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Howard Surveyor
Howard Surveyor
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Joined: June 18, 2014 8:15 am
Topics: 13 / Replies: 150
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RE: interesting deed

Another interesting item in our area is that the courthouse burned down around 1893 so all the public records were destroyed. The County rebuild the "...

9 years ago
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RE: Negative Values on fillable pdf Elevation Cert.

Hand enter the - after it is printed and before you scan it to archive on your computer. When doing a certificate from plans, on the vents I put a 2, ...

9 years ago
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RE: interesting deed

Hack, post: 445831, member: 708 wrote: HowardIf your interested there a good book by E.Kay Kirkham published by the Everton Press. It's called "The Ha...

9 years ago
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RE: interesting deed

I also find if you photograph some of these old documents, more detail can be seen than a copied black and white page. I discovered this when the Cou...

9 years ago
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RE: Proposed Rule Change - Topos in Washington State

Mark Mayer, post: 444132, member: 424 wrote: Item (C) turns any topo that shows a boundary line into a Record of Survey. Which means, among other thin...

9 years ago
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RE: My 2 Cents On Labor Shortage

All very interesting posts about our profession. Having been doing this for more than 40 years and seeing changes with technology come faster than you...

9 years ago
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RE: WA state-specific exam.

I agree with T-Ray's comment above. Also, the 2015 copy of "Waterfront Titles in The State of Washington" by George Peters. He and Steve Ivey worked...

9 years ago
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RE: Whats a typical larger survey like in your area? (long)

Mark Mayer, post: 442176, member: 424 wrote: I'm going to have to spend a little time looking into this. That s the Columbia River to the south. Secti...

9 years ago
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RE: Status of Surveying?

Mark Mayer, post: 441212, member: 424 wrote: I practice in 2 recording states. In both my surveys are subject to review by county staff before they ca...

9 years ago
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RE: No BFE...now what?

clearcut, post: 439677, member: 297 wrote: From the FEMA source document quoted above, the following is in bold type:"Simplified methods may not be us...

9 years ago
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RE: No BFE...now what?

clearcut, post: 439169, member: 297 wrote: No it is not allowed for elev certs or LOMAs.Its purpose is only for the use by community flood-plain manag...

9 years ago
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RE: Their reputation proceeded them...

So with modern measurement tools, or a small error in calculations, get your rocks off?

9 years ago
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RE: Looking for easiest way to measure overhead power line heights

When performing these surveys with a reflectorless instrument to determine the sag (it works great), as stated above, it is extremely important to not...

9 years ago
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RE: 1953 Surveying picture and thread on redditt

Great photo for a grandson to have. That tripod is the older one I referred to on the post on 05/28/17 wondering about old Wild tripods. Since I wasn'...

9 years ago
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RE: What type of diagram?- FEMA

Since we are only a snapshot of what is there, I do the certification to the lowest floor and then note in the comments it is the lowest of all 4 unit...

9 years ago
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RE: FEMA LOMA MT-EZ form

Have you thought of using the online LOMA application? It's fast and you don't need to mail it.

9 years ago
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RE: Old iron fence posts

Thanks. I thought as much, and they run for about a mile on through the second old growth timber. The job with the bed rails really confused me (which...

9 years ago
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RE: Old Wild Heerburg Tripods

The easiest way to identify oak is to look at the annual rings on the end. As seen on the photo but Richard, you can see the pith rays, which produce ...

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