Survey Data
You can find survey data in the Engineering Records Center and Survey Office on the 47th floor of the Seattle Municipal Tower. Survey data includes:
- Coordinate maps in NAD27
- Quarter Section maps of the City of Seattle
- Large Scale Profiles: approximately from 1900 to 1960
- Survey field books which contain street monumentation information, monument ties, stationing data, level notes, topographic notes, cross-section notes, profile notes, easement locations, construction notes for paving, curbs, storm and sanitary sewers, water mains, light poles, bridges, and miscellaneous structures.
The types of books available are:- Seattle Public Utilities (Index in vault)
- Seattle Engineering Dept – pre 1998 (some also in microfilm) (Index in vault)
- Seattle Water Department – pre 1998 (Index in Survey Office)
- Seattle City Light Department – pre 1998 (Index in Survey Office)
- Seattle Engineering Dept Land Survey Records
- Water Dept Land Survey Records
- Seattle City Light Land Survey Records