This afternoon it's supposed to dry up and I will be getting started on a simple boundary survey in a northern neighborhood in Seattle. Its a small one street plat with a cul de sac that was recorded in 1952 one year before the area was annexed in to the city.
It's another data point that when new areas were annexed in to the city, the city surveyors didn't always agree with the county surveyors and it looks like some of the lines were moved by the city.
County field book 763K shows that the county surveyors verified the monuments in the plat.
The detail from the old city quarter section map shows the "plat" line and the "true" line.
The unsigned survey from the city in 1972 shows that the cul de sac mon was referenced at that time (this is probably the same info as is on the quarter section map)
I will be trying out my roto hammer drill with a breaking bit and try to recover the cul de sac mon. The newer mon to the north has a case. Assuming I can locate the sac mon it creates a lot of questions to honor it or not. I may hold it for the position of the lots in the plat but use the city true line for the perimeter of the plat or if I find existing corners which ignored the sac mon I could decide to ignore it as well. Or I could go with strict plat dimensions from the sac mon, can't fix everything right
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THIS is why we get paid the big bucks.?ÿ Enjoy.?ÿ If you watched the video here yesterday showing landowners how to find their own property corners, be sure to take along your hula hoop.
It dries out in Seattle??ÿ ????ÿ
When I helped out up there and saw the utility locators walking around with propane torches so they could dry off the pavement, had my arms get butchered by blackberries, and had to wear a rain suit when it wasn't even raining I said oh hell to the no on this place!?ÿ ?????ÿ
Going to see if this works.
I see the poor family on the block has a house only worth $892,000.?ÿ Ten years ago that would have purchased an entire section of land around here for an amount per acre just a smidge below the most I have ever paid per acre.
The one for $1.3 million is out of my league.
