Researching at the County Surveyor's Office

Well I fell off the blogging for a bit.  Did a bit of traveling through the states, saw great views, got some rain (monsoon season in the US?) experienced desert heat, gusty winds and spend a lot of money buying gas.

Every good survey starts with a good amount of time doing research.  Especially for a boundary survey.  The kind we lose sleep at night pondering whether we looked and evaluated every corner, monument, tree, lines of occupations, etc. before we place our precious LS stamp on the map.  And it's done....at least we think so.  Then we suddenly awake from a nightmare when we hear the words "did you find this corner right here?"

The importance of researching a piece of property can never be underestimated.  In the 58 Counties in California, it seems like there are 58+ ways to do research.  The California Land Surveyor Association (CLSA) has a publication, the award winning California Surveyor.   In the current issue, several Counties have an article on how to perform researching at the County Surveyor's Office.  There are several articles on the importance of researching especially in dealing with land boundaries.  And sometimes the saying goes, finding a map with the monuments on it is "priceless".  And not finding the map with the monuments you are using "costly".

So check our the latest issue of CLSA's California Surveyor.

http://www.californiasurveyors.org/index.asp

And a great photo is on the cover too!  (nice pic Steve!)

Being a Californian, I guess next time I'll do more research on the weather in other states!