City Surveyors
The Surveyors within the City of Tucson Department of Transportation are state-of-the-art equipped with Global Positioning Systems (GPS), Total Stations, Data Collectors, Digital Levels, and laptop computers in the field. The Survey Section provides valuable service in all disciplines of surveying, including staking for construction layout, drainage studies, cultural studies, and right-of-way determinations. Services are extended to the Real Estate Division and other City Departments as requested.
The City Surveyors have an established database of all past survey projects and engineering records. This includes all recorded Records of Survey up to January 18, 2011, H-Drawings which are City Of Tucson survey maps and Records of Survey done by or for TDOT, R – Right-of-Way Plans, Subdivision Maps & Plats, S-Drawings which are engineering and legal drawings, MS Records which are old Miscellaneous Surveys, Z-Records which are also Miscellaneous Surveys, and survey Field Books.
Displays survey and plan locations in an interactive map. Once zoomed to your location, open the Layers on the left-hand side. Next open and select the Plan Library. Records of Survey and Right-of-Plans are under the Right of Way sub-layer. H-Drawings, Z-Records, geodetic control, elevation control, and section research is under the Survey Research sub-layer. S-Drawings have its own sub-layer. For Subdivision Map & Plats open the Development main layer and then the Subdivision sub-layer.
Allows you to search by Township, Range and Section. It also links to plans that do not appear on MapTucson, such as MS Records (Older Miscellaneous Surveys). Records of Survey, H-Drawings, Z-Records, MS Records, Subdivision Maps & Plats, and Field Books can be searched by Township, Range and Section. For S-Drawings you need to click the Construction Plans & Drawings link and then select S – Leal Sized Drawings and for Right-of-Way drawings also click the Construction Plans & Drawings link and select R – Right-of-Way Plans. For Bench Circuits search under the Field Books link.
For more information and links to Surveying sites.
The City Surveyors are responsible for establishing a system of elevation control points throughout the City, known as Bench Circuits. Additionally, in concert with the Pima County Surveyors, the City maintains an elaborate network of geodetic control points that were established by GPS. Both geodetic and elevation data are also available via MapTucson under the Survey Research sub-layer. The City Surveyor also maintains 2 continuously operating reference stations (CORS) (COT1, COT2), which downloads station data for post processing. Information regarding this station should be directed to the City Surveyor at (520) 791-5100.