Land Surveying Services

Boundary Surveys
A boundary survey consists of the following: All of the property lines marked on the ground. Permanent markers placed at the corners of the subject parcel. A map showing the configuration and size of the subject parcel. A written description of the subject parcel which may later be incorporated into a legal instrument.

ALTA Survey
ALTA Survey /ACSM Land Title Survey ALTA stands for American Land Title Association. ACSM stands for American Congress of Surveying and Mapping. ALTA is made up of members of all the major title insurance companies and title agencies across the United States. ACSM is made up of surveyors, mappers, cartographers and photogrammetrists. In the 1980s these two groups met and formulated standards for companies purchasing commercial property. The ALTA survey is the most comprehensive type of survey and improvement location. It covers all aspects of the boundary survey and improvement location, and identification of any additional evidence of possession or use, which could be adverse to the interests of the purchaser. An ALTA Survey is often prepared for commercial properties, as it will provide the title company with the information required to insure the title to the land and improvements to the high degree that a commercial development may require. The following is a copy of the Minimum Standard Detail Requirements for ALTA Survey /ACSM Land Title Surveys. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to download the Requirements. Current ACSM documents may be viewed at www.acsm.net .

Lot Surveys
Lot Surveys are retracements of residential lots. All corners of the lot will be marked. If monuments from the original lot survey are not recovered, new monuments are placed and shown on the plat of survey. The lot survey is generally performed on vacant property prior to construction of improvements, or to establish lines for fencing, or to mark the property lines prior to a sale.

Topographical Surveys
Topographical Surveys are three dimensional representations of a property. Like a Lot survey, the corners of the lot will be found and marked, but their will also be elevations taken on the lot to show the three dimensional properties of the lot. A Topographical Survey is generally performed in the design phase of a larger project, or when there are drainage problems on the lot.

Accident Surveys
An Accident Survey consists of mapping the area in which an accident occurs. Often accident surveys will be done at intersections and show the site lines, buildings near by, slope of the road, and so forth. Accident Surveys are most often used in court cases.