| Contact Information | Location / Address |
| Phone: 231-882-4303 | 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 |
| Personnel | |
| John B..Smendzuik – County Surveyor |
Services Offered
- 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: | Years Served: |
| 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 |
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. 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
