Sources of Local Survey Control Data

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These links lead to survey control data provided by agencies other than NGS (though some NGS marks may be included). If you hunt survey marks, you may have encountered some that are not found in the NGS database. Check here-you may find data on your mark.

I'm actively seeking all information about local survey control monuments. If you know of a website that's not shown here, please e-mail me. I'd also be happy to list contact information for offices that will provide the data, even if they currently have no data published on the web.


Alabama

Huntsville GPS Control Monuments and Survey Control Data
Huntsville GPS Monuments

Alaska

Anchorage Municipality Benchmarks MITS Files

Arizona

Maricopa County Land Survey Section
Paradise Valley Survey Benchmarks
Pima County/City of Tucson DOT Geodetic Control Points

California

Anaheim City Bench Mark Viewer
California Spatial Reference Center
Colton City Bench Marks
Folsom City Bench Mark System
Los Angeles City Bench Marks
Los Angeles County Bench Mark Retrieval System
L.A. County Engineering Records
Orange County Public Records Retrieval System
San Diego County Horizontal Control (Click "Custom Map" and check the "Survey Control Monuments" layer.)
San Diego County Vertical Control
Stockton City Benchmarks, Elevations and Descriptions

Colorado

Boulder County Survey Control Points
Douglas County Control
Larimer County GPS Control Point Map
Thornton City Control Network

Delaware

Delaware Geological Survey Earth Science Information Center

Florida

Florida Department of Environmental Protection Land Boundary Information System (LABINS)
Orlando Survey Benchmarks
Sarasota County GIS - Benchmarks
Seminole County Horizontal Control
Southwest Florida Water Management District Survey Control

Georgia

Fayetteville City Control Network

Idaho

Ada County Horizontal and Vertical Survey Control Information

Illinois

DuPage County Benchmarks
Kane County Geodetic Monuments
West Chicago Survey Control Network

Indiana

DNR "Division of Water" Control Marks

Kansas

Johnson County Survey Control Network
City of Wichita Bench Marks PDF, 280KB

Kentucky

The Commonwealth Map
Jefferson County Geodetic Control Map

Louisiana

Public Land Survey Monument Recovery Database

Maine

MaineDOT Survey Control Points Web Mapping Application Portal

Maryland

Frederick County Survey Control Monuments
Harford County Control Points
Montgomery County Survey Control Map (no datasheets)

Massachusetts

MassHighway Geodetic Control

Minnesota

Dakota County Bench Marks
Hennepin County Land Survey Control
Minneapolis Survey Monuments
Minnesota Department of Transportation Geodetic Database
Sherburne County Survey Information

Missouri

Missouri DNR-Geological Survey and Resource Assessment Division
Springfield City Elevation Benchmarks

Nebraska

Lincoln City Survey Benchmarks

Nevada

Clark County Public Works - County Surveyor's Benchmark Book

New Mexico

Albuquerque Survey Monument Database

North Carolina

North Carolina Geodetic Survey

Ohio

Lucas County Benchmark Information
Medina County GPS Control Monuments
Portsmouth City Control Point Location Map

Oklahoma

Muskogee Survey Control Data
Muskogee Survey Control Map

Oregon

Eugene City Benchmarks
Geometronics-Oregon Department of Transportation
Lane County Horizontal and Vertical Controls
Linn County GIS Maps (The search option has a section for benchmarks.)
Medford City Surveyor's Benchmarks
Polk County Benchmark Search
Salem City Survey Control

Pennsylvania

Nine Mile Run, Pittsburgh
PennDOT Photogrammetry Asset Management System Public Map Viewer

South Carolina

South Carolina Geodetic Survey

South Dakota

County Benchmarks

Tennessee

Knoxville Survey Control Points

Texas

Arlington City Benchmarks / Vertical Controls / by ID
Brazos County Benchmark Numbers List
Carrollton GPS Benchmarks
Carrollton Vertical Benchmarks
Euless City GIS (click on Survey Monuments)
Harris County Floodplain Reference Marks
Huntsville Survey Control Data
Round Rock Survey Control Monuments

Utah

Utah County Survey Control

Vermont

Vermont OnLine Geodetic Information System (VOLGIS)

Virginia

Arlington County Control Monuments/Maps
Chesapeake City Survey Monuments
Gloucester County Survey Monuments
Henrico County Control Network
Spotsylvania County GPS Monumentation Maps and Data (see .zip file)
Stafford County Control Data

Washington

Kirkland Survey Control Data
Pierce County Survey Control Database
Snohomish County Monument Data
Thurston County GeoData Center
Washington Council of County Surveyors
Washington State Survey Control Warehouse (Requires the Autodesk MapGuide Viewer.)
WSDOT Survey Monument Database

Wisconsin

Sun Prairie Benchmarks
Wisconsin ControlFinder (contains NGS, USGS, and county data)

Australia

SMES (Victoria)
SurCom (Tasmania)
Survey Control Mark Detail Database Online

Canada

Canada Geodetic Survey Division
MASCOT (British Columbia)
Regional Niagara Control Points

France

Institut Geographique National Datasheet Server

UK

Channel Coastal Observatory Survey Control Stations

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