PLSS Section Corners a) The contractor shall follow procedures for determining corner locations as laid out by the United States and the State of Wisconsin, and all other rules and regulations pertaining to the retracement of original government surveys. b) All fieldwork shall be based upon the assembly of all authoritative information from Lafayette County records such as title documents, private and public survey records, existing monumentation, testimonial evidence and occupation evidence that may be useful in determining the actual location of the PLSS corners. The County will provide digital orthophotography for the subject area. c) This contract for PLSS corner maintenance and perpetuation of section corner and quarter corner locations identified as part of a county wide maintenance program. Each section or quarter corner listed in Appendix A shall have a monument and four ties. Existing corner monuments that are accepted may be left in place if the existing monument is durable and in good condition. Stone monuments found and accepted must be drilled and fitted with magnetic nails so as to show the exact measured location in the corner stone. All witness ties must be set flush with the ground. Existing ties may be left in place if they are situated in a safe location and in good condition. Existing ties that are accepted should be adjusted to be flush with the ground. Contractor’s discretion shall be used on signing monuments. d) The County will furnish all PLSS corner monuments consisting of 7/8” x 24” rebar with Lafayette County aluminum caps and all monument signs. All witness ties stakes shall be furnished by the contractor and will be generally placed within 500’ of the section corner marker. Witness stakes will be ¾” diameter or equivalent. e) The contractor shall provide a new U.S. Public Land Survey Monument Record on 8.5” x 14” (legal size) durable paper (CSM type paper, 20 lbs. minimum) and shall follow the guidelines provided in A-E 7.08 (3) (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) (h) and (i) for every corner maintained or perpetuated during this project. The corner record will show the County coordinates of the PLSS corner location, the datum/adjustment of the coordinate, and the Wisconsin Corner Point Identification Number (aka Romportl Number), and the type of monument. The location of the witness signposts is required to be on the map portion of the tie sheet. All tie-sheets submitted to the County shall adhere to a uniform layout as approved by the County Land Information Office. f) The contactor shall provide digital photographs of each PLSS corner. The photographs shall show the final monument in relation to the general area of the corner location. If the monument is not visible a reference object shall be placed on or over the monument. Close up photographs of the corners will not be accepted. The object of the photograph is to be able to see the vegetation and terrain at the corner location. The photographs of each corner and ties will be placed on a secondary page of each corresponding tie sheet
