As a surveyor, you should consider what the landowner or contractor is going to use if a fence or building is going to be built - a physical monument,...

I've already had two colonoscopies and am currently age 48. The first was around age 34 and the second at age 44. The first time there were about 7 ...

I've worked with and for a lot of different people in the past 30 years. One guy just had the personality that caused him to go off for any reason. ...

It might be helpful to let us know specifically what you are getting chewed out for. That might be the key to not getting chewed out as much.

I posted this link awhile back, but it shows images of other USGS bench marks with different codes. Kurt Luebke in Montana has been my biggest fan f...

Thanks! This was actually about a 6 year project of compiling data, photos, and other information before this story finally went to print. I've lite...

Thanks for the suggestion. I have put the revised date at the top of the first page. For some reason, it won't show the revision when you click on t...

"Disturbed" triangulation station

This probably more of a local jurisdiction question, but the term "80 acres" was most likely meant to describe an aliquot part of a section and not a ...

Nelson Buck Party (Note on plat)I've got some pictures of the memorials somewhere. I'll post if I can find them. Here is the link to a GLO plat whe...

Nice work. I have been out twice this week looking for stones, but only came up with some rusty pipes.

You know as soon as you give up, the next surveyor will probably complete it in a couple of hours by just throwing some things together.To add what ot...

Bottles, insulators, barbed wire, bottle caps, highway road maps, various other maps, railroad switch keys, photo postcards, rifle cartridges, duck de...

Great job! Love the photos!

Most of those are from the Santa Fe Railroad. The "X" were placed in defect ties that had a split or something in them so the section men knew there ...