1519 Surveying, LLC was contracted in March 2015 by an attorney representing the Cal Farley’s Boys Ranch in remote Oldham County, Texas. 1519’s role was to serve as an expert consultant concerning a contested area with substantial oil and gas royalty implications. The project consisted of research and sketching, field surveying, computation, and communicating our findings to the client. 1519 began by researching the original and amended surveys and field notes on file at the General Land Office of Texas (GLO). Detailed field sketches were prepared of a vast area covering dozens of sections of land, complete with the original surveyors’ notes.

Control was set at strategic locations around the subject area using OPUS solutions from 8-hour static sessions. Field surveying commenced by locating various original stone monuments set by surveyors in the 1800s. Field sketches were then revised and corrected to the located monuments and calculations were performed to aid in the location of remaining, pertinent survey monuments. The critical monuments were then located in the field. All findings were analyzed and 1519 successfully determined the location of the contested survey line.

1519 Surveying, LLC (1519) completed the expedited boundary survey of over 2,300-acres of land in Burleson County for the purpose of completing a lease trade agreement between two energy companies. 1519 was able to meet the two-month schedule for this project by utilizing multiple field crews, CAD technicians, and Registered Professional Land Surveyors (RPLSs). At the beginning of the project, 1519 RPLSs worked with landmen and title researchers to obtain the appropriate research. 1519 CAD technicians provided deed sketches and search ties for the field crews prior to accessing the sites. Field crews located evidence such as property corners, right-of-way monuments, rivers, fences, and roads to be analyzed by the RPLS. 1519 RPLSs determined boundary lines and right-of-way lines and created a property map for the project. Once the property map was complete, CAD technicians created the exhibits for the overall boundaries and interior lease trades, and 1519 RPLSs wrote the legal descriptions for the boundaries.

After all exhibits and legal descriptions were completed, a QA/QC was performed to ensure that there were no errors in the surveys. To provide a more efficient effort, 1519 utilized their GIS website to organize and maintain incoming field data, track boundaries and mineral leases that had been completed, load shapefiles so that the client could track our progress and maintain time and expenses. 1519 also utilized Lecia Exchange so that data could be sent directly to the field crews’ data collectors, so that they didn’t have to make trips back and forth to the office.

The deliverables for the project included metes and bounds descriptions and exhibits of each overall boundary of the lease agreement, signed, and sealed by a Registered Professional Land Surveyor.

1519 Surveying, LLC (1519) completed the boundary survey of over 2,988-acres of land in Brazos County for the purpose of creating five new units for an upstream oil and gas company. 1519 began this project by obtaining the research for all of the properties affected by the proposed units. This involved having the Registered Professional Land Surveyor (RPLSs) coordinate with landmen, title researchers, railroad companies, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), and the Brazos County Clerk’s office. CAD technicians provided deed sketches and search ties for the field crews prior to accessing the sites. Field crews located evidence such as property corners, right-of-way monuments, rivers, fences, and roads to be analyzed by the RPLS.

Boundaries were unique in this area as they adjoined state highways, the Little Brazos River, and railroad right-of-way.  The RPLS determined boundary lines and right-of-way lines and created a property map for the project. Once the property map was complete, CAD technicians created the exhibits for the overall boundaries of the units and interior properties, and the RPLS wrote the legal descriptions for the unit boundaries. After all exhibits and legal descriptions were completed, a QA/QC was performed to ensure that there were no errors in the surveys. 1519 also created the permit plats and back-build plats for drilling, proposed pad site exhibits, and as-drilled plats for the location of the horizontal drilling after it was completed.

Deliverables included exhibits and legal descriptions of all documents, signed, and sealed by a Registered Professional Land Surveyor.

1519 Surveying, LLC (1519) completed a boundary survey of approximately 1,500 acres consisting of ten individual tracts in Brazos County as needed by the client for a real estate closing. This project included approximately five miles of boundary along the Navasota River, splitting the Brazos and Madison County line, and an additional mile of boundary along the centerline of a creek. 1519 began the project with CAD technicians and Registered Professional Land Surveyors (RPLS) researching and deed sketching subject tracts and adjoining properties in preparation for field crews, w­­ith the majority of the deed descriptions dated prior to the 1920’s.

Field crews searched and located highway monuments along U.S. Highway 21, property corners, the centerline of an existing creek that was called as a boundary line and tied down the bank along the Navasota River. The RPLS’s analyzed the research and field crew data to determine the boundary lines to create two separate boundaries, as requested by the client, including a 200-acre cutout and a 1,316.32-acre remainder tract. 1519 created and reviewed exhibits with field notes for each tract.

Deliverables included signed and sealed survey plats with field notes (field notes also provided in Word Document format) along with the supporting CADD files.