Things that make you go hmmm….
This is a local urban area we have the privilege of spending a considerable amount of time in, and the stories keep on keepin’ on. Some of those stories are not necessarily survey related, but the ones that are seem to be equally as puzzling. Just when I think, “What else could happen…” it usually happens. Here is the most recent survey related “hmmm”
Here we have a representation of what is found in this area on a daily basis. Typically, without having a calc to get within reason +/- 1.5′ you would be poking holes all over the place digging through metal who knows what that has been dumped or otherwise buried on every corner of each lot of each block…. No kidding. The two at the upper left come close a guesstimated position, but the bottom right is a 1/2″ IP next to an old chain link fence post. If depth shows the age, the bottom right is more indicative that the original parcel had been laid out with that pipe and a fence put to it. Now the particular corner is part of a group of lots strung together to be divvied up and built on.
Next we have the sidewalk to no where. This is the south side of the same block from photo above. Plat shows 30′ R/W, on the south end of the block where the sidewalk is. The back of walk is +/- 30′ from visual CL. Fence and Power poles along this street were set to 25′ R/W. The fence veers very north… Where the fence intersects the next we found a pipe similar to one on northerly end of the block R/W, but the pipe is set to 25′ R/W and the fence is +/- 5′ north. Note, the dug up spots at both sides of the sidewalk along the calc’d line, no dice 1.5′ deep.
Last but not least, the hole in the road with the upside down traffic cone stuck in it. This is from the same street as the block noted above but a block west on a survey with pretty much equal problems… Not exactly survey related but just something you don’t see everyday.
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