One of the more interesting monuments
lawyer...it's pronounced "liar'
> If you can't bend it into an upright, plumb, position; what makes you think that the point you are locating was the point intended by the original surveyor?
Well, for starters, it was bent up enough that you couldn't have driven it that way into the stiff soil it was in. :> (It had to have been straight when driven.)
A tractor or dozer had most likely been used to blade out the old fence and all of the vegetation that had grown up along it. There were piles of debris at intervals off to the side of the new fence that were exactly what you'd expect the Caterpillar company to leave. So, can a Caterpillar apply more force to bend a 2" x 1/4" piece of steel than a hand shovel can? I'm thinking "yes".
One of the more interesting monuments
Thank you! Wow, am I slow or what!?
In Washington, we have a lot of rocks, stones and boulders in our soil. Unless you are in a valley, it can be a challenge, trying to drive a corner marker in plumb.
Some have come up with verious method to help accomplish this, but many do not take the time.
Finding the true location of a disturbed monument can be challenging as well. Knowing that it has been disturbed is a good place to start.. ;>
> Finding the true location of a disturbed monument can be challenging as well. Knowing that it has been disturbed is a good place to start.
In the case of the "Strap Iron" shown in the photos above, the 1951 surveyor did an above average job of connecting the corner monuments he found and set with accurate survey measurements. The position of the monument I estimated at a point below the severe bend is Pt. No.132. The 1951 surveyor's nearest monuments, both axles or shafts in good shape are Pt. No.129 and 138. The azimuths and distances he reported between them and the strap iron are in parentheses. (36 vrs. = 100 US Survey Feet, of course.)
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132-129 146°33'48", 874.180 vrs.
(148°18') (874.31 vrs.)
132-138 312°38'04", 44.390 vrs.
(314°25'30") (44.33 vrs.)
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The original position of the strap iron as reconstructed from the 1951 survey ties is what I'd use to restore the thing instead of settling for an estimate from the severely bent marker.
Care to cough up a theata angle also? 🙂
> Care to cough up a theta angle also?
The 1951 surveyor's bearings were running systematically about 0°31' off true, if that's what you'd really like to know. The original surveys surrounding that corner were averaging about 0°50' off true.