line between the NW1/16th and the W1/16th on the north line of the Section.

[MightyMoe]

W
|
WP | S7
|
W

[MightyMoe]

Well, when I typed it it looked much better than that. The W should appear in the center of the cap on the top and bottom with a line connecting them.

[Norman_Oklahoma]

Most of the section monuments in Oklahoma are marked with the letters “P K”. Keeps it simple.

[loyal]

Mighty

Here’s one way to do it:

	   W

	   |

	WP | S7

	   |

	   W

	

Simply put a line above your “formated” text that reads:

“bracket”code”bracket”
then your text
“bracket”/code”bracket”

Where “bracket” is the bracket symbol (square parenthesis).

Loyal

[dave-karoly]

except it’ll be…

	   W

	   |

	WP | S26

	   |

	   W

	

😉 (I didn’t give the Section number above). This one is not in the infamous Section 7 were the original north quarter section corner the Appellate Court liked is NOT being used as a boundary corner (the SP position the Appellate Court hated is being used, long story).

Thanks for that tip, Loyal. I was wondering how you did that.

[MightyMoe]

Mighty

Yeah; that’s what I tried to show!

[rankin_file]

THAT MADE ME CHUCKLE…