putting on the popcorn and pulling up a chair....So you are saying you could locate precisely that center quarter corner and then would stake the deed...

Kuechler preferred to use his own 10-vara chain and the result was a somewhat similar excess in his nominal miles throughout that survey.Just wonderin...

putting on the popcorn and pulling up a chair....I've identified, remonumented and filed public records on lots of original PLSS corners. I've also d...

putting on the popcorn and pulling up a chair....If you were doing the Oklahoma survey do you think you would be able to locate the "the original mark...

Are you picking up someone else's base station?

It doesn't really answer your question, but...Having to collect sales taxes on survey work, that really SUCKS!

Not saying there ain't any, but I've never seen a call to a tree as the corner in Utah. Bearing trees yes, but corner trees no. A really cool one wo...

No, my description was used and recorded in the recorders office (within a conveyance deed) for the boundary line adjustment. We're right up there wi...

You should get a license in a filing state just for the life's experience. Take a trip up to Kansas or something. I know you couldn't hack coming to...

Without all that the site would go dark!

Kent can't file his surveys in a public place. They don't allow such foolishness in Texas. Apparently there is no limit on a legal description thoug...

The secret code belongs in tax descriptions not legal descriptions. Why do we do anything other than a list of latitudes and longitudes to 7 decimal ...

If the clarity can be called into question or misinterpreted then maybe it's not clear enough. But if land descriptions are only for land surveyors t...

If you are going to be absolutely precise why would you use any "customary shorthand?"

You left out the grade and mill number of the reinforcing bar.

They are probably referencing a square rod. 160 square rods equals an acre.

You didn't scan the tree trunk and then run a center of mass routine to locate the exact center?Or would you cut the tree off square, locate the ring ...

That's a great article. It all makes sense to me.In my great grandfathers history it's mentioned that he worked for a deputy surveyor for some time....

NeighborsIn Utah developers can't be denied if their plans conform to the rules.The guy will get everything he deserves. He just won't get any help f...

NeighborsFew years back I applied to P&Z for a conditional use permit for a small precast concrete plant on the farm. Had some neighbors go bizir...