Surveying
Click here for an index to surveys that we have scanned for Lincoln County. You will need MS Excel or the free viewer to view this file. It has been sorted by Township, Range and then Section. A CD with these scans can be purchased by contacting the Lincoln County Auditor's Office.
Reading and understanding legal descriptions may be difficult for many people. This Land Description Diagram may be useful.
A licensed surveyor may also be useful in assisting you with reading and writing legal descriptions. We encourage you to contact a surveyor. Click here for a list.
If you have found a surveyors marker (brass cap, aluminum tag, etc), you may find the Land Surveyor's (LS #) license number. To look up this number and find out more about this surveyor, visit the WA Dept. of Licensing website (click here). WA Dept. of Licensing website (click here).
Land Surveyors Association of Washington: Professional Surveyor Organization
If you are a surveyor subdividing property in Lincoln County, you will need the appropriate signature blocks on your plats.
Checklist for recording survey maps (WAC 332-130)
Land Description Guidelines (WAC 332-130-040)
Survey Monuments Database at the Washington State Department of Transportation
Datasheets for publishable stations are available from the National Geodetic Survey website.
Survey records from the US BLM are available at http://www.blm.gov/or/landrecords/survey/ySrvy1.php
The Public Land Survey office has a list of Legal References, Guidebooks, and Manuals. Of particular interest may be their publication on writing Property Descriptions.