good point tommy
I posted the entire diagram on the other forum because it was requested by someone there (if you read the other post in it's entirety).
Clearcut, Your cautionary tales are very compelling, and I think every one who attempts to survey their own property be told some of the scary stories involved. In fact some licensed surveyors shoudl take them into mind as well.
What prompted my reaction was the statement:
> I am amazed and disappointed in my breathern here who take this so lightly and suggest that a layperson possesses all the tools necessary to survey his own land.
I don't think any of your brethern on this board is suggesting that the layperson possess all the tools necessary to survey their own lands. I think most of the guys here respect the knowledge fellow surveyors have and would not advocate the layperson trying to perform a land survey. The discussion might be more around what a land survey is. I think the majority of the disccsuion was regarding whether searching for existing rods was within the purview of the layperson. Is that Surveying?
> I think the majority of the disccsuion was regarding whether searching for existing rods was within the purview of the layperson. Is that Surveying?
If for geocaching purposes, no. But if that owner is searching for a monument he wants to rely on for ownership purposes. I would think so. Why would an owner be exempt from the anaylysis of whether a monument is the corner or not?
As I recall, a corner may or may not be monumented. A monument may or may not be a corner. Knowing those differences is what surveying is all about and it ain't black and white.
The coordinate list is a computer spit out...ignore it.
You look like you are in a cul de sac. Finding the rebar in that area should be easy
if the cul de sac is improved with curb and sidewalk. Measuring across the improvement
curve at an approximate radial line will give you a starting point for the rebar along
the curve. Using that and the improvements along the lot lines, fences, drive edges
and a shovel should uncover the rebar.
Buy a 300 foot tape at a Home Depot. Line up along the improvement lines on one side
of the lot and start measuring the map distance from the cul de sac. At the end of one
line look for a tall wooden stake that may be painted pink or some other color. It may
have some plastic flagging (ribbon) tied to it. If you get luck you will see such a stake. The stake
(lath) is not the corner. Use the shovel and dig around the base of the stake, the rebar will most
likely be flush with the ground.
Do the same thing on the other side of the lot.
The one hitch in all this is when the survey was done in comparison to when you closed escrow. If the survey date is a lot older, one or two years, then the lath witness stakes may be gone and finding a rebar could be a problem if you do not
know what tell tale signs to look for, survey wise.
PS I just read that you are in a 1983 subdivision. If you find ANY of those rebar, buy a lottery ticket because you are on a lucky streak.
Get yourself a good surveyor. This is a $1200 job if the street control is in.
