[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of Oneida County
by Ord. No. 17-2003. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
(1)
The intent of the County Corner Restoration Program is to accomplish
the remonumentation, referencing and maintenance of corner locations
that were established during the Original Public Land Survey System
(PLSS) in the 1860s and to file the information with the Register
of Deeds so that the corner information and location are not lost.
[Amended 3-15-2022 by Res. No. 43-2022, effective 3-29-2022]
(2)
In order to carry out this intent, the County will pay licensed land
surveyors for setting and/or referencing a monument at the location
of section, quarter and meander corners and preparing a U.S. Public
Land Survey Monument Record form.
(3)
The intent of the Oneida County Survey Records Filing ordinance is
to maintain a procedure of filing land survey maps and records.
(4)
The intent of the Data/Map Acquisition ordinance is to provide for
a fee schedule and process for acquiring land-related data, maps or
survey records.
(1)
Forms Required.
(a)
The licensed land surveyor is required to prepare a County-approved
U.S. Public Land Survey Monument Record form satisfying the requirements
of AE7.08, Wis. Adm. Code. The form must contain detailed information
that supports the location of the original government corner. The
form will be filed in the Register of Deeds Office, and also be available
on the Oneida County Online Mapping Records.
[Amended 3-15-2022 by Res. No. 43-2022, effective 3-29-2022]
(b)
In the case where a U.S. Public Land Survey Monument Record
form is prepared for a corner and the County requirements are not
met, but the form meets the requirements of AE7.08, Wis. Adm. Code,
the form must still be filed in the Register of Deeds, but the County
will not make payment.
(2)
Insurance Required. The land surveyor doing the remonumentation work
is required to maintain insurance requirements as set forth by the
County and to assume all responsibility and liability for the remonumentation
work. The surveyor must contact Diggers Hotline for a locate if utilities
are present and, as a matter of courtesy, notify landowners, as needed,
of the work being performed.
(3)
Conditions for County Payment. The County will pay for restoring
section, quarter and meander corners under the following applicable
conditions:
(a)
In roads, using an existing monument or setting below the surface
an iron rod or pipe at least 18 inches long, or if in pavement a three-inch
or larger DuraNail or magnail, spindle or other substantial magnetic
marker at the corner location and setting or using four references
with at least two of them being iron or aluminum references as noted
below and the other two references can be either bearing trees or
iron/aluminum references.
[Amended 3-15-2022 by Res. No. 43-2022, effective 3-29-2022]
(b)
Setting or using a capped monument, stamped to identify the
corner, in areas not located in roads, at the corner location, and
setting or using four references with at least two of them being iron
or aluminum references as noted below and the other two references
can be either bearing trees or iron/aluminum references.
[Amended 3-15-2022 by Res. No. 43-2022, effective 3-29-2022]
(c)
The Land Information Office will coordinate the preservation
of land survey corners falling within a road right-of-way in advance
of road construction or maintenance with the municipalities in the
County.
[Amended 3-15-2022 by Res. No. 43-2022, effective 3-29-2022]
(d)
If it is impractical to meet the conditions of § 21.02(3)(a) and (b) above, the Land Information Director should be consulted to see if an alternative method of monumentation can be achieved to the satisfaction of the County.
[Amended 3-15-2022 by Res. No. 43-2022, effective 3-29-2022]
(e)
Establishing References.
1.
Set flush in the ground 5/8 inches by 18 inches or larger reference
monuments at least 25 feet from the corner and at least 25 feet from
each other, in an area where they are not likely to be disturbed.
Horizontal distances shall be to the nearest 0.01 feet and at minimum,
compass bearing to the nearest 1°. Reference monuments can be
iron, aluminum with a magnet embedded in its top or concrete with
a disk embedded in its top. Where practical, plastic reference caps
are to be placed over the end of the monument. If a County capped
monument is set as a reference, it must be set flush, stamped to identify
the corner and also stamped "REFERENCE," or "REF" or "WITNESS" or
"WIT."
[Amended 3-15-2022 by Res. No. 43-2022, effective 3-29-2022]
2.
Establish bearing trees by taking measurements to nails set
in trees as low to the ground as possible. Whenever possible, a healthy
long-lived tree in different quadrants should be selected within 100
feet of the corner. Horizontal distances shall be to the nearest 0.01
feet and at minimum, compass bearing to the nearest 1°. Blazing
and scribing of the trees is left to the discretion of the surveyor
because of location, etc. Utility poles are not acceptable for the
primary ties.
[Amended 3-15-2022 by Res. No. 43-2022, effective 3-29-2022]
3.
All corners shall also be referenced to recognizable features
in the immediate vicinity, such as roads, fences, utilities, water
bodies, landscape, etc.
(f)
A County guard post must be set within two feet of one of the
reference monuments if the corner falls in the road, or within two
feet of the corner in other areas unless the location is in an area
where a post would not be feasible.
(g)
County capped monument, guard posts, corner forms, plastic reference
caps, location marker signs and corner restoration program information
can be obtained from the County Land Information Office in the County
Courthouse. The land surveyor doing the remonumentation work shall
supply reference monuments.
(1)
Payment for remonumentation work completed under this chapter shall
be reviewed annually and set by the Land Records Committee for routine
remonumentation a land surveyor does in the course of their regular
survey work. Remonumentation or land survey work under the Wisconsin
Land Information Program to complete and integrate the PLSS corners
into the County GIS or other general land survey work shall be contracted
and administered by the Land Information Office with oversight by
the Land Records Committee.
[Amended 3-15-2022 by Res. No. 43-2022, effective 3-29-2022]
(2)
The land surveyor shall prepare an invoice for their remonumentation
work and submit the invoice and corner restoration form to the Land
Information Office for processing. Payment will be made from the Land
Information Office budget for remonumentation.
(3)
If there is a corner restoration on file, the Land Information Director
will determine if payment should be made because of:
(4)
Government agencies, that in the normal course of their activities
are engaged in land surveying, land corner restorations or land corner
perpetuation are excluded from receiving materials or payment from
Oneida County for corner restoration.
Monies appropriated for corner remonumentation but not spent
due to seasonal weather limitations or other factors shall be available
for restoration work at a later date. The account shall be closed
to a nonlapsing account.
[Amended 3-15-2022 by Res. No. 43-2022, effective 3-29-2022]
(1)
Maps of Survey, preservation of landmark forms received from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation or other survey maps submitted to the County Land Information Office for filing will be filed according to the procedures listed below. Costs for obtaining copies are outlined in § 21.06.
(2)
Maps will be separated and filed by size according to the schedule
indicated below and will be identified by the letter size code:
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Letter Code
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Map Size
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|---|---|
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L
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8 1/2" x 14" or smaller
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A
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8 1/2" x 14" to 12" x 18"
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B
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12" x 18" to 18" x 24"
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C
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Larger than 18" x 24"
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R
|
Right-of-way maps
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(3)
The map will be stamped as indicated below and it will be given a
letter and file number to identify it.
RECEIVED & FILED # _____________
Oneida County Surveyor's Office
Date _____________
By _______________________________
(4)
An index will be kept for the maps. The index will contain the following
column headings: Number, Description, Section, Town, Range, Survey
Date, Surveyor, Client, and other.
(5)
State, County, town or municipal plats, certified surveys and corner
restoration forms are filed in the Register of Deeds Office.
(6)
The maps filed will be imaged on a weekly basis for security and
other purposes.
[Amended 3-15-2022 by Res. No. 43-2022, effective 3-29-2022]
(1)
The cost to obtain digital data, copies or plots from the Land Information
Office shall be reviewed annually and set up by the Land Records Committee.
(2)
Purchasers of digital data must sign a data distribution and use
agreement as approved by the Land Records Committee.
(3)
Special requests for digital data, which is not in the format needed
or not available online, may be requested in writing, and the Land
Information Director will respond as to whether or not the request
can be met. The charges for these requests will be the actual cost
of production, shipping or mailing, plus internal processing, the
per-hour cost of the employee(s) filing the request as determined
by the Finance Department.
(4)
Governmental agencies working with Oneida County through data sharing
or cooperative arrangements will not be charged for data sets or maps
unless there is a special request for data or maps that are not readily
available or beyond the normal number of maps or data provided to
the agency. The cost of the special request will be cost of production.
(5)
In cases where any party is willing and technically able to enhance
the County data or has data or maps to share with the County, a cooperative
data development or exchange arrangement may be negotiated with the
Land Information Director.
