PLSS Corner References & Restorations
Length: 1 Hour 40 Minutes - 2 PDH (Meets Minimum Standard Requirement)
State Surveyor, Daniel Phillips, and ASPS Vice President, Michael Daniels, will cover methods for researching, restoring, and recording PLSS corner monuments in Arkansas. The instruction will also cover the Arkansas Minimum Standards for setting and referencing PLSS corners during a boundary survey. A brief review of the recently completed rehabilitation of the Initial Point in Louisiana Purchase State Park will also be included.
Daniel is a lifelong native of central Arkansas and is passionate about all things surveying. He has been involved with land surveying for over 13 years and has been a licensed surveyor since 2016. As State Surveyor of Arkansas, Daniel is responsible for leading Arkansas’s Division of Land Surveys. This role includes maintaining Arkansas’s Public Land Survey System, prescribing statewide surveying rules, and managing an archive of over 200,000 survey plats. Daniel works closely with the surveying industry, Arkansas GIS Office, Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Professional Surveyors, ArDOT, National Geodetic Survey, the Arkansas Society of Professional Surveyors, and the citizens of Arkansas.