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COUNTY SURVEYOR'S OFFICE

Contact Information

Phone: 231-882-4303

Personnel
 
John B..Smendzuik — County Surveyor

Office Hours

Monday — Friday
8:00 a.m. to noon
1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Location / Address

Physical Location


Crystal Surveying, LLC
114 S. Benzie Blvd.
Beulah, MI 496170377

Records Location

Register of Deeds
Benzie County Gov. Center
448 Court Place
Beulah, MI 49617

Services Offered

  • Running of the Benzie County Remonumentation Program
  • Source for Survey information for the County and State

Description

The office of the Benzie County Surveyor has been in existence since 1869. Past office holders have included the following:

Name:
George E. Steele
Frank Stanley
Dennis Holden
Frank Haswell
James Pettit
Guy Langford
Frank Haswell
James Pettit
Roswell Wolcott
Henry Kleinhuizen
Harold R. Bruning
John B Smendzuik
Years Served:
1869-1872
1883-1886
1887-1890
1891-1896
1897-1904
1905-1906
1907-1918
1919-1932
1933-1938
1949-1960
1961-1988
1988-Present

This office was originally concerned with the subdivision of public and private lands along with the restoration of Government Land Office corners during the course of those surveys. All records of these surveys are located in the offices of the Benzie County Register of Deeds.

ACT 345 of 1990 established the State Survey and Remonumentation Act. Since 1993, Benzie County has had a County Remonumentation Plan in effect. Since that time the County Surveyor has been in charge of activities as designated by Act 345 and the Benzie County Plan. This plan has mainly been involved with the relocation, history, preservation, and placement of standardized monuments at all original Government Land Office corners (GLO) in the county. Since the inception of the plan in 1993, approximately 642 GLO corners have been preserved in Benzie County. Also 25 of these corners have had State Plane coordinates determined for their positions. This effort is ongoing in Benzie County and the State of Michigan.

Related Web Links

FEMA: National Flood Insurance Program

General Land Office Plats

Michigan Society of Professional Surveyors

State of Michigan On-Line Land Corner Recordation Certificate

Statewide Search for Remonumentation Data

Statewide Search for Subdivision Plats


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Last Revised:
3-28-2008


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