KS Land Surveyor case studies
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The Kansas land surveyor credential is issued by the Kansas State Board of Technical Professions (KSBTP), the board listed for Kansas in the NCEES licensing board directory, with contact details given as the Landon State Office Building, 900 Southwest Jackson, Suite 507, Topeka, Kansas 66612-1257, phone (785) 296-3053. Licensure in Kansas follows a two-exam path: the NCEES Fundamentals of Surveying (FS) exam, generally the first step toward becoming a licensed professional surveyor, and the NCEES Principles and Practice of Surveying (PS) exam. The KS Land Surveyor case studies are 5 cases and about 4,188 words.
1The 56-Month Experience Record With an Eight-Month Supervisory Gap
An applicant files a Kansas land surveyor application in January 2026. in surveying and geomatics from a regionally accredited university in May 2021; the program is not ABET-accredited and does not appear on the board's approved-curriculum list.
873 words, about 4 min2A Five-Sided Boundary Traverse That 'Closes'
A five-sided closed traverse was run with a 2-second total station and fixed prisms to control a proposed replat of four lots in a Kansas town. Interior angles observed: A 98°12'10", B 112°44'30", C 105°03'50", D 121°58'00", E 102°01'48".
781 words, about 4 min3Sealing a Plat the Surveyor Never Controlled
A three-person surveying firm in western Kansas contracts a licensed land surveyor, R.S., to serve as its surveyor of record. lives 180 miles away, works about 60% time for the firm, and visits the office twice a month.
829 words, about 4 min4Two Datums, One Old Culvert Benchmark, and a GNSS Height
A crew is establishing control for a 42-acre subdivision in Ford County. The base receiver sits on a temporary point whose coordinates come from a single 45-minute RTK observation; rover shots use 12-minute occupations, and the network reports 0.03 ft horizontal and 0.06 ft vertical.
811 words, about 4 min5The Weathered Quarter-Corner Stone and the 1998 Fence
A crew is retracing the south boundary of Section 8, T20S, R25W. It finds the original 1890 GLO stone at the SW corner and the original stone at the SE corner, both marked and in place; both are standard corners on the south boundary of the township.
894 words, about 4 min