“Base Flood Elevation – Zone A”
In the Blue Water area there are two prominent Special Flood Hazard Areas (SFHA) defined on the Federal Insurance Rate Maps (FIRM) that...
“The Mastodon and the Tuscola County Drain”
By Momotarou2012 (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons Imagine sometime...
“The World’s Longest Popcorn String (and how to measure it)”
On a beautiful Michigan fall weekend in October, the fine people of Marine City banded together and set out on an ambitious endeavor to...
“GIS Mapping and Boundary Surveying; what’s the difference?”
As time marches on, we will see more and more municipalities turning to a very powerful analytical tool called a Geographic Information...
Elevation Certificates – The What, When, Why, and How
You are about to buy a beautiful home on one of the gorgeous banks of the ridiculously blue St. Clair River (if you’ve seen it you know...
Making Road Funding Work for Communities
As the old adage, often credited to Benjamin Franklin, says “By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail”. Road agencies in Michigan...
“Well-Reasoned Boundary Surveyor or Deed Staker? To What Philosophy Does any Surveyor Subscribe?”
Let’s say you are in the market for a Boundary Survey. It could be because you and your neighbor are unsure about where to put up a...
“Well-Reasoned Boundary Survey? Staking the Deed? What’s the Difference?” Part 3
Now that we have finished setting up our thought exercise, we are now left with the question: What is it about the two different...
“Well-Reasoned Boundary Survey? Staking the Deed? What’s the Difference?” Part 2
We have already set up the situation in the previous installments so let’s get right to it. Scenario 2 Twenty years ago, a landowner...
Well-reasoned Boundary Survey? Staking the Deed? What’s the Difference?
In a perfect world, all of the information necessary to locate the limits of title on the ground would be included on the Deed. ...
