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ICYMI: Thence south 00 degrees 38 minutes 52 seconds east, 1284.36 feet along a fence #Surveying #LandSurvey #PropertyLines #Geospatial #BoundaryDetermination
Thence south 00 degrees 38 minutes 52 seconds east, 1284.36 feet along a fence
There are two sides to this situation. One side says you are mentioning the fence so that others will know to look for evidence of a fence when searching for monuments. This side holds the...
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August 26, 2026 at 7:38 PM
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Question on boundary line adjustments #BoundaryLineAdjustments #LandSurveying #PropertyLines #Subdivision #RealEstate
Question on boundary line adjustments
Applying a simple case: What once was Lot 1 and Lot 2 is now Lot 1 and Lot 2 but the measurements have changed. How do you know they have changed? Seriously. The subdivision plat is wron...
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July 22, 2026 at 12:57 AM
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December 7, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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ICYMI: A PLSS section approximately 1430 feet wide #PLSS #Surveying #LandSurvey #Geospatial #PropertyLines
A PLSS section approximately 1430 feet wide
You read that correctly. It is the standard one mile from north to south but approximately 1430 feet wide in total. No aliquots involved. Four Government lots. There is a bend in the east...
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June 30, 2026 at 5:26 PM
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Chapter9, 1st Edition, BC&LP (1957) #Surveying #BoundarySurvey #LandSurveyor #PropertyLines #SiteSurvey
Chapter9, 1st Edition, BC&LP (1957)
The Surveyor and His Duties261. Purpose of a Boundary Survey. A boundary survey may be for any one or all of the following purposes: (1) to mark an existing property description on the groun...
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May 29, 2026 at 10:09 PM
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Educating clients, adjoiners and nosy neighbors about changes in surveying #Surveying #LandSurveying #SurveyorLife #PropertyLines #ClientEducation
Educating clients, adjoiners and nosy neighbors about changes in surveying
This first story of mine has been copied from another thread. The second story is Mighty Moe's experience as copied from the same thread. "Back in the early 1980s, another surveyor shared ...
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May 20, 2026 at 4:44 PM
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ICYMI: Don’t you just love fence company’s!!! #fencecompany #surveying #construction #landscaping #propertylines
Don’t you just love fence company’s!!!
I was setting my backsight up and as I dropped the legs I felt one of them hit something metal. Well would you look at that, it’s the corner I was already looking for but a fence company dec...
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April 20, 2026 at 4:34 AM
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ICYMI: What do you call this type of monument? #Surveying #Monument #LandSurveying #RealEstate #PropertyLines
What do you call this type of monument?
Hello all, wondering if anyone knows exactly what this is. I have an old deed description that calls for pipes and I'm consistently finding this monument at the corners. I've seen these befo...
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March 30, 2026 at 12:58 AM
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ROW is always fun to explain! #ROW #Surveying #LandOwnership #PropertyLines #RealEstate
ROW is always fun to explain!
This ROW is gonna be fun to explain, since everyone thinks they own to the street. Where my finger is pointing is the corner. People never understand nor do they want too. I don’t Goto McDon...
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March 27, 2026 at 7:24 PM
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ICYMI: Flagging corners #FlaggingCorners #Surveying #Pennsylvania #LandSurveying #PropertyLines
Flagging corners
It seems like most all places I go in southeast Pennsylvania don’t have flag on corners! I just don’t get it. Why not just flag it for the next guy.
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March 27, 2026 at 4:44 PM
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Flagging corners #FlaggingCorners #Pennsylvania #Surveying #LandSurveyor #PropertyLines
Flagging corners
It seems like most all places I go in southeast Pennsylvania don’t have flag on corners! I just don’t get it. Why not just flag it for the next guy.
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March 24, 2026 at 4:42 PM
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Subdivision of fractional closing section #Surveying #RealEstate #LandSurvey #PropertyLines #Subdivision
Subdivision of fractional closing section
You're in fractional section 6. NW part of the section is invaded, and the north and west 1/4 corners are not fixed. No subdivision lines have ever been run or established in the section. Sh...
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September 16, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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ICYMI: My boundary is a stone wall. Where is the line? #Boundaries #Surveying #PropertyLines #LandSurveyor #RealEstate
My boundary is a stone wall. Where is the line?
Obviously, you can’t see the line, but as a surveyor you will make a determination using on ground-based evidence. The determination also includes the language of the deed, but many deeds we...
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September 4, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Missing property corner survey pins? #Surveying #RealEstate #LandSurvey #PropertyLines #Construction
Missing property corner survey pins?
From experience, after a brand new typical subdivision / tract housing build, i.e. 1/2 acre lots, is it "VERY COMMON" for the property corner pins to be totally disturbed and/or missing up t...
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August 22, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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ICYMI: MN property #MNProperty #RealEstate #Surveyor #PropertyLines #Encroachment
MN property
Good morning. The neighboring lot sold and the new owner brought in a surveyor to find the property corners. His original findings were that My house was encroaching on the neighboring lot. ...
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August 7, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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ICYMI: Earthquake chaos #Earthquake #DisasterPreparedness #NaturalDisasters #PropertyLines #Surveying
Earthquake chaos
When I saw this the first thing I came to mind is what it would do to the property lines: Here's the video: I had to watch the video about 10 times before my brain could process what I was...
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August 3, 2025 at 6:50 AM
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ICYMI: Did Someone Move the Corner? #Surveying #PropertyLines #LandSurvey #BoundaryIssues #RealEstate
Did Someone Move the Corner?
We were hoping to find an intact 1/4 corner, in the correct location, to solidify the section line. The pink-flagged 4' stake is the calculated position. Unfortunately, the homeowners weren'...
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July 29, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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Did Someone Move the Corner? #Surveying #LandSurvey #CornerMarkers #PropertyLines #SurveyingCommunity
Did Someone Move the Corner?
We were hoping to find an intact 1/4 corner, in the correct location, to solidify the section line. The pink-flagged 4' stake is the calculated position. Unfortunately, the homeowners weren'...
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July 26, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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ICYMI: Perfect measurers versus perfect measurers #BoundarySurveying #LandSurveyor #PLSS #SurveyingLife #PropertyLines
Perfect measurers versus perfect measurers
Ughhhhhh It's the curse we live with as boundary surveyors. Ten years ago a guy owned all of the northeast quarter of the northwest quarter of a given PLSS section. That is all he owned....
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July 25, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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Neighbors #NeighborhoodDisputes #PropertySurvey #LandSurveying #RealEstate #PropertyLines
Neighbors
I got a request for a survey between two neighbors who are in a dispute over three of the common lines. The property was in a family ranch that 70 years ago got split between some cousins in...
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July 23, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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ICYMI: Corner Correction Records in FL #Surveying #LandSurveying #FloridaSurveying #CornerRecords #PropertyLines
Corner Correction Records in FL
Howdy folks! I'm aware in FL the requirements for reporting by form within 90 days any corrections or observations regarding a change or obliteration on a section corner monument to the stat...
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July 22, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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ICYMI: Encroachment #Encroachment #PropertyLines #RealEstate #LandSurveying #NeighborDisputes
Encroachment
An old client stopped by. He was approached by the neighbor to his north who explained to him that his house is "over the property line" onto them. The "proof" is the survey from the city. ...
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July 20, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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Corner Disturbed
I set a 1/16th corner last fall. It turned out to be controversial because it was close to a large house being built and the two landowners don't get along. The landowner I was working for w...
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May 15, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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Corner marker moved illegally—proven but now what?
Hi! I posted on this site a few years ago, and one of the surveyors helped me out so much. He said to measure the distance between my markers to see if it was the correct footage which it wa...
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May 13, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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ICYMI: #PropertyLines #Surveying #RealEstate #Fencing #Onyx
Ring, ring
Yesterday, got two calls. First one was from someone who is upset about Onyx and his property lines. Seems his fences and buildings are across his line. I told him I can confirm Onyx is cor...
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May 12, 2025 at 3:26 PM