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History of Barnes & Riddle
Barnes & Riddle Surveying carries forward a one
hundred year tradition in Land Surveying in the Northwest Missouri
and Northeast Kansas area. Beginning with W.B. Hazen in the late
1800's to Riddle (father and two sons) who carried the tradition
forward to 1975. Those records from the old surveys are
invaluable in retracing property lines even today.
I began my practice in 1990 with the acquiescence
of those records and have been practicing in Buchanan, Andrew,
Holt, Dekalb, Clinton and north Platte counties in Missouri and
Doniphan and Atchison counties in Kansas since then.
Most of my practice involves small boundary
surveys; but I also do larger boundary surveys, both residential
and commercial, as well as topographical surveys, minor and major
subdivisions and elevation certificates and other FEMA related
surveys. Some of the types of surveys I do and what they would
include are as follows:
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Boundary surveys: For this
type of survey, the existing boundary lines are established
(or, re-established) and all of the corners are marked with
permanent markers. Any encroachments would be noted and shown
on the plat.
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Topographical surveys: In
this type of survey all topographical information is
collected, including buildings or other improvements on the
subject property, large trees and elevations (usually depicted
as contour lines on the drawing.)
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Elevation Certificates: This
is a form required by FEMA if your property lies in a Flood
Plain and you are trying to get flood insurance on the
improvements. The form lists the elevation of the finish
floor of the house (or building) and the elevation of such
machinery as the furnace, water heater, water softener etc. as
well as the elevation of the BFE (base flood elevation or, how
high they think the water will get in a “standard” 100 year
flood.) This is used by FEMA to determine the rate you will
have to pay for your flood insurance.
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Boundary and As-built: This
is a boundary survey and part of a Topographical survey which
shows only the buildings and other improvements. No
elevations or trees etc. are shown.
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Mortgage Inspection: This
type of survey shows only the improvements plotted with the
“apparent” lines of the property. No actual boundary survey
is done. This is a type of survey used by lending
institutions to determine if the house you are wanting to buy
is actually on the property as described in the deed that you
will get to prove that you own it. You may or may not be
aware of the fact that the legal record of what you own is
only for the land itself. The fact that the house you live in
is on that property is only a matter of convenient coincidence
as far as the legal record is concerned.
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ALTA surveys: The American
Land Title Association (the people who issue title insurance)
have a set of requirements for boundary and topographical
surveys. For instance, one of their requirements is that, in
any boundary survey, anything within 6 feet of the boundary
line (whether it is an encroachment or not) be shown on the
plat. Those requirements are rather lengthy; but, any type of
survey with the word “ALTA” in front of it would meet those
requirements.
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