AR Land Surveyor case studies
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The Arkansas Professional Surveyor (PS) credential is issued by the State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Professional Surveyors, a board housed within the Arkansas Department of Labor and Licensing. The board's site organizes surveyor licensure into a progression: Surveyor Intern (SI) qualifications and licensure overview, then Professional Surveyor (PS) qualifications and licensure overview, with separate pages covering exam verification and study material, rules, laws and standards, license renewal, complaint and enforcement, and rosters of licensed individuals and firms. The AR Land Surveyor case studies are 5 cases and about 1,951 words.
1The Overlap That Was Never a Gap
A surveyor is asked to retrace a 1998 plat of a 12-lot subdivision. The original plat shows Lot 7 as a 90.00-ft-wide frontage lot.
449 words, about 2 min2The Closing Corner That Won't Close
A surveyor is retracing a section line in a township where the original 1856 GLO survey established the south boundary of Section 14 as 80.00 chains. The surveyor finds the original quarter-corner monument and the original section corner monument, both bearing the 1856 markings.
398 words, about 2 min3Traverse That Fails Closure
A surveyor runs a closed traverse around a 40-acre parcel using a total station. The traverse has 8 setups.
372 words, about 2 min4State Plane Coordinates and the Deed That Doesn't Match
A surveyor prepares a boundary survey of a parcel in Arkansas and reports coordinates in the Arkansas State Plane Coordinate System (NAD83). The deed describes the parcel by metes and bounds with a bearing and distance call of N 45°00'00" E, 500.00 ft.
377 words, about 2 min5The Plat That Skips a Step
A surveyor is asked to prepare a subdivision plat for a 20-acre tract into 8 lots. The surveyor prepares the plat showing lot lines, dimensions, and a vicinity map.
355 words, about 2 min