How much does a survey cost?
I get asked this question more times than “ Why do Surveyors never Agree ?” I won’t spend a huge amount of time on the issue but I will try to explain why there is no answer to this question, at least not initially. By comparison, this question is about the same as asking “how much does a house cost?” First and foremost Land can be described in many ways. Section/Township/Range , Metes and Bounds or Lot and Block or any combination of the three. Land descriptions that are referenced to Section/Township/Range in the Public Land System can be more expensive to survey because the underlying portion of the section must also be surveyed thus increasing the cost. If the description is an aliquot (proportional) part such as the SW/4 or the N/2, it can be even more expensive because the entire underlying Section must be surveyed. Land described by metes and bounds can be less expensive to survey because only the portion of the parent parcel that is referenced needs to be surveyed.