NC Land Surveyor case studies
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The Professional Land Surveyor (PLS) credential in North Carolina is issued by the North Carolina Board of Examiners for Engineers and Surveyors (NCBELS), the state body responsible for the administration and regulation of the professions of engineering and surveying. The Board reviews applications, administers examinations, licenses qualified applicants, regulates the professional practice of licensees throughout the state, and investigates alleged violations of the licensure law. The NC Land Surveyor case studies are 5 cases and about 4,255 words.
1The Missing Rear Pin and the Forty-Year Fence
A 1962 recorded plat of Oak Ridge Subdivision shows Lot 14 as 100.00 ft wide by 210.00 ft deep, all lines at right angles to Elm Street. The current owner's deed repeats the plat: "beginning at an iron pin on the southerly line of Elm Street; thence S 12°30' E 210.00 ft to an iron pin; thence S 78°15' W 100.00 ft..." You recover the two iron pins on Elm Street (original, undisturbed, accepted by both owners) and the pin at the southeast rear corner.
896 words, about 4 min2The Creek That Moved Twice
In 1948 Hollis conveyed the Kerns a 42-acre bottomland tract "bounded on the north by the run of Bear Creek, thence with the thread of the run..." The tract has been farmed continuously since. Until 1972 Bear Creek was a slow, 30-ft-wide stream.
755 words, about 4 min3RTK Under the Canopy: A 0.18-Ft Disagreement
You are retracing two 1850s section corners, A and B, about 3,000 ft apart, to control a 12-lot subdivision boundary. Your RTK base occupies an NSRS monument 900 ft away in open pasture, with a verified 2.000 m antenna height and a published coordinate; you also verified the base against a second monument.
874 words, about 4 min4The Parcel That Jumps 1.2 Meters
A county GIS analyst overlays your 2023 recorded plat on the parcel fabric and reports two problems. First, the plat's 1,200.00-ft south line measures 1,200.13 ft in the GIS.
820 words, about 4 min5Staking the Curve the Crew Could Not Occupy
Plans for a county road relocation specify a circular curve: R = 500.00 ft, Δ = 48°30'00" right, arc definition, Da = 11°27'33", PC Station 12+34.56. The PI falls inside a recently built equipment shed, so the contractor's crew cannot occupy it.
910 words, about 5 min