WCCS
       Washington Council of County Surveyors
http://www.wa-ccs.org/
Established 1992
 
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Washington Council of County Surveyors'
2702 South 42nd. Street, Suite 201
Tacoma, WA 98409-7322
Contact: wsleeth@co.pierce.wa.us
WCCS Reference Page
The WCCS has a number of reference materials, papers, advisories and other interesting and helpful items available for download.  Click on the button to view.
A guide to consumers seeking to obtain a land boundary survey .  Provides guidance on picking a surveyor, contracts, services provided and much more.
Pamphlet: "Land Surveying: Questions and Answers about the Profession"
UPDATE: (Jan. 11, 2010) The Board of Registration forwarded this document to the State Attorney General to seek an opinion as to whether state statutes are represented correctly.
A White Paper Summary in Regard to Surveying dated15 April 2009.
Survey Duties of the County Road Engineer:
Interesting article originally published in the October, 2004 Council Newsletter by John James, PLS, County Surveyor of Kitsap County
The Formation of the Counties of Washington State
Information compiled from county records in 2005 by William W. Sleeth, PLS, Supervisor of the King County Survey Section of the Roads Services Division.
History of the Office of County Surveyor in King County, Washington
This file contains an Excel spreadsheet that can be used to calculate NP and BNSF RAILROAD spiral curves (chord definition only).  The table can calculate all curve data plus defelections to any point on the spiral curve.
To use the calculator, insert the necessary data into the blue colored fields.
REMEMBER: This calculator will NOT calculate highway spirals.
Spiral Curve Calculator
AGO Letter Opinion No. 31: "Plat Checking"
This opinion discusses four questions: 1) Can the county auditor refuse recordation of a map that does not meet statutory requirements?; 2) Can the county auditor refuse recordation of a map that would in fact constitute a plat under Chapter 58 RCW?; 3) What is the nature of the county engineer's approval of a plat?; and 4) Is the act of such plat check by the county engineer the practice of land surveying.
Of special note are the AGO'comments regarding the map check duties of the county engineer.
Notice of Proposed Rule Making CR-102 Filed
The Department of Natural Resources has filed a CR-102 with the Code Reviser’s Office to update Chapters 332-120 and 332-130 WAC to remove forms codified in rule.
Perpetuation of Survey Monumentation
Letter from the Board of Registration dated January 8, 2010 as a reminder that the responsibility for the perpetuation of survey monuments rests with the professional engineers involved.
"Incidental Surveying Practice"
Board of Registration finalizes position on Incidental Surveying Practice
Manual of Surveying Instructions, 2009

To place a pre-order for the 2009 release of BLM’s Manual of Surveying Instructions, visit the eStore. Orders will be shipped as soon as the Manual is printed. Projected shipping date January 29, 2010.