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However, due to the recording requirements, that is where our research starts, in the public records. Recording versus non-recording states: I personally practice in a recording state, yet there are many unrecorded surveys out there, usually in private records, depicting monuments in the ground that long ago established the boundary between landowners. Probably others.ĭespite these, and likely many other differences, there are also commonalities, which I will address later. There are some exceptions to the PLSS system where it is used, including Spanish and Mexican Land grants and French settlement systems established prior to the deployment of the PLSS (think of Senior Rights). Hawaii adopted a native system in place at the time of statehood, which I know very little about, except that I think you need to be able to read Hawaiian to be able to pass the licensing examination and they use south azimuths and no bearings.Īnd we all know, or should know, what the BLM is proposing for the expansion of the PLSS in Alaska. (I can say that because I am one, having been born in the Big Bend Country city of Alpine, in the shadow of the Davis Mountains.) Heck, what they call “Field Notes” in Texas does not even mean the same as the term does everywhere else. Texas employs a hybrid system of its own based on Spanish Land Grants and a mutation of the PLSS. It seems the answer of “it depends” is often applicable to boundary determination, no matter where one practices.

#Metes and bounds survey system manuals#

The PLSS surveyors are quick to point out that this is not the case because the rules (BLM Manuals and various special instructions) are applied differently, or not at all, depending on the circumstances. The differences in these two systems, including the terminology, are significant, and it seems Colonial state surveyors see the PLSS as a simple “cookie cutter” system where the rules are clearly defined and easily followed. The metes and bounds methods, procedures, and practices existed well before the Public Land Survey System (PLSS) was even a gleam in Thomas Jefferson’s eye and when it was first implemented in Ohio in the late 1780s. DifferencesĬolonial metes and bounds versus Public Land Survey System states – oh, and Texas & Hawaii: It is a fact that land boundaries were established in the U.S. Let’s discuss some of those differences first.Īs I said, I have not practiced outside of California, so this list of differences is by no means being portrayed as comprehensive, and possibly not even 100% accurate, but these are my perceptions. Although there are significant differences across the land, there also seems to be an under-fabric of commonalities, based on my observations.

#Metes and bounds survey system professional#

Rushmore) and National Surveyors Week starting on March 18, 2017, I can’t help but think about surveyors across the United States as a whole.Īlthough my entire professional practice has been in California, over those years I have read and learned much about the practice of professional land surveyors across the country through professional publications, forums, books, and personal conversations. With the President’s Day holiday recently behind us, a day I refer to as Surveyor’s Day (think Mt.

#Metes and bounds survey system series#

This entry is part 33 of 66 in the series Field Notes