Final review for a description of a new tract, the first sentence begins:
Beginning at the west quarter corner of said Section 11 (monumented with a .............), said point lying on the west line of said Section 11;
Really? it lies on the west line, never would have guessed that.............
And on the plat also put in the basis table NAVD88, now that's useful...................
I think as we age thinking on your feet gets more and more difficult.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000358/?ref_=tt_trv_qu&apos ;">Abraham Lincoln: I could write shorter sermons but when I get started I'm too lazy to stop.
I tend to have diarrhea of the word processor when writing out field notes, because I would rather be redundant in several places than ambiguous in one. And, we all have met someone who wouldn't make the connection that just because you are starting on the west quarter corner means you are also on the west line.
Sad. Truly sad. Sometimes you simply cannot put it in a form that every jackass in the world can understand.
Is it really ok to say "quarter corner"? I thought that was sort of a shorthand and a formal property description always used something like "southwest corner of the northwest one-quarter of section..."
I've used it many times and no one has complained in over 20 years.
There was one title clerk once who had never heard the term. I believe it may have been the West Quarter Corner that threw her for a loop.
I think it may be regional on whether it is more preferential to say quarter corner or to say corner of one quarter. I know that just in Texas, the style of writing a description can vary somewhat from one part of the state to another. Like to say "Iron rod set" or "set iron rod" . I am sure that there is a correct grammatical version, but I prefer tradition over formality.
I prefer the quarter corner language. I have seen descriptions with something like beginning at the southwest corner of the southwest quarter of the northeast quarter of section 11, when the center 1/4 would have done the same job. I usually use the same nomenclature as I would stamp on a cap.
billvhill, post: 387502, member: 8398 wrote: the center 1/4 would have done the same job
... if there is only one center of section. We've seen examples discussed here where usage had resulted in two accepted centers, for instance the NE and SE sharing one but the NW and SW having one a little to the north or south of the first.
I have never met anyone, other than a surveyor; that knew what a quarter corner was. And when I told them it was the corner set at the midpoint of the mile. Their face got that scrunched up quizzical look and they said why isn't it called the halfway corner?
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That poster: RADAR, sure is a swell guy
You forgot to draw a picture, then the light bulb lights up
Ever encounter someone who tells you that a quarter ain't got no corners, cause it's round. Sorta like trying to skin a Nauga to reupholster a couch.
douglascasementl, post: 387505, member: 11341 wrote: .. Their face got that scrunched up quizzical look and they said why isn't it called the halfway corner?
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"Half-section line" is common enough nomenclature around these parts 'mongst indigenous residents and lonely pipeline locators, but not usually with surveyors. We like to stick to "quarter line"...less syllables and you don't loose as much chew when you say it.
Monte, post: 387482, member: 11913 wrote: Like to say "Iron rod set" or "set iron rod" . I am sure that there is a correct grammatical version, but I prefer tradition over formality.
Yes, I also prefer "5/8-inch iron rod" to any of the more technically descriptive terms such as "#5 Deformed Steel Reinforcing Bar". "Iron Rod" is a Term of Art that any land surveyor ought to understand. I won't, however, say that any mention of an "Iron Rod set" should not also detail the cap affixed to it and every letter and symbol appearing upon the cap by which it may be identified. It should.
Kent McMillan, post: 387519, member: 3 wrote: Yes, I also prefer "5/8-inch iron rod" to any of the more technically descriptive terms...
I would have imagined you to prefer larger size rebar. Putting a dimple on a 3/8" could get tedious.
paden cash, post: 387521, member: 20 wrote: I would have imagined you to prefer larger size rebar. Putting a dimple on a 3/8" could get tedious.
I'd think that the main problem would be you'd have to set #3 bars after dark since just looking at them would bend'em.
Bill93, post: 387477, member: 87 wrote: Is it really ok to say "quarter corner"? I thought that was sort of a shorthand and a formal property description always used something like "southwest corner of the northwest one-quarter of section..."
Yes, it's really ok, although in another survey a bit to the northwest i did say the northeast corner of Lot 3, which is the north 1/4 corner.