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Another example why not to design corners too close together, PLSS version

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(@mightymoe)
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this is the corner common to 35 & 36 along a standard line and the closing corner of 2 & 1.

These are large landowners so not really a big deal, but it is like a upscaled version of subdivisions where two corners are very close together along a common line, the fence always seems to get built to the wrong one.

Found that yesterday, kinda made me chuckle cause I was chatting with the 86 year old guy who built the fences and he said they weren't sure what was going on in a "couple" of places.

 
Posted : November 13, 2015 3:41 pm
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Heck, each fence is only off 132 feet (+/-). At $1 per acre, that's no big deal. At $5000 per acre, that's a big deal.

I know of a surveyor who ran his line to the wrong corner and didn't realize it for about 10 years. No, not me, really, it was a different guy. This came up when he learned I owned a quarter-quarter section directly across the road from that old survey. He let me know not to make the same mistake he had.

 
Posted : November 13, 2015 4:14 pm
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Yeah, the land isn't worth much, but...............

The minerals,,,,,,,,that's a different story, when you can lease at 100-200 an acre every 3 to 5 years, then we are talking about real money

 
Posted : November 14, 2015 10:26 am