GA Land Surveyor case studies
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The Fundamentals of Surveying (FS) exam is the entry-level examination in the U.S. professional surveyor (P.S.) licensure path. The GA Land Surveyor case studies are 5 cases and about 3,830 words.
1The Old Land Lot Corner and the 2005 Rebar
While retracing a 42-acre tract in Land Lot 214 of the 16th District, 4th Section, you locate three corners of the 1820s land-lot grid along the south lot line. Corners A and B, at the ends of a two-lot span, are 1-inch iron pipes with no caps, each corroborated by a blazed and hacked pine witness tree and a rock pile within 2 ft.
807 words, about 4 min2Ground Distance, Grid Distance, and a Developer Who Wants 20 Acres
You are preparing a boundary survey of a 20.000-acre tract in Gwinnett County between two original 1-inch pipe corners that you have found and verified. The total-station distance between the pipes, with instrument and atmospheric corrections applied, is 2,106.42 ft; the 1968 deed calls the line as 2,106.00 ft 'more or less.' The tract lies at an average ground elevation of about 1,080 ft and roughly 95,000 ft west of the central meridian of the Georgia State Plane zone; from the published projection you compute a combined factor of 0.999620.
713 words, about 4 min3Level Loop Misclosure at a Detention Pond Outfall
You are laying out a 4.6-acre detention pond in Bibb County. The outfall is an existing 18-inch RCP discharging to a creek, and the design requires the pond's 100-year water surface of 812.00 ft to be at least 0.50 ft below the crown of the pipe invert so the pond drains by gravity.
719 words, about 4 min4Four Requests From a Seller Under Contract
You have been hired by a seller under contract to survey a 0.41-acre lot in a 1998 subdivision and to prepare a plat for the buyer's lender. Your fieldwork finds three things: the detached garage on the subject lot projects 1.6 ft across the west line; a 10 ft by 12 ft shed sits 8.2 ft inside a 15-ft-wide drainage easement along the rear line; and the neighbor's chain-link fence stands 3.0 ft inside the subject lot.
825 words, about 4 min5The Elevation Certificate and the Approved Plan That Is 1.24 Feet Off
Your firm is completing a FEMA Elevation Certificate for a new single-family house in unincorporated Chatham County. The site is in Zone AE with a base flood elevation (BFE) of 812.0 ft NAVD88, and the county floodplain ordinance requires the lowest floor to be at least 1.0 ft above the BFE.
766 words, about 4 min