I spent the first 10 years of my career working primarily in Townships 1-4 S, Ranges 1-4 E of the 3rd P.M. I haven't been there since 2020, but if I r...

I'll bid $120 to start.

Illinois has an identical law, 765 ILCS 215, the Permanent Survey Act. I have used it twice to settle ambiguities. Both situations had several parcels...

The Illinois geospatial data clearinghouse has 30s-40s aerials, then jumps to 2000's. It has lidar data too.?ÿ

@holy-cow The original town plat of my little hometown (1850s) has a restriction that if any intoxicating liquors are ever made or sold on a lot, the...

I like that Pennsylvania has an Indiana and a California, both with confusing college names.?ÿ

@mightymoe I've found at least three without a signal. I shudder to think of all the ones I may have missed. I'm in a non-recording state, so finding...

We use an office prefix (1 for my office), two digit year (20), three digit chronological number (010 is the 10th job of the year), and an extension (...

My local national forest has cadastral maps available online here They show boundaries that have been surveyed, and corners that have been monumented...

My first was the Saturday after I got my license on a Friday. I donated a small lot survey for a local church. Fieldwork, drafting, signed, and sealed...

Seems like an obvious case of estoppel to me. As @paul-in-pa said, once A accepted their subdivisions they cannot claim otherwise.

@skeeter1996  I had a similar experience.  I found a 30 year old metal cap in perfect condition, after being accustomed to finding cracked, ...

@mike-marks Your statistic reminded me of another, "Half the population is below the average intelligence."   A dummy with a weapon, espec...

@norman-oklahoma In this case I should have done more. We have a newer aluminum body truck, so our old magnets don't work. We haven't had vinyls made...

@just-a-surveyor It also seems that while these people are quick to threaten to call the sheriff, they don't care what the law actual says. I am in a...