PA Land Surveyor case studies
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In Pennsylvania, the credential that authorizes land surveying practice is the professional land surveyor license issued by the State Registration Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors and Geologists, which regulates surveying practice through licensure, registration, certification and discipline. The board also regulates surveyors-in-training, the pre-licensure step many candidates hold while completing experience requirements. The PA Land Surveyor case studies are 5 cases and about 3,405 words.
1Retracement of Lot 14: Original Monuments, a Converging Fence, and Neighbor Possession
An 80.00-foot-wide lot in a 1978 subdivision is being retraced for a boundary survey. At the two front corners the crew finds 5/8-inch rebar with caps reading RLS 3421; the caps match the surveyor who signed the plat, and the bars show no signs of disturbance.
592 words, about 3 min2RTK Stakeout in State Plane Coordinates: A Uniform 0.31-ft Offset
A 2,400-ft sewer main is being staked from NAD83(2011) State Plane coordinates using RTK GNSS. Project control was published in State Plane, and the combined scale factor at the site is 0.999872.
735 words, about 4 min3ALTA Survey: Recorded Sewer Easement, an Unrecorded Relocation, and Client Pressure
A 12.4-acre commercial parcel is being surveyed to ALTA/NSPS standards. Table A includes items for monuments, addresses, flood zone, gross land area, zoning, utilities, and easements.
724 words, about 4 min4Runway Grade Control: A Good Loop Closure and a Datum Mismatch
A 4.5-acre runway extension is to be graded to subgrade elevation 812.50 ft NAVD88. The survey crew runs a 12-turn differential level loop from BM A (NAVD88, 812.44 ft) back to BM A, a distance of 3,200 ft.
652 words, about 3 min5River Boundary: Gradual Accretion, a 2021 Avulsion, and the Meander Line
A 40-acre farm is bounded on the south by a non-navigable river. The 1985 deed calls for the river as the boundary and gives the area as 40.0 acres; the county tax map shows a meander line that is 38 ft north of today's ordinary high water mark.
702 words, about 4 min