Using the U.S. Public Land Survey System
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Agenda
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Thursday, July 27, 2023
9:00 am – 1:30 pm CDT (incl. two 15-min breaks)
Using the U.S. Public Land Survey System
Presented by Barry Savage PLS
Agenda
Metes and Bounds and What Came Before the US Public Land Survey System (PLSS)
- Basic land description concepts: distances, directions, circular curves, mathematical closure, state plane coordinates
- Reading a metes and bounds description
- Drawbacks of metes and bounds system
- Development of PLSS, advantages and disadvantages
Basics of the U.S. Public Land Survey System (PLSS)
- Principal meridians and baselines
- The township: the basic building block of the PLSS
- Ranges and sections
- Numbering sections
- Irregular sections and aliquot parts
Describing and Locating Lands in the PLSS
- Conventional parcels
- “Part of” descriptions
- Reading a PLSS description
- Writing a description
- Drawing a description
- Software/websites for mapping, drawing and locating described lands
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Credits
Professional Engineers:
4.0 PDHs
Land Surveyors:
4.0 PDHs
Practicing Institute of Engineering:
4.0 PDHs
Continuing Education Credit Information
Using the U.S. Public Land Survey System
This webinar is open to the public and is designed to qualify for 4.0 PDHs for professional engineers and land surveyors in most states that allow this learning method. Please refer to specific state rules to determine eligibility.
HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for engineers in Florida (Provider No. 0004647), Indiana (License No. CE21700059), Maryland, New Jersey (Approval No. 24GP00000700) and North Carolina (S-0130).
HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for land surveyors licensed in Indiana (License No. CE10600325), Maryland, and North Carolina (S-0130). This course has been registered with the Florida Board of Professional Surveyors and Mappers (#10124), approved by the Tennessee Board of Examiners for Land Surveyors, and has been submitted to the Missouri Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, Professional Land Surveyors and Professional Landscape Architects for pre-approval, which is currently pending.
This webinar has been evaluated by the Practicing Institute of Engineering (PIE) for compliance with the NYS Mandatory Continuing Education Requirements and has been pre-approved for 4.0 PDHs for New York engineers and land surveyors.
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Speakers
Barry Savage, PLS
Survey Products Group Manager with Tennessee Valley Authority in Chattanooga, TNBarry Savage Prior to his service at TVA, Barry Savage was in private survey practice for 10 years specializing in dispute resolution and expert witness services. He has surveyed several disputed state boundaries to resolve jurisdictional conflicts. Mr. Savage is an adjunct professor at Cleveland State Community College where he teaches courses in boundary law, geodesy, GIS, and surveying fundamentals. He has researched and retraced the historical surveys of Henry David Thoreau and has published several articles on the subject. Mr. Savage teaches exam review and continuing education seminars at various state and local conferences across the country.