Note on a Record of Survey:
"This survey is a retracement of Record of Surveys Filed in Book X at Page XXX, Book Y at Page YYY, Book Z at Page ZZZ and there may be alternate positions for corners. Survey lines established in Section AA & bb TxxS RyyE may or may not agree with lines of occupation" (Emphasis mine) Guess he was pretty confident of his solution. I get to resurvey and break down Section bb.
Additionally there are two monumented Standard Parallels about 5 chs. apart that were surveyed in the 1800s, early 1900's mid and late 1900's.
The N-S centerline of Section bb is called out in at least two surveys as going to the northerly !/4 Corner then to the Southerly one. The last survey doesn't show the centerline, just a tie between the two "1/4 cors."
For Keith, the Standard Parallel was originally rerun in the 1920's and reestablished in the 1940's "along a latitudinal curve".
DJJ
DJJ
That's the way it was sposed to be run!
7th Standard Road?
DJJ
Yes, I thought you'd appreciate someone from the last centuy understanding the concept.;-)
Dave
> 7th Standard Road?
Copus Rd.
Flat-not much brush;-)
Dave
I see what you mean. There are squares to the south and squares to the north with a strip of rectangles in between 😉
Doug
I remember visiting my Dad at the office on H Street sometime in the 1960s and he showed me the "computer" which was in an office across the outdoor hallway thing near the construction company office. All I remember is it looked like a metal cabinet about the size of a washing machine but bear in mind I was only 5 or 6 years old so my perceptions and memory could be skewed. It seemed like a big deal to see a "computer" but it wasn't very impressive to look at.
Sometime in the last 10 years he told me they were doing a huge (multi-township) Record of Survey down there and the computer I had seen was used to aero-triangulate the positions of corners from the aerial photogrammetry. They put photo panels on the found monuments. He was hired by the firm to be Project Engineer on a big 30" water project (not related as far as I know); I don't know what his involvement was in this project other than he was a partner in the photogrammetry firm. He knew they did the control with EDMs which you can see on the R/S maps.
I always wondererd where that was, now I know.
Dave
If it's the survey I'm thinking of there are 13 sheets plotted at 1"=2000'. About 18 sections per sheet. One -or anumber of- Tps. have sections that are about 1 mile wide by 120' going up against the Std Parallel.
DJJ
With a note like that, I hope that the surveyor located and did some analysis of the lines of occupation.
There are instances where there is conflicting survey information and conflicting occupation evidence where such a note may be warranted.
Without analysis of the occupation and some notations or narrative regarding discrepancies, a note like that is making the statement that the surveyor punted.
> With a note like that, I hope that the surveyor located and did some analysis of the lines of occupation.
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> There are instances where there is conflicting survey information and conflicting occupation evidence where such a note may be warranted.
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> Without analysis of the occupation and some notations or narrative regarding discrepancies, a note like that is making the statement that the surveyor punted.
I think he tied and considered lines of occupation and prior surveys. He was a good surveyor. The statement just hit me as odd.
But he was dealing with a somewhat complicated situation.
Check your e-mail.
DJJ
Being on the boundary between two meridians probably has something to do with the confusion.
You've got the right idea. The Centerline could be based on either of the two Parallels or occupation.....If you e-mail me I'll send you some more info.
DJJ
