@bstrand Idaho allows deannexation by a County or City through their ordinance process. Statutes describe the process for districts but are oddly sile...

We have areas where Surveyors try to use a title report as a basis of a survey or subdivision. That's like selling my truck based on the insurance car...

The idea that surveyors 'create' orphaned srips is off the mark. What is created is the appearance of an orphaned strip. It takes a host of other idi...

@not-my-real-name 'Oh' is a letter in the alphabet. Lol

Actually that is a VERY BAD THING. Our job is to recover boundaries as established. The very last tool we should use is a calculator. Found monuments ...

I no longer do elaborate sketches, but I sketch up control and monument recovery ties and accessories. This is especially true on base points. If my f...

The DLC Act and the Homestead Act of 1862 had some stark differences. Under the Homestead Act you had to be head of household, 21 or over, and a few o...

Back when I had feeling in my fingers I wore nomex pilots gloves with a fingerless wool glove over them. The woolies had the flip over mitten portion ...

If a description for a parcel is also the creation document for an easement I write the reservation or grant into the description. It prevents one tra...

A mini for topo is fine. We stay under 300 feet for robotic most of the time anyway. Monitoring or grid control it's matched nodal only. Different job...

Native, These scenarios involve more than you can share in a few posts, but they can give you perspectives to add to your decision matrix. Having ...

The old adage 'hire for character, train for skills' has merit. My focus in hiring is the combination of intelligence and work ethic. If a candidate...

Congratulations! 40 years in one place is one heck of a run...