PLSO The Oregon Surveyor Nov/Dec 2018

27 Professional Land Surveyors of Oregon | www.plso.org Figure 6.5: Section 22, T4N R4E, Clark County, WA. might still be in place and very close by. In a minute or so, I found the “mother rock” firmly in place, partially obscured by the roots of a big hazel clump. After several combinations, the two “pieces” fit perfect- ly on the top of the “mother rock”, leaving only a wedge-shaped void 1”x2”x3”. That last missing piece was found under sev- eral inches of “duff” on the south side of the in-place rock (See Figure 7). From Homan’s corner stone, I tied the centers of 3 adjacent burnt Fir snags to see how they could be reconciled with Ho- man’s notes. A 40” Fir snag was found at S 55° W, 16.1 ft. (record was S 55° E, 16.5 ft.) There was no tree in the SE quadrant. (See figure 8) A 50” Fir snag was found at S 00° E, 45.3 ft. (record was S 3° E, 46.9 ft.) The only other potential BT was a 40” Fir snag, N 25° W, 36.3 ft. which didn’t fit any of the “calls.” I believe that the two snags to the south are the only BTs remaining from 1898 (see Figure 9). The creek called at 86 feet to the west was within about 10 feet of that distance. The 1975 iron pipe was found to be 27 feet west and 1-foot north of the true corner. (I guess that might also be a “gotcha”). It is also somewhat amusing that the 1975 surveyor unknowingly mistook the actual “SW BT” as the “SE BT”, being one of his “3 BT stubs” (see Figure 9). The 1948 pipe set by Deako was found to be 17 feet west and 36 feet south of the true corner. It is ironic that the two 8” spikes used to reference the 1948 pipe were actually driven into the only 2 BTs remaining from Homan’s survey. Due to a transposition in the GLO notes, it ap- pears that Deako applied the S 55° E, 16.5 ft GLO call to what I now know to be Homan’s “S 3° E BT,” although he set his pipe 18 ft. away from it instead of “16.5 ft.” (see Figure 9). The above tangledwebof activity illustrates how dangerous it is tomake assumptions that occasionally come back to haunt the “assumer.” We’ve all heard the old adage connected with that!  x Figure 9: Sketch of corner area. Figure 8: My wife Sharon & “Cinder Bear” by the BT, S 55° W. Stone at lower Rt. Featured Article