I'm Running along a standard line, the S1/4 of Section 32 is a nice set stone, a fence corner and a bunch of broken pieces of stone at the sw of S32, a tipped flat stone at the S1/4 of S 33, SW of 33 is gone from construction, S1/4 of 34 is gone from sliding down a steep side slope, stone is in ravine. SW of S34 is a nice set stone.
It is normal in this area for stones to be found intact and lying on their sides, I will stand them up and rehabilitate them or set a nice cap and bury them if they are not in good condition any longer. The S1/4 of Section 33:
Needless to say, this one got a new monument, it was in pretty bad condition, I set it along the south edge of the stone, the stone had fallen to the north. It was the first monument I went to.
It was raining hard and I didn't want to go back to it, so I set a cap and buried the stone, my opinion was that it had fallen in place. But as I continued it was clear that distances were short going west but long going east, almost like it had been picked up and moved about 40' west. I considered prorating it back in and moving it east to "fit" better, but finally decided not to.
Now back in the office it's pretty clear that distances are long going east and short going west, it's just the way they surveyed, it would "fit" better moving it east, but I suppressed that part of me that wants it all to look nice, and accepting that they didn't do it all perfect.:-)
I think sometimes having all this equipment lends me to want everything to fit, and when these old stones won't do it to "fix" it, an urge I need to control.;-)
Well said.
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I truly believe that your on-site restoration is more the spirit of the law, and the entire process, than our multi-million dollar satellite fueled zip-zing, lat-long and nine places right of the decimal x/y type exercise.
But it is fair to warn you that pretty much excludes you from ever being employed by the Oklahoma Department of Transportation. Everybody over there knows that quarter corners belong at an on-line midpoint and damn the evidence. :pinch:
10 kazillion attaboy's are hereby credited to your account for doing your job properly and alerting others to the necessity to do so.
Great to hear. Other than making sure the notes (if any) support the location sometimes the high dollar equipment is wrong. That is why we get paid to be the detective. Great job using your intellect instead of the math.
The distance west is 7880 so 40 feet short, the distance east is 2681 so 41 feet long, which really made me want to move the loose stone to the prorated position
A one-chain miscount reduces the potential error to seven or eight feet. Not bad at all.
While I agree with what you did 100% I'd be willing to bet that in a few (maybe more than a few) years a monument will show up 40 feet away because "your" math didn't fit.
Andy
While I urge caution with disturbed monuments, I urge more with our calculators. The numbers can help us catch mistakes but can grossly mislead us as well. Once you determine evidence of the Corner remains you can put the calculator and scratch pad away. Job well done..
> A one-chain miscount reduces the potential error to seven or eight feet. Not bad at all.
One chain? More like a half of a chain (33').
Dang. First mistake since 1996.:-P
Pretty sure everyone will jump on mine out there, specially with the original there