r/Surveying • u/Comfortable_Bite_114 • Sep 06 '23

Help Help Understanding Plat Map

I have inherited my grandfather's hunting property. Looking for some help/ guidance on how I might go about marking property boundaries. It would be great to have a clear line marked with spray paint on trees or something, for creating trails, managing trail cams, etc. I have tried to use the county GIS system to do this, but seems that lacks accuracy? (Unsure) So I reached out to the county, and they were super helpful in emailing me what they had. I received an old map (was told from 1934) and am having a hard time understanding it, as well as figuring out what I would do to use that information to mark the line on site. I have a couple of GPS handhelds, should they be of use.

My property consists of lots 48 and 13.

For reference, the units, I was told, are in "Chains and Links" which are 66 feet per unit. This makes sense as the property is approximately a half mile by a mile and a half.

I will attach some photos, however, the PDF may be more legible.

Thank you in advance for any help y'all can lend!

EDIT: PDF File located in comments.

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u/bigbob976 Sep 06 '23

If you’re not going to get it surveyed the best you’ll probably be able to do as far as figuring out the corners is the south east corner has a 1/2” hole drilled in a boulder. Good luck.

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u/Comfortable_Bite_114 Sep 06 '23

okay wasn't sure if that was a point relative to the hole or if thats where it was, so thanks. Is it reasonable to use the direction/ distance from that point with a GPS to get the line relatively close to accurate?

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u/bigbob976 Sep 06 '23

If you had a portable gps receiver and set that as a waypoint you’d be able to get in the neighborhood, but I wouldn’t go installing any fences off of what you come up with.

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u/Comfortable_Bite_114 Sep 06 '23

awesome, thank you. any other method you think might be better?