I was doing a project about 4 years ago and discovered the first "modern" surveyor had forgot to put an entire centerline curve of the state highway in. Not to worry, he filed an amended survey stating he discovered the error and showed where his monuments should have been. However, he didn't relocate the monuments in the field so the one closest to where it belonged was still 30'+/- out of position. Along came the BLM, I don't know why they needed to get involved at this stage, and told me I had to hold his monuments because they "perpetuated" them by replacing with a standard BLM monument. To me, crap is crap. before we were done they had replaced our rebars with standard BLM monuments. Odd, but it was private property and still is.
I had to hold his monuments because they "perpetuated" them by replacing with a standard BLM monument.... it was private property and still is.
Private property adjacent to federal lands?
"We're from the government and here to help."?ÿ?ÿ It appears the BLM can do no wrong, however screwed up it looks.
The same job; there is a state fee highway cutting through the property bearing ENE, WSW with a flat curve thrown in. As the highway comes to the east property line (1/16th line) south of the south right of way it jogs along the east line from 75' wide to 50' wide. The description calls out the east property line as the division line between the 50' row and the 75' row. Simple enough.?ÿ
I decided to accept the C1/4 at the point of intersections of old property lines, about 11' from a prorated corner. This pushes the 1/16 line 6' east. There is one cap along this line which I will slightly miss, but if I use a E1/4 to W1/4 line I miss it more.?ÿ
Find a ROW monument for the 50' jog but it's way west. Decide to set the 75' jog on the 1/16th line ROW intersection and find the ROW monument less than a foot to the west, buried under a foot of soil and near a bunch of metal that had confused the first attempt to locate it. Seems the DOT also used my C1/4 for this 1/16 line then when putting in the 50' ROW they 90d it from the 75' monument. Not the first time I've seen this, but it's been a while.?ÿ
