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Bryan in Iowa

06-14-2005 07:43:20




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Can anyone give me crash course on reading grade stakes ?




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Guy

06-15-2005 23:33:19




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 Re: Reading grade stakes in reply to Bryan in Iowa , 06-14-2005 07:43:20  
Also the may have road stations on them.
Road stations are along the centerline of the alignment and are displayed like 0+00 which would be the point of beginning. 10+00 would 1000" from the point of beginning.
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guy

06-15-2005 23:36:08




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 Re: Reading grade stakes in reply to Guy, 06-15-2005 23:33:19  
typed wrong. 10+00 would be 1000 feet (not inches) from the point of beginning.



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Dave - PLS

06-14-2005 11:53:40




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 Re: Reading grade stakes in reply to Bryan in Iowa , 06-14-2005 07:43:20  
Grade stakes are usually set by a surveyor. Your best bet is to contact the person who set them and ask them what they set. Are these grade stakes for a building or similar construction project? Are these grade stakes for roadway construction or site construction? All of these have similar but different approaches to reading them. Please shed a little more light on the type of grade stakes you would like help with and I will try to answer your questions.

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bryan in iowa

06-14-2005 11:57:28




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 Re: Reading grade stakes in reply to Dave - PLS, 06-14-2005 11:53:40  
Just always wondered how to read them . No particular application . Maybe say a building site or a damn for a pond .
Thanks



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Dave - PLS

06-14-2005 12:05:30




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 Re: Reading grade stakes in reply to bryan in iowa , 06-14-2005 11:57:28  
Usually a stake is set on the existing ground where the cut or fill of the new ground will start. On that stake will usually be some numbers like F=15.25 @ 45.75. This means that you would go 45.75 feet in the direction of the fill and at that point the fill would be 15.25 ft above the ground at the stake. Similarly a C=5.5 @ 16.5 would mean you should measure in the direction of the cut 16.5 feet and at that point the ground would be 5.5 ft lower than the ground at the stake. I hope this makes sense.

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Norm in Alabama

06-14-2005 13:48:57




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 Re: Reading grade stakes in reply to Dave - PLS, 06-14-2005 12:05:30  
Also the top if the top of the stake is red it means "cut", if blue it means "fill" and the numbers on it refer to how much cut or fill is needed in that area. The numbers are in Engineers 10ths. That means 10 inches to the foot not 12 inches as is common.



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richlizzy

06-14-2005 17:21:08




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 Re: Reading grade stakes in reply to Norm in Alabama, 06-14-2005 13:48:57  
Engineers 10ths refer to 10 units per foot. 5/10 ths = 6 inches. Easier to do the math in 10 ths than in inches.



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rascal

06-14-2005 14:38:25




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 Re: Reading grade stakes in reply to Norm in Alabama, 06-14-2005 13:48:57  
Numbers inside a circle refer to an offset distance
from the stake (5) (<- 5 inside a circle)

bld Cor

means go 5 feet to the building corner in the
direction the marker stake is facing



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