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North Bay Land Surveyors

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North Bay Land Surveyors

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38 years of experience

North Bay Land Surveyors have been providing boundary, staking and construction support services to Sonoma County and the North Bay for over 35 years. We're locally owned and available for quick turnaround projects. Our competitive rates and efficiency in the field means jobs are done within their budget and, most importantly, on-time. Whether its locating a property line to build a fence, topographic maps for future construction or staking a site for the home of your dreams, North Bay Land Surveyors are who Sonoma County locals call to get the job done right.

North Bay Land Surveyors have been providing boundary, staking and construction support services to Sonoma County and the North Bay for over 35 years. We're locally owned and available for quick turnaround projects. Our competitive rates and efficiency in the field means jobs are done within their budget and, most importantly, on-time. Whether its locating a property line to build a fence, topographic maps for future construction or staking a site for the home of your dreams, North Bay Land Surveyors are who Sonoma County locals call to get the job done right.


Adobe Associates Inc.

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Adobe Associates Inc.

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43 years of experience

[Visit www.adobeinc.com for more details.] Recognized as one of the top Land Surveying and Civil Engineering firms in the North Bay, Adobe Associates, Inc. provides Land Surveying, Civil Engineering, Land Planning, and Wastewater Design services for the development of private and public projects. Since 1982 Adobe Associates, Inc. has helped thousands of clients to maximize the value of their projects by finding potential opportunities others often miss, creating practical, accurate design solutions, and guiding projects through the often onerous Regulatory Process. Our Civil Engineering and Land Surveying company is proud to be a family business built on honesty, integrity, and dependability.

[Visit www.adobeinc.com for more details.] Recognized as one of the top Land Surveying and Civil Engineering firms in the North Bay, Adobe Associates, Inc. provides Land Surveying, Civil Engineering, Land Planning, and Wastewater Design services for the development of private and public projects. Since 1982 Adobe Associates, Inc. has helped thousands of clients to maximize the value of their projects by finding potential opportunities others often miss, creating practical, accurate design solutions, and guiding projects through the often onerous Regulatory Process. Our Civil Engineering and Land Surveying company is proud to be a family business built on honesty, integrity, and dependability.


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Pridmore & Company

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Pridmore & Company

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12 years of experience

Pridmore & Company offers all aspects of professional land surveying services as well as consulting for land planning and development. Coming from a family of builders, engineers and contractors with deep roots in the Napa area, we understand how complex the development and permitting processes can be. For this reason, we truly enjoy assisting our clients with their unique projects and needs. We aim to provide high-quality work, knowledge and advice so that your project will be completed in the most efficient and cost-effective manner possible. Whether you are looking to get your property/project surveyed, or just need some advice and/or direction for your development project, please feel free to reach out. We are happy to help you!

"It went perfect. They came out, they did the surveying and they send out a result to me and they were super friendly"

Ryan H on July 2020

Pridmore & Company offers all aspects of professional land surveying services as well as consulting for land planning and development. Coming from a family of builders, engineers and contractors with deep roots in the Napa area, we understand how complex the development and permitting processes can be. For this reason, we truly enjoy assisting our clients with their unique projects and needs. We aim to provide high-quality work, knowledge and advice so that your project will be completed in the most efficient and cost-effective manner possible. Whether you are looking to get your property/project surveyed, or just need some advice and/or direction for your development project, please feel free to reach out. We are happy to help you!

"It went perfect. They came out, they did the surveying and they send out a result to me and they were super friendly"

Ryan H on July 2020


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Aerial imaging services for residential or commercial properties. We use aerial (drone) based cameras to document your property in high resolution. This can be useful for insurance purposes, monitoring construction, or to monitor or look for leaks and damages. We specialize in capturing high-resolution imagery and can even create 3D models for greater detail. Monitor and assess your property through time with our change-detection maps. We have expertise in creating detailed maps that will allow you to view your properties through time without lifting a finger. This is a great tool to capture current imagery or to view changes through time.

Aerial imaging services for residential or commercial properties. We use aerial (drone) based cameras to document your property in high resolution. This can be useful for insurance purposes, monitoring construction, or to monitor or look for leaks and damages. We specialize in capturing high-resolution imagery and can even create 3D models for greater detail. Monitor and assess your property through time with our change-detection maps. We have expertise in creating detailed maps that will allow you to view your properties through time without lifting a finger. This is a great tool to capture current imagery or to view changes through time.


Focused Aerial Imagery

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Focused Aerial Imagery Service supercharges marketing materials with jaw dropping aerial videos and photos. We'll increase awareness of your property and highlight it's attributes with our Emmy Award winning staff! SF Bay, CA

Focused Aerial Imagery Service supercharges marketing materials with jaw dropping aerial videos and photos. We'll increase awareness of your property and highlight it's attributes with our Emmy Award winning staff! SF Bay, CA


L.A. Stevens & Associates, Inc.

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L.A. Stevens & Associates, Inc.

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34 years of experience

L.A. Stevens & Associates, Inc. is a full service Land Surveying firm representing public, private, commercial and attorney clients throughout the Bay Area since 1991, with expertise in Caltrans construction, right-of-way engineering and preliminary design surveys. We provide prompt, professional and cost effective land surveying services to our clients in order to meet comprehensive land surveying requirements. Our unique ability to perform thorough research of survey records, both recorded and unrecorded, delivers a work product that is exceptional and may save our client legal costs should the survey be contested. Thorough and comprehensive research is necessary to provide our client with a court-defensible survey. Our office is logistically located in southern Novato and conveniently serves the Counties of Marin, Sonoma, Napa, Solano, Lake, Mendocino, San Francisco, Contra Costa and Alameda. All surveying employees of L.A. Stevens & Associates, Inc. are either licensed surveyors, possess Land-Surveyor-in-Training Certificates with the California Board of Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors and Geologists and/or have obtained surveying education in college. L.A. Stevens & Associates, Inc. owns one of the largest collections of survey archives and unrecorded documents of properties in Marin County and the title maps of the oldest title company in Marin County. Access to these records gives our firm a distinct advantage in locating and verifying monuments and markers from original surveys performed since the 1890’s, leading to a more court-defensible survey. These records aid in the expertise of L.A. Stevens employees working on projects in Marin County. Larry Stevens, P.L.S. currently serves as a board member of the California Land Surveyors Association and is is recognized by the courts as an expert witness and has been successful in disputes involving land survey issues. Due to his expertise and reputation as a respected professional, he is sought by attorneys representing the more challenging survey issues. A partial list of clients includes Dominican University in San Rafael, City of Mill Valley, City of Belvedere, San Francisco State University, Cost Plus Shopping Center in Corte Madera, Drakes Bay Oyster Company in Pt. Reyes, Stinson Beach Water District, National Park Service in Stinson Beach, Harrison Engineering, Inc., Abey Arnold Associates Landscape Architects, Tiburon Sanitary District, the Town of Tiburon, as well as attorneys at over 30 top Bay Area law firms and other professionals.

"My wife and I engaged Larry Stevens to perform expert witness work for a land dispute trial since our original surveyor, Michael Ford, retired and closed his business. We signed an agreement on Thursday March 16, 2023, and by Tuesday, March 21, 2023 the direction of our lawsuit changed and we no longer needed the expert witness services for deposition or trial."

Doug F on June 2023

L.A. Stevens & Associates, Inc. is a full service Land Surveying firm representing public, private, commercial and attorney clients throughout the Bay Area since 1991, with expertise in Caltrans construction, right-of-way engineering and preliminary design surveys. We provide prompt, professional and cost effective land surveying services to our clients in order to meet comprehensive land surveying requirements. Our unique ability to perform thorough research of survey records, both recorded and unrecorded, delivers a work product that is exceptional and may save our client legal costs should the survey be contested. Thorough and comprehensive research is necessary to provide our client with a court-defensible survey. Our office is logistically located in southern Novato and conveniently serves the Counties of Marin, Sonoma, Napa, Solano, Lake, Mendocino, San Francisco, Contra Costa and Alameda. All surveying employees of L.A. Stevens & Associates, Inc. are either licensed surveyors, possess Land-Surveyor-in-Training Certificates with the California Board of Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors and Geologists and/or have obtained surveying education in college. L.A. Stevens & Associates, Inc. owns one of the largest collections of survey archives and unrecorded documents of properties in Marin County and the title maps of the oldest title company in Marin County. Access to these records gives our firm a distinct advantage in locating and verifying monuments and markers from original surveys performed since the 1890’s, leading to a more court-defensible survey. These records aid in the expertise of L.A. Stevens employees working on projects in Marin County. Larry Stevens, P.L.S. currently serves as a board member of the California Land Surveyors Association and is is recognized by the courts as an expert witness and has been successful in disputes involving land survey issues. Due to his expertise and reputation as a respected professional, he is sought by attorneys representing the more challenging survey issues. A partial list of clients includes Dominican University in San Rafael, City of Mill Valley, City of Belvedere, San Francisco State University, Cost Plus Shopping Center in Corte Madera, Drakes Bay Oyster Company in Pt. Reyes, Stinson Beach Water District, National Park Service in Stinson Beach, Harrison Engineering, Inc., Abey Arnold Associates Landscape Architects, Tiburon Sanitary District, the Town of Tiburon, as well as attorneys at over 30 top Bay Area law firms and other professionals.

"My wife and I engaged Larry Stevens to perform expert witness work for a land dispute trial since our original surveyor, Michael Ford, retired and closed his business. We signed an agreement on Thursday March 16, 2023, and by Tuesday, March 21, 2023 the direction of our lawsuit changed and we no longer needed the expert witness services for deposition or trial."

Doug F on June 2023




Hogan Land Services, Inc.

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Hogan Land Services, Inc.

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22 years of experience

Hogan Land Services is a full service land development company with offices in Sonoma and Santa Cruz Counties. We pride ourselves on the relationships we've built with the agencies, and our ability to make your development dreams come true. We'll get the Permit!

Hogan Land Services is a full service land development company with offices in Sonoma and Santa Cruz Counties. We pride ourselves on the relationships we've built with the agencies, and our ability to make your development dreams come true. We'll get the Permit!


BLS Surveying & Mapping

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BLS Surveying & Mapping

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11 years of experience

small personal firm with 3 family employees - 40 years of experience (from small jobs to transportation infrastructure level) , Professionally Licensed for 22 years, quality cost effective services

small personal firm with 3 family employees - 40 years of experience (from small jobs to transportation infrastructure level) , Professionally Licensed for 22 years, quality cost effective services

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Land Surveying questions, answered by experts

Soil testers and licensed excavators are often the professionals you hire if you need a perc test. In some cases, structural engineers will also be able to conduct the test for you. In many municipalities, you’ll need your professional on-site to dig and fill the holes with water, as well as a representative from your local building department or health department. That representative is the individual who will determine whether your test passes or fails.

There are a couple of ways you can determine the depth of your well. One method is to use a device called a well sounder. This tool has a long measuring tape containing a sensor to alert you once the end reaches the water. 

Or you can DIY it by using a long tape measure with a half-filled bottle of water attached to it. Lower the tape measure into your well. Once you feel tension on the tape, you’ll know the bottle has reached your static water level. This will give you an approximate idea of your well’s depth.

Land surveys don’t technically expire. They do serve as a point of reference and a snapshot of your property, though, so as soon as you make changes to your property (and even if your neighbor makes certain changes to theirs), your existing land survey becomes inaccurate, and a new one must be done. Even if you don’t make any changes to your property, many states only guarantee the accuracy of a land survey for five to ten years.

Several government-backed lending programs can help first-time home buyers purchase a home with little money down. FHA, USDA, and VA loans are options for qualifying borrowers, though many conventional mortgage lenders will lower down payment rates to as low as 3 percent.

This is fairly rare, but sometimes the local government or a group like a historical society will label a tree as a landmark, or historical item. These designations almost always come with a small, on-site plaque for identification, but you should also be able to look up protected trees in your area on a city website or similar list. If the tree in question is a landmark, call your local government and ask how to proceed before making any plans.

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