1856 "post in mound of earth"Ferron Notes 1871Explanatory NoteWhen I arrived at my field of operations, I made the necessary inquiries to ascertain th...

A. D. Ferron alright (1871). When he first came to the valley (1871) he couldn't find anything from the wood post 1856 survey by Mogo 15 years earlie...

There are things that do control over senior rights. That evidence or lack of it needs to be considered.Boundaries are things of human invention. Hu...

Well, I still like the idea of sorting out the markers for senior/junior lines. We could use small round tops for senior markers and flat bars for ju...

That's the concept of a closing corner in the PLSS. The BLM seems to be getting rid of them in new surveys as they have been a source of constant con...

Wouldn't a logical extension of this case be to rip out the errant marker and replace it on the senior line. Then there wouldn't be any confusing pin...

Pretty much a big do do about nothing. Luckily we are still only talking about hundredths, before too long surveyors will be correcting to the thousa...

Township Line - More Pics and cornersTownship lineI have what appears to be a 5 chain bust in my range line. Record for south of Section 31 is 85.75 ...

The rural counties get some grant money for corners. I'm not sure where it comes from but the work must meet BLM specs. It's administered thru the U...

It's a 3-1/4 inch cap supplied by the county. They use the same one for everything. Used to be stainless pipe and brass cap but budget problems have...

In Utah either PLS number or company/agency name. Doing this work for the county, so it's a county cap. My PLS number will be in the filed (public) ...

Cell is the only phone I have. Tried to edit the spelling of cairn but was late.Thanks for the help Loyal!

Surveyors that don't understand the PLSS are only a small part of the problem. How about landowners that could deed land without a boundary survey an...

YUP, the PLSS is a colossal failure when it comes to stable boundaries. The whole idea of protraction proved to be bad. The myth that it's all squar...

SOPLocate the original survey lines from the GLO. Nothing short of doing this is fraud. If you can't locate them in 15 minutes or less then they are...

Frank,Your approach mostly resolves the issues and I agree.Problem is your approach is just blown off by too many surveyors.No the PLSS system is not ...

I don't think a grand resurvey is required, What we have now is a constant resurvey of sections with constant tweaking and relocation based upon 8 co...