I believe that many individual state societies have endorsed the BLM Manual as their guide for surveying.

Bench mark is two words when used in context with surveying...

This is what separates the surveyors from the measurers.

You have to use the original stone. Your position is further supported by the pits. Take lots of pictures and document well!!Someone else has alread...

This one sort of has a Walmart connection. |-)

1. No. Point #7, I believe should be set proportionally between Points 6 and 8. The GLO plat shows the South 1/2 of the NE Quarter to be 80 acre...

Call to "Square" PipeI knew a surveyor that used electrical conduit for monuments.

Yep, with the price of silver at $20/oz. the high bidder probably thought they were getting a bargain! I believe these are actually cast aluminum, bu...

Nebraska requires the plat to show record distances, but since many surveyors don't bother to research existing surveys of record anyway, it doesn't m...

In this case the fence made a straight line between the road and the four-way fence corner at the Center. The N 1/4 and S 1/4, as well as the E 1/4 w...

I once argued with a former boss about the location of the old fence line (really old) versus setting the proportioned 1/4 corner 10 feet to the north...

In the hands of the right surveyor, it is a wonderful tool worthy of accuracy of any other tool. That being said, I have seen surveys that have had h...