Topographic Surveys determine the elevation and location of natural and man-made surface features and existing site conditions including:

  • Ground elevations
  • Drainage features | Detention facilities
  • Concrete and paved areas
  • Hills and ravines
  • Buildings
  • Roadways and walks
  • Trees
  • Utilities
  • Wetlands/Waterways

Topographic surveys can be performed in conjunction with Boundary or ALTA/NSPS Land Title Surveys and can show property lines and recorded easements if required.

Color elevation map

Color Elevation Map

Why Are Topographic Surveys Needed?

Topographic Surveys are necessary to:

  • Show the existing overall drainage pattern
  • Study areas prone to flooding
  • Determine the location of flood plains
  • Provide an accurate “existing conditions” survey of elevations and surfaces for site design and roadway plans
  • Verify manhole RIM elevations during construction
  • Provide final as-built data to verify that the site was built in substantial conformance with proposed plans
  • Verify ADA compliance

Our topographic surveys include existing ground elevations and contour lines, the location and elevation of existing utilities, and existing stormwater features, which are critical for the planning and design phases of land development, roadway and infrastructure projects.

Point Cloud of Stockpile

Point Cloud of Stockpile

When Are Topographic Surveys Needed?

Compass’s professional land surveyors can provide a full range of topography and mapping services for various stages of land development, construction and infrastructure projects including:

  • As-Built Surveys
  • Benchmarks and elevations
  • Cross-sections
  • Earthwork quantities
  • Floodplain mapping

We can provide you with a lump-sum fee or “not to exceed” budget for your project.

To further discuss the land survey service your project needs, contact us at (630) 820-9100 today to speak with a Compass professional.

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With Compass as our outsourced surveying company, we get consistent, clean surveys that are customized to our needs and provide a valuable basis for the designs that we in turn produce for our clients. They have an efficient and large enough team of surveyors to support our needs and we appreciate the collaborative way they do business with us. We know they will honor our deadlines, work with integrity and get it done right the first time. I like to remind our engineers that we need to be treating clients the way Compass treats us.

Scott W., P.E., National Civil Engineering Firm

 

Compass delivers a surveying foundation for our civil engineering design. This foundation provides us with the data that makes it easier for us to do our design work, for agencies to review, for contractors to prepare a bid, and for providing clients with the most concise plans to work from. Because of the depth of content and detail in their surveys, Compass assists us in producing more accurate designs. I’ve used them at several different firms because they can always send a crew for us, even on short notice, and their crews are always conscientious and collaborative. They know what we need and they provide it.

Bill Z., P.E., Partner, Civil Engineering Firm

 

My work involves complex historic restoration, which requires very good, extremely detailed, 3-dimensional architectural and construction surveys. There are only two firms within the U.S. that have the capability to perform this type of surveying, and Compass Surveying is one of them.

Robert A., Historical Preservation Consultant