On Wed, 31 May 2017 01:20:28 -0000 (UTC), Mad Roger
wrote:

On Tue, 30 May 2017 20:25:42 -0400,
wrote:

Why not just put monuments on your lot corners, off the ROW? Dig a
little hole, drop in a piece of 3" PVC Cardboard tube or whatever
flush to the ground drive a piece of rebar flush to the pipe and fill
it with concrete, mortar, grout or whatever you have. That will be
easy to find and last until the next millennium or more.

A nail is easier!

I just want to mark the line which is the ROW that crosses the road.
It's about 20 feet from the center of the connecting public road but it's
not at an angle that you would guess at.

The survey ROW apparently pre-dates the actual road, so the road doesn't
exactly follow the ROW chains. The road is windy. The ROW is straight lines
(go figure).

Why they do it that way is beyond me, but the only way to know where the
ROW "really" is, is to measure it and mark it. They did that for me, but
they marked in paint where I want the nails to outlast the paint.

I agree that a set of concrete monuments might be more permanent, but it's
a lot more work than simply driving a few nails into the pavement!

The relationship between the road C/L and the ROW is tenuous at best.
They just have to stay within that boundary. I spent a day with the
surveyor here and he says they never trust the road as a benchmark.
The utility poles are a better marker according to him since they
usually run just inside the ROW to be as far from the road as
possible. He said if you nailed your fence to your side of the poles
you would only be cheating a few inches. :-)