"Hardpacked".............is there any other kind of county road. Nearly all county roads here are crushed limestone. If the rock is too big, it is l...

Several major former participants posted on that thread. Sure miss those guys.

Another zombie thread comes to life. @john-putnam Check for your input to that thread.

The line between two points may not be anywhere near a straight line, depending on what obstacles are encountered.

In my part of PLSSia most section lines have county roads running along them. Most road intersections now have sign posts with the road names on them...

Surveying is a profession. The second oldest.

You have brought up a very common scenario. Every situation can be different. Typically, I would search at other lot corners for some confirmation as...

When I see the term "reference" I automatically think of items placed to aid in finding a specific monument, typically a section corner or quarter cor...

Damn. That is wrong on so many levels.

@bstrand If it were really that simple, we would be overflowing with new surveyors, and we are not.

@field-dog Had a similar problem one time with creating a platted subdivision. A vey nice 12" diameter tree fell exactly on one corner.

@gary_g Tell us what it says. No sub, no lookee.

@native1 Congratulations. Making the jump to become self-employed is terrifying but worth it in so many other ways. Try it.

@stacy-carroll Our area has been over run by out-of-state hunters buying both large and small tracts for far above the economic value used to assess ...

Helped the County Sheriff one time to determine if a large group of squatters were in the City or in the County. This was a case where certain parts ...

@stacy-carroll Exactly. Picture a four-wheeler trail through a somewhat dense pasture full of half-grown trees and briar bushes. The task is to cr...

@david-baalman Give him a big white cowboy hat, too. That will help him get the heroine, in the end, as the sun sets in the West. 😀 &#...

Seriously, I would insist on both property owners accompanying me as I complete the field work. Non-negotiable.