These crimped irons were set over 40 years ago to monument the corner of two lots in a subdivision that was platted in 1924 and were visible. Years ago someone must have thought the existing iron was "off" by 0.13'!
To quote AJ:
"You young surveyors are getting better and better at measuring... Between the wrong monuments!"
Obviously one was set by a surveyor that charged a fixed fee and the other by a surveyor that charged by the hour. If in Texas, you would know which one of those would then be the correct one.
One is the corner, the other is homeowner help. Use the one that matches the others in the area, and discard the rest.
Looks like there's room to put another monument right in the middle.
Could one be a guard stake that was hammered down? I see that around here sometimes.
Or maybe ... each lot got it's own corner and there's a 0.13' wide strip of no man's land running between them. :bomb:
It looks like a case of double corners since both look to be made of the same material. There was a surveyor around here that was very active in the 70's who apparently had a difficult time keeping track of what he'd set and often set double corners, particularly on back lot lines, and of course neither will fit record well.
Just because I'm paranoid, doesn't mean they aren't out to get me.
Looks like the same guy set both
Pinch pipes are very rare around here. I've seen more in pictures on this site than I've ever seen in the field.
I've seen some like that where the pipe had been broken off at the ground and somebody stuck that end in beside the bottom.
Shawn Billings, post: 426838, member: 6521 wrote: Could one be a guard stake that was hammered down? I see that around here sometimes.
Both were at the same elevation!
Steve Gilbert, post: 426930, member: 111 wrote: Both were at the same elevation!
Maybe they're both sucker pipes
Maybe it's one of those engineer-designed subdivision layouts, where there's a 0.21' tangent between curves.
Look for a plat that shows which one is right, and that the wrong one is 0.13' "out of position".
JPH, post: 426944, member: 6636 wrote: Maybe it's one of those engineer-designed subdivision layouts, where there's a 0.21' tangent between curves.
Actually these are rectangular lots and blocks.
warren ward PLS CO OK, post: 426951, member: 12536 wrote: Look for a plat that shows which one is right, and that the wrong one is 0.13' "out of position".
Being in a non-recording state, there's nowhere to look for a plat. Plus in this case I was doing a topo for a church that bought two adjoining lots where the houses had been demolished. They will be replatted so that particular corner will be extinguished.