Things you find

[schmism]

So when you buy and old piece of property your never quite shure what your gonna find.

in the past 2 weeks we have gotten 1.6" of rain and we are at full "seasonal high water table" being a scant 2' below the grassy surface.




Who ever built the house/property did a great job on the driveway as it sits high with proper ditch on both sides.... that is untill it makes a bend up by the house and the ditch (now almost 3' deep) seems to just "end". one would EXPECT there to be a culver but none has ever been found. (in the 8 months we have owned the property now) That is until sat.



Before the water would just kinda fill up the ditch, then slowly "go away"... we as we pulled into the driveway after running for lunch sat afternoon i notice and odd occurrence... water seaming bubbling up out of the ground with quite the determination to get out of the ground.

So with it partly sprinkling i decide that this deserves attention. Grab the shovel, and start digging in the muddy hole. (i think i mentioned before i like playing in the mud)

The shovel turns into the axe, and pick and tile spade... LOTS of roots!





what do we find? but a 10" steel pipe/culvert that apparently runs under the driveway to the other side ditch. Almost completely full, but still manageing to move water dispite the other end that is still completely covered. We spent about 30 min probing with it with 1/4" rods but didnt find anything.... Im not real thrilled about digging it out by hand.... Yet another reason for the BH... which the CFO FINNALLY approved... BUT once we sell the house

so now i need to get my BH picked out! (i know what my first project with it will be)

 

[schmism]

hear is the topo of the area around the house /barn, the wet area in the first 2 pics is at the very bottom right of this topo www.snjschmidt.com/pics/property/property_topo.jpg

The topo is oriented N up. the big purple retangle is the barn. the first 2 pics are taken at the door of the barn looking south east.

 

[Bubba Tex]

WOW, Where did you get that topo of your property???

 

[schmism]

paid good money for it

my wife works for a survey company as there engineer. The topo of the "non pasture" part of my property cost an addtional $500 on the 2K survey. She then has access to it up at work once the crew imports all the points into acad.

she cut 1/10th (almost an inch) contours as i have REALLY flat ground.

 

[thcri]

WOW, Where did you get that topo of your property???

If you send me the cordinates of your property I can send you a topo map free.


murph

 

[DieselPower]

You can get topo maps free on the USGS website. If you want a printed copy you have to pay.

 

[livincountry]

try LandVoyage - Internet Mapping Solutions - Aerial Photos - USGS Topo Maps - Satellite Images, type in the address.

one of the views is a topographical map. Not always current but I use it a lot.

 

[weldingisfun]

Here is a good one too!
Google Planimeter

 

[Bubba Tex]

I love this place, you guys rock, thanks for the sites guys.

Schmism, didn't mean to jack your thread, sorry.

 

[schmism]

thanks for the offers guys

You'd be surprised the level of detail one can attain from county maps, far better than USGS for the area.

but ya incase your wondering, google sat of the area sucks.

feel fee to root up anything better than below. I have some better aerial, but havnt scanned it in yet. YOu can make out the old tilled garden area's and the areas that were orginally gravel (still have a gravel base under the very shallow grass)

http://www.snjschmidt.com/pics/property/as_bought/woodburn_aerial.JPG
http://www.snjschmidt.com/pics/property/as_bought/woodburn_topo.jpg

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