land survey

Neighbor has a fence and it's just a bit on my property. It says it's .92 S/W off on I guess the angle. It's on the corner stake. Anyone have a clue what that translates into inches?

I believe it would be 11.04 inches off

Thanks.

i'm NOT A SURVEYOR, i'm a forester, butt i sure don't believe the answer is 11 inches, you state the fence is at the corner post or stake, so, its on the money , as the fence goes south 90 degrees west ( i believe this is where you think the fence starts to be a problem by treapassing on your property) THE further the fence goes ,if its in a staight line, the more inches it is on your property & not on the P/L.. is it 5 acres or 40 acres or 1/2 mile of fence? now , magnetic NORTH & compass NORTH is your nextproblem,,, by the way,which half of the fence did you put up' hopefully the right half,,,my 3 cents

BO,

0.92 feet (92/100ths of a foot) is approx. 11-3/64 inches. Taking a guess as to the marking described, the surveyor is relaying that the post is 0.92 feet southwesterly of the corner staked.

Dennis
Professional Land Surveyor, Indiana & Ohio

Unless theres a "bearing" stated with it (like N 86(little degree sign that my computer won't make)43'36" W), it probably is just saying that the corner post is 11.04 inches from the true surveyed corner.

Hi Dennis,

Would have the surveyor pin'd the new mark?

My son ran into this a couple years ago in AZ, The builder installed his block fence 18" onto the neighbors land in 100ft run. The son was told had he recorded the survey with the County recorder, the fence would have stood as built. Your comments?

As it was, it cost the builder about $5000 to move 100ft of block fence.

T_Bone

T-Bone,

In Indiana, you are required to set sufficient property corners such that the survey can be retraced. Most surveyors will set every corner unless there is an obstruction to setting a particular corner (i.e. tree, concrete sidewalk, outbuilding, etc...) At that point, about half will set a witness corner that is defined on the plat as being xx feet from the true corner. Most surveyors set a rebar with a plastic cap which has surveyor's name and license number stamped into it.

In regard to the second question, without having any knowledge of the survey laws in Arizona, my answer, based upon Indiana laws, would be not necessarily. Filing a survey at the courthouse does put adjoining landowners and others surveyors on notice that a survey has been conducted but does little in "proving" the survey is correct. A survey conducted by a licensed land surveyor is that surveyors professional opinion on the location of a particular boundary. It is not the absolute location of that boundary. The quality of the survey will be based upon the surveyor's experience of the area, his due diligence in conducting courthouse and field research, and his application of proper rules of surveying. Each survey has to be evaluated using record documents, recovered monumentation, evidence of occupied boundaries and proper rules of evaluating all of the above. The goal of each survey is to "follow in the footsteps" of the previous surveyors.

Chooch

Mike(WA)

I don't know that you would ever need it again, but to make the "degree" symbol, hold down the "Alt" key and enter the number "0176" (i.e. N86°...)

Chooch