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Posted by dpb on June 4, 2007, 10:07 am
On Jun 4, 5:40 am, lwass...@sdf.lNoOnSePsAtMar.org (Larry W) wrote:
>
> >> If it's ever been surveyed before (how else could it have been defined),
> >> then there should be metal stakes at the corners already.
> >...
>
> >All kinds of ways -- the old oak tree, so many feet from some other
> >existing mark, the old fence line, the legals (N 1/2 of NW 1/4 of NE
> >1/4 of S 1/2 of Section 12, Range 33, Township 6), ...
>
> I owned a house at one time where the deed described the property line
> at one point as something like "and continues (so many) feet easterly
> untily coming to a privy which is there situate, whereupon it
> contiunes southerly..." You get the picture.
Just happened to hear a re-broadcast of a Bruce Williams show over
Memorial Day weekend where a person called in from MN or similar area
with a question on settling a parcel of land which was inherited as an
"undivided interest in the SW 1/4 of ...". Poor Bruce having come
from NJ originally and presently living in Miami had no clue of the
uniform survey system of the bulk of the midwest and spent some 10
minutes or more trying to a) "explain" to this lady why there just
"had to be" some survey describing this parcel, and b) failing totally
to get the concept as she tried to describe it... :)
POV of and frame of reference is everything sometimes...I had heard
the original show as well and was in near a epileptic fit over how
someone w/ that experience could be so uninformed but was on the
tractor planting at the time I was listening and unable to call and
try to explain. I did submit a description by e-mail to his show but
never heard any acknowledgement as to whether he ever saw it or not...
Just a sidebar story...
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Posted by Tony Hwang on June 4, 2007, 1:12 am
KOS wrote:
> Hi, a survey will be done on one of my properties.
> They will put wood stakes on the 4 corners. What is a good alternative
> to put there so that if the stick is removed I will know the border.
> Someone mentioned buying a metal pipe and digging a hole with cement
> etc.
> Any other good suggestions?
>
Hi,
Not pipe, original surveyers use iron rod driven couple feet deep.
You may have them too, metal detector comes handy for that.
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Posted by Larry W on June 4, 2007, 6:35 am
>Hi, a survey will be done on one of my properties.
>They will put wood stakes on the 4 corners. What is a good alternative
>to put there so that if the stick is removed I will know the border.
>Someone mentioned buying a metal pipe and digging a hole with cement
>etc.
>Any other good suggestions?
>
In our area surveyors use a metal rod to mark property line corners. They
attach a small pennant to the rod, but they are just paper or fabric
so the pennants don't last too long. A piece of rebar would be good.
If the line falls on concrete or asphalt, they use a metal spike, not
sure of the exact size but the head is about the size of a nickel.
After the markers are in place, record some measurements from features
of your property to find their rough locations later. They can be
difficult to find without getting "close"
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Better to be stuck up in a tree than tied to one.
Larry Wasserman - Baltimore Maryland - lwasserm(a)sdf. lonestar.org
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Posted by Colbyt on June 5, 2007, 7:38 pm
> Hi, a survey will be done on one of my properties.
> They will put wood stakes on the 4 corners. What is a good alternative
> to put there so that if the stick is removed I will know the border.
> Someone mentioned buying a metal pipe and digging a hole with cement
> etc.
> Any other good suggestions?
>
All the surveyors in this area use a 24" piece of 3/4" rebar and are
required by law to pop on a plastic cap with their name and license number.
If the point happens to be in a street, curb or sidewalk they use a small
round headed nail.
Ask your guy. For a small charge you may get a meaningful upgrade.
Colbyt
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Posted by aemeijers on June 6, 2007, 3:40 am
>
>> Hi, a survey will be done on one of my properties.
>> They will put wood stakes on the 4 corners. What is a good alternative
>> to put there so that if the stick is removed I will know the border.
>> Someone mentioned buying a metal pipe and digging a hole with cement
>> etc.
>> Any other good suggestions?
>>
>
> All the surveyors in this area use a 24" piece of 3/4" rebar and are
> required by law to pop on a plastic cap with their name and license
> number. If the point happens to be in a street, curb or sidewalk they use
> a small round headed nail.
>
> Ask your guy. For a small charge you may get a meaningful upgrade.
>
In my 'weird junk' collection, I have a couple of dozen 4" long 1/2 thick
pointed copper stakes, with big brass engraveable heads swaged onto them.
I've always wondered if they were intended to use as corner markers- scratch
or letter-stamp the info into the brass, and push into puddled concrete for
a surveying monument/corner pin. I suppose they could be hammered into
asphalt, on a hot day. Too short for ground rods, so I can't think of much
else they would be good for. A metal dectector would certainly find them-
they are heavy.
aem sends...
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