The Surveyor’s Office is responsible for the surveying of county land parcels and boundaries. Major services include checking new subdivision plats for compliance with State laws, re-monument Ing of controlling corners, and fielding calls from the public about Land Surveying issues.

The County Surveyor is Elected to a four-year term. Per Colorado’s Constitution and Revised Statutes, the County Surveyor is an elected official who is currently licensed as a Professional Land Surveyor in the State of Colorado. Licensure of Professional Land Surveyors is overseen by the State Board of Licensure for Architects, Professional Engineers and Professional Land Surveyors.

As of 2022, the Boulder County Survey Office has one employee: the elected County Surveyor. All equipment used in providing services to Boulder County is owned by the County Surveyor's private Business. In 2023, the survey office operates out of a budget of $49k per year.

The County Surveyor checks survey plats and answers questions concerning land mapping from Boulder County staff, including Community Planning & Permitting, the Assessor’s Office, the County Attorney’s Office, Parks & Open Space, county GIS staff, and the Public Works departments.

The County Surveyor also responds to public inquiries about land surveying issues, educates citizens about different types of surveys, explains how to use the Assessor GIS Maps, and suggests where to find information needed to make informed property decisions.

The County Surveyor can help mediate common boundary line issues that may occur between neighbors who have questions about mapping and survey law.

Program Highlights

Work in 2022-2023

The Surveyor's office continues to establish new benchmarks in the Marshall Fire Burn Area following this devastating event at the start of 2022. We continue to rehabilitate survey monuments removed by other infrastructure updates.

Post-Flood Benchmarks

Since 2013, the Survey Office has been working to restore vertical benchmarks that were lost or damaged during the 2013 flood. This has allowed citizens to rebuild near flood zones within the parameters set by FEMA.

Mentoring

The County Surveyor mentors novice Land Surveyors, and other metro area surveyors who do not have experience in Boulder County, about land surveying resources that are available in this area.

County Database Updates

Pre-1987 Historic Surveys are continuously being gathered for incorporation into the County Surveying Database. The Community Planning & Permitting Department updates the Survey Plat Index to be compliant with CO Rev Stat § 38-50-101 (2016).

The Surveyor's office speaks to citizens regarding land surveying help several times a week along with email. They will continue to be available via phone calls and emails. Many citizens do not understand the assessor property solutions website therefore they help them navigate the process.

Other areas that we have helped on, is reviewing suspicious plats, and helped with several boundary conflicts in the City of Louisville and Superior. This will be continued in 2023 and beyond.

We will be working on survey monuments that are threatened with removal by public works projects in different areas in Boulder County. This is a new process and are currently working on the details.

We will continue the process of setting Benchmarks in the Marshall Burn area into 2023.