Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, March 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule prescribes the approved type of
monumentation to be used on property boundary surveys.
(1) The professional land surveyor shall
select a type of monument providing a degree of permanency consistent with that
of the adjacent terrain and physical features and as required by these
standards. All monuments shall be solid and free from movement. They shall be
set in the ground at least to the depth of the length given unless they are
encased in concrete. With the exception of drill holes and cut crosses, the
precise position of the corner shall be marked by a point on a cap and the cap
shall be inscribed with the licensure number of the professional land surveyor
in responsible charge or the corporate licensure number or name of the
company.
(2) Permanent monuments
shall be selected from the following:
(A)
Concrete monuments consisting of reinforced concrete at least four inches (4")
square or in diameter and no less than twenty-four inches (24") in length with
its precise position marked by a point on a brass or aluminum cap not less than
one and one-half inch (1 1/2") in diameter;
(B) Commercial cast iron or aluminum survey
markers no less than twenty-four inches (24") in length. Nonferrous markers
shall have ceramic magnets attached to aid in recovery;
(C) Steel, coated steel, or aluminum rod
markers not less than five-eighths inch (5/8") in diameter, iron pipe markers
not less than three-quarter inch (3/4") inside diameter and not less than
twenty-four inches (24") in length. These monuments shall have a permanently
attached cap of the same metal or of a dissimilar metal if the metals are
insulated with a plastic insert to reduce corrosion. Nonferrous rod markers
shall have ceramic magnets attached to aid in recovery; and
(D) Brass or aluminum disks not less than two
inches (2") in diameter, countersunk and well-cemented in a drill hole in
either solid rock or concrete. Ceramic magnets shall be attached or installed
with the disk to aid in recovery.
(3) Semi-permanent monuments shall be
selected from the following:
(A) Iron pipe
markers not less than three-fourths inch (3/4") outside one half inch (1/2")
inside diameter, at least eighteen inches (18") in length, and having a plastic
or metal cap;
(B) Steel or aluminum
rod markers not less than one-half inch (1/2") in diameter, and not less than
eighteen inches (18") in length, and having a plastic or aluminum
cap;
(C) A cross-cut or drill hole
in concrete, brick, stone paving, or bedrock at the precise position of the
corner or on a prolongation of a boundary line; and
(D) In asphalt paving, cotton picker
spindles, railroad spikes (center punched or chiseled cross), semi-permanent
half-inch (1/2") rebar, and magnetic spikes (minimum of 8" in length) that are
solid and not easily removed or destroyed.
