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​Hideaway Land Surveying

Hideaway Land Surveying Posted on March 25, 2016 by

Welcome to ​Hideaway Land Surveying

Land surveyor with equipment

Welcome to our new website. We are Land Surveyors and Civil Engineers providing services to the general public, contractors, and companies in the City of ​Hideaway, and Smith County, Texas area. If you have any land surveying needs (see the list above in the menu bar) in the ​Hideaway area, you’ve come to the right place. We are eager to meet your land surveying needs in Texas.

Our Company

​Hideaway Land Surveying is a marketing website for SMW Engineering. At SMW you’ll find all of the technical experience you need and so much more. Our local ​Hideaway office has the leadership and team members for any size projects. Lots of growth is happening on our side of Tyler and with over 200,000 in the ​Tyler Metro area, SMW is please to call ​Hideaway Texas home. We have a fully staffed land surveying office in ​Hideaway with Blue McCoy, a local registered land surveyor, in charge of the office. We have 3 survey field crews in order to meet any of your land surveying needs in the ​Hideaway and surrounding area. If you need any help with ​Hideaway land surveying, call us at (903) 525-6405 or see our Contact Page.

Land Surveyors in ​Hideaway, TX

Land Surveyors are professionals who investigate, and make precise measurements to determine the size and boundaries of a piece of real estate.  While this is a simplistic definition, this is one of the most common types of surveying related to home and land owners. Land Surveyors are trained and educated to deal with all types of property line issues that may arise on a parcel of land. The first recorded history of land surveyors was in ancient Egypt, where “rope stretchers” replaced the property lines of farms along the Nile River after each flood of the area. We still find property lines to this day for land owners. To know more about what a land surveyor does, click here.

What you can expect from ​Hideaway Land Surveying

phoca_thumb_l_david-mckinney-plsIf you need assistance with any land surveying services in the Smith County Texas area, we can help you out.

We strive to be responsive to your time schedule and to provide quality land surveying services. We emphasize collaboration and total communication at every phase of the project.

How to contact ​Hideaway Land Surveying?

CALL Blue McCoy at ​Hideaway Land Surveying TODAY at (903) 525-6405 to discuss your land survey needs. You can also send us a message by going to our contact page.

Basics of a Boundary Survey or Property Survey

Hideaway Land Surveying Posted on January 11, 2016 by

Both land surveying and boundary surveying dates back in ancient history to the Egyptians who surveyed farm sites along the Nile River.

Boundary Surveying Today

boundary surveying

Surveying is used for many reasons today. Property Line surveys or boundary surveying is done to establish a specific location of a parcel of land along with its exact acreage.  It is used to determine the boundaries of an area of ownership.

It is also used to identify a piece of property by a written legal description or to provide a review of the accuracy of an existing description. This data is most important when buying and selling land, and is also used to insure a clear title to the land. Here’s a little more about boundary surveying.

Boundary Survey vs Lot Survey

While there are many types of surveys, Property line surveying is typically done for undeveloped land or large tracts of land not in a platted subdivision. A lot survey or closing survey is typically done to re-establish the boundary of a previously established parcel of land, the platted subdivision lot. Typically the difference is only the size of the land and the legal description type used.

Most surveys progress through the basic procedures regardless of the type being done.

Legal Description Research

Any pertinent deeds, contracts, maps or other documents that contain a description of the property’s boundaries are located, studied and interpreted. A determination is made of what the actual property description says, along with the locations of any physical evidence of the boundaries.

This can be in the form of both natural and man-made monuments or markers that exist in the field. The property is then measured to establish the boundary, not only using the appropriate existing monuments but with setting new markers where necessary.

Field Survey Measurements

Measurements are accomplished using a total station and other surveying tools. A total station measures both vertical and horizontal angles, as used in triangulation networks. After these steps are accomplished, the property description and plat are prepared.

Boundary Surveying: Showing the Results

boundary survey | property line surveyInterpreting the property line survey drawing is not as difficult as it may first seem. For instance, a property plat will usually contain a directional orientation which is typically indicated with an arrow pointing north. It will contain the bearing and distance of each boundary line, the property lines of other properties shown on the plat, and the names of adjacent property owners listed in the areas of their property.

Corner monuments, along with the names of any natural monuments (such as “Smith’s Creek”, for example) or a brief description of any unnamed natural monuments (such as the “30-inch oak tree”) are on the plat, along with the found monuments and the type of monument found.

There is also a title block containing the property’s location and owner name, the land surveyor’s name and license number, the date the survey was performed, the scale of the plat and any other relevant data.

Boundary Surveying or Property Line Services

For a free boundary surveying quote, call ​Hideaway Land Surveying at (903) 525-6405 or visit our contact page to send us a message. 

What Is A Land Surveyor?

Hideaway Land Surveying Posted on August 18, 2015 by

Land Surveyor: Definition A land surveyor is a professional person with the academic qualifications and technical expertise to measure and plot the lengths and directions of boundary lines and the dimensions of any portion of the earth’s surface (including natural and other structures.) That definition is quite a mouthful, but in actuality the field of surveying (geomatics) includes many other … Continue reading →