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 (SPU) (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

Vertical Control (Monument) Viewer

With this SPU application, you can research and download up-to-date information about the City of Seattle's survey monuments. It details the Vertical Control Network within the City’s service area. This tool is meant to replace the Seattle-area benchmark data found on the now-retired GSOW website. It is available in both map and text form, and its data is updated regularly by the SPU Survey team.

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