Welcome to the Alabama Land Surveyors (A.L.S.). web site. The purpose of this web site is to help in our clients understanding of the services we provide, and aid in the successful and timely completion of our clients' projects.

 

Alabama Land Surveyors, Inc is a service disabled veteran owned an operated firm. We are your one stop shop for all your Professional Land Surveying, and Flood Elevation Certificate needs, servicing Auburn, Montgomery, Prattville, Birmingham and areas in between!

 

Alabama Land Surveyors, Inc has professional staff members licensed in both Alabama and Mississippi. We employ cutting edge technology and equipment, and highly trained personnel, which despite our relatively small size makes us just as competitive as some of the larger firms out there.  Please browse our website and see how we may help you on your next project. Whether you desire to simply have your existing property corners located, a closing mortgage survey, have construction staking needs, or need an ALTA/ACSM Land Title Survey... we can work with you for a successful timely completion.

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Surveying Facts

When Surveying began, the very first surveyors set up standards of measurements for themselves that became the standards for surveying from then on.

 

The measurements that they used in the original surveys done, and still in use today, are below.

 

One Rod - 16.5 Feet  (25 Links)
Two Pole Chain - 33 Feet  (50 Links)
Four Pole Chain - 66 Feet  (100 Links)
Surveyor's Chain - 66 Feet  (100 Links)

One Link - 0.66 Feet
1/4 Mile - 1320 Feet (20 Chains/80 Rods)
1/2 Mile - 2640 Feet (40 Chains/160 Rods)
One Mile - 5280 Feet (80 Chains/320 Rods)
1/4 Section - 160 Acres
1/2 Section - 320 Acres
One Section - 640 Acres (one Square Mile)
One Township - 36 Sections, 6 Miles Square or 36 Square Miles

 

To calculate acres divide the square footage of your lot or parcel of land by 43,560.


Example:  Lot size 16,000 SF/43,560=0.37 Acres