I am starting a project for the boundary of a property in a nearby town and came upon a survey map for an adjacent property made in 2009. At first I thought this may be a big help, but now find I am in total disagreement.
The 2009 map fronts a 1978 county layout. It shows three stone bounds with distances that match the record exactly. However, it shows no ties from the survey boundary to that layout, nor does it show ties to the intersecting side streets. Instead it shows a graphical representation of these streets with no bearings or distances.
The basis of bearings is not the same as the 1978 county layout and there is no explanation of what bearing basis was used for the survey. Also the reproduced 1978 layout lines miss one important small detail; that being a 0.5 feet jog in the sideline. By omitting the jog, the found monuments, labelled “IP” are explained as being on the “old street line” which cannot be true because there is no old street line.
Perhaps the worst part of the 2009 survey map is the fact that the surveyor recovered and rejected survey marks found at every corner and opted to set their own instead by using deed distances.
What I thought would be a help to my project turns out to be a huge mess and makes me wonder why a surveyor would publish such a sloppy and ugly map when recording is not required for existing boundaries in this jurisdiction.
Historic boundaries and conservation efforts.
I imagine your map will have a lot of notes that will say "found per 2009 survey and not accepted". 🙂