I was blown away by the excellent communication from Nick & Milad at 1LS Surveying as they worked…read moreto get me a bid & schedule a survey that would fit into my tight timeline. Their price was exactly in line with the competing offers I got too.

We did not end up using this company due to a variety of reasons and time constraints, but I was…read moreoverall pleased with communications with Nick. He took time to explain the survey process and why you would use one type of survey over another. I am a little sad that we won't be working with 1LS Surveying.

I cannot speak highly enough of Compass Land Surveyors, specifically, Darren Hammack…read more Darren offered his expertise when I was stuck in the middle of a bit of a mysterious dilemma with property descriptions between the county and the tax board not matching up. Together we sorted through various documents and he was able to put the pieces together to work it out. I recommend Darren and Compass to anyone needing land survey expertise!

From the owner: Compass Land Surveyors provides professional surveying services in Oregon and Washington. Our…read moresenior-level staff have a broad expertise in all aspects of public works and private development in the Portland Metro area. We enthusiastically embrace challenges as opportunities to resolve problems for our clients.

Mr. Miller was extremely knowledgeable and helpful! He took the time to find out what was…read morenecessary before providing a bid. I would highly recommend him.

What a great experience!…read more Andrew was professional and responsive from the start. He patiently answered all of our questions as we got our wildly sloped lot surveyed, making the process more understandable. In the end, he did not need to do a bit of the work and kindly reflected that on the bill. Honest, professional and just a nice guy... we highly recommend Andrew's work.

(I added this business to Yelp. Since then, their phone number changed, resulting in some Yelper…read morefrustration. Suggest getting the most current phone number from their website.) Need a surveyor? I've had bad. Trust me, you want a good one. Chase Jones is a great one. Their Portland history goes back to 1885 with R S Greenleaf, the current firm is the result of several mergers since them, but they have all the old records going back that far. Their website has a huge list of the neighborhoods, "subdivisions," they have surveyed, by their official names, what you would find on your deed. They did original work in those neighborhoods to plat out the individual lots! Today they work all over the metro area. I discovered them through a neighbor. I have hired them about a half dozen times. Their field team is fast, polite and customer oriented. They survey in any weather. They can come on short notice for surveying emergencies. What is a surveying emergency you might ask? That's when a neighbor seems intent on building something on your land, and is doing it. (Read up on adverse possession) Do not let that happen! Call the City building department immediately to get a stop work order. The chief surveyor in the office, Eric Jones, is very sharp and has a lot of information to share. They have a great CAD team for making survey drawings and even elevation contour drawings if you have a slope. They keep a copy of the drawing files and you can take an electronic copy home to print out at Oregon Blueprint and others or even add landscape planning details. For real estate transactions and some city or county filings, you need drawings and they can make them in the right professional format, and did for me. Their charges are broken down into field work, drawing work and checking work by the hour. Great land deserves great land surveyors. The value of the land can be hugely influenced by small details of the survey - these guys get the details right!

This company was hired through a third party to survey the land at Gresham Women's Shelter. I had…read morecontact mostly with Preston and I was extremely impressed with his sensitivity to the nature of the agency that it is. He made it very clear initially that he understood this was a shelter for vulnerable women and didn't want to make anyone uncomfortable with their presence, being that they were men that the clients weren't aware of. He made it known that he would answer questions for any client who had any, would take a break if that were asked of him and wanted to be as fast as possible so as not to impose. Of course, none of this was expected but it was so appreciated. They did a great job and Preston especially went above and beyond. You don't find many companies/people who are mindful in this way and it was awesome. Erika Schnidrig Assistant manager at GWS

To: Mr. Tony Ryan, President, Weddle Surveying, Please…read moreaccept my heartfelt appreciation for the outstanding service rendered by you and your staff. You succeeded where others failed and gave me peace with an ongoing, very agonizing, property dispute that caused me years of grief! Because of your personal dedication and perseverance you were able to find my property boundaries, which others insisted were no longer in place. This saved me hundreds, if not thousands of dollars. I can never thank you enough! Your "Excellence Is Our Benchmark" bi-word speaks for itself and you certainly lived up to every bit of it and then some!

Called to get an estimate, before I could even finish what I was saying the individual at Weddle…read morecut me off and said "we're not doing estimates or new jobs." Period. Silence. No worries, the next survey company I called was happy to help out and I hired them. Buh-bye Weddle. I know at least three people who need surveying done and I'll be directing them to the company I hired.

Haven't worked with Ferguson on surveying, but of the companies we have contacted for estimates…read morethey are by far the most helpful, and also the quickest to respond! When I called, the person I spoke to (Gene?) was incredibly informative and gave me a clear overview of what they would need to do. Within an hour they called back with an estimate that was comparable to others we received. BUT, in addition to that, they told me the name of the company that had surveyed the land division that created our property several years ago and recommended we contact them first to see if they could do it cheaper. Helpful, professional, and thoughtful! Thanks, Ferguson!

Our property borders with a timber company, and several trees damaged by wildfire last year needed…read moreto be taken down. I spoke with Lee about getting the property line staked to confirm ownership of the trees, and he suggested I call the timber company first to discuss. Thank you for the advice: the timber company had aerial pictures of the trees in question and made a determination on the phone, thus saving us the cost of the survey. Thank you again!

I love this place! Had them scheduled for a survey. They showed up to stake a line. very next day…read morefence guy showed up to build the fence, and Lee cut me a great rate.

We needed to sort out a property issue and Kyle McDermott was able to find what we needed…read moreovernight. Extremely nice to work with. Highly recommended!!

From the owner: Since 1924, W.B. Wells & Associates has been providing land surveying, civil engineering, and…read moredrafting services for residential and municipal projects, specializing in topographic, boundary, and ALTA surveys.

I spoke with one of their senior surveyors today, asking for perhaps a "freebie" on how I might get…read moreclose to locating the boundary marker on my property out in Brightwood, OR. He gave me 15 minutes of his time and some good suggestions on where to start, and even referred me to a surveyor named Dan Gilbert who works out in this area and has really low overhead and felt it would be much more cost-effective for me to contact Mr. Gilbert. I'm so impressed by his generosity and willingness to put my interests above his profit. If I ever had a major issue concerning a survey or land boundaries, I'd surely go to Statewide for help. With a staff of 30, they are serious about the business and I'm certain they possess the expertise to handle any problem.

Wow - was super impressed by these guys! Very fast response and communication, very turn around…read moreand tons of helpful details...and all at a great price. Used them for an Elevation Certificate for flood insurance. Wish every company in general were this easy to work with!

The correct website for this service is http://sail.multco.us/. That redirects to desktop and…read moremobile versions. It needs Silverlight and may not work on some browsers. This used to not work so well. But now it does for me! Each Oregon County keeps records of land surveys and assessor ownership information. That ownership and taxation data is shared with the Portland Maps website https://www.yelp.com/biz/portlandmaps-portland. I have heard in the old days that to see this information in Multnomah County (and probably many still) you had to drive to Gresham and there were drawers of printed surveys on 3' by 4' pieces of paper. No more! We are in the age of electronica! For Washington and Clackamas Counties, you will need to consult their systems. Survey data is unique. If you own a home or considering purchasing a home, this website needs to be in your #websitesquad! SAIL has a mapshot of every survey since 1850 recorded with Multnomah County. Surveys of land divisions start with big blocks. They are divided and divided resulting in #yourlot. When you look up a survey, you can see the surveyor drawings. IRF is "iron rod found". IPF is "iron pipe found". When a surveyor surveys and marks property lines and corners, they may drive a 1/2-3/4 inch diameter metal marker, in the old days a pipe, today a piece of rebar, to mark it. But over time land moves or the vicissitudes of survey start points may make that iron rod "3.1 inches West and 4.2 inches North" of the actual corner, in surveyor speak. That detail you really, really need to know is what you will find on SAIL drawings, and nowhere else. So you need to know that. Srsly. SAIL has digitized 166 years (as of 2016) surveyor drawings and notes. A surveyor you hire will consult these before surveying and consult them after the survey before filing a new survey. There are many things a surveyor needs to do which you cannot do. But it is easy to see if there are survey points - IRF's - in SAIL before you hire a survey. You may not need a new survey if points are already there and you can find them. You can rent a metal detector for survey rods and dig around with a shovel to find them. The surveyor though is a much deeper source for interpreting SAIL. So if you need a surveyor, I have reviewed mine. https://www.yelp.com/biz/chase-jones-and-associates-portland By law, you are not supposed to remove survey markers. They took a lot of knowledge to place them. And by law, believe it or not, you are not allowed to drive in iron markers at property corners because they might be mistaken for a marker professionally placed by a registered surveyor. That is what SAIL lives for, separating the maturity-placed wheat survey markers from the lesser chaff survey markers. The County Assessor's Office at the corner of Hawthorne and Grand can show you how to use SAIL - they have terminals there. That office also has all the filed deeds and easements. Having those online in SAIL would be a great improvement. SAIL is an online source of surveyors' data which anyone can view for free. If you need it, your really need it! Did I say it was free? Yes it is free!