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I have found myself in the past looking at a site survey and couldn't for the life of me figured out what an abbreviation meant and the surveyor didn't provide a legend. Below is a extensive list of some common survey abbreviations. Not every surveyor will use all the same abbreviations but I hope this guide can help if you are stuck in a similar situation. If this abbreviation chart is helpful to you, go ahead and bookmark it for future reference. ABBREVIATIONDESCRIPTIONACAIR CONDITIONERAGABOVE GROUNDAIFANGLE IRON FOUNDAISANGLE IRON SETASTOP OF ASPHALTASHASH TREEASPASPHALTAXLFOUND AXLEAZAZIMUTHBBEGINBARBARRICADEBCBACK OF CURB OR BEGINNING OF CURVEB/CBACK OF CURBBDRYBOUNDARYBHBORE HOLEBKBANKBLDGBUILDING OR BUILDING CORNERBMBENCHMARKBOBASIN OUTLETBOLBOLLARDBOSBEGINNING OF SURVEYBOVBLOW OFF VALVEBOXFOUND BOX CUTBPSBLUE PAINT STRIPEBRTOP OF BRICK OR BRIDGEBRDGBRIDGEBRGBRIDGEBRLBUILDING RESTRICTION LINEBSCKBACKSITE CHECKBSNBUSINESS SIGNBTBURIED TELEPHONE CABLE OR DUCTBXCBOX CULVERTBWBARBED WIRECCUT OR CONTINUECAPCORRUGATED ALUMINUM PIPECBCABLE BOX, CURB, OR CATCH BASINCBCCONCRETE BOX CULVERTCEDARCEDAR TREECSFCOTTON SPIKE FOUNDCSSCOTTON SPIKE SETCHINACHINABERRYCICURB INLET OR CAST IRONCIPCORRUGATED IRON PIPE OR CAST IRON PIPECIRFOUND CAPPED IRON RODCIRCIRCLECKCHECK POINTCLCENTER-LINE OF ROADC/LCENTER-LINE OF ROADCLFCHAIN LINK FENCECLSCLOSECMCONCRETE MONUMENT OR CABLE MARKERCMBCONCRETE MEDIAN BARRIERCMFCONCRETE MONUMENT FOUNDCMPCORRUGATED METAL PIPECMSCONCRETE MONUMENT SETCNTOP OF CONCRETECOCLEAN-OUTCONCCONCRETECPCONNECT POINTCOLCOLUMNCORCORNERCPCONTROL POINTCPEDCABLE PEDESTALCRCURB RETURNCRMCRAPE MYRTLESCSGCASINGCSPCORRUGATED STEEL PIPECTFCRIMPED TOP PIPE FOUNDCULVCULVERTDEGDEGREEDESTDESTROYEDDIADIAMETERDISTDISTANCEDSKFOUND DISKEEAST OR ENDEAEDGE OF ASPHALTEBELECTRICAL BOXEBREDGE OF BRICKECEND OF CURVEECREND OF CURB RETURNEGEDGE OF GRAVELEIE-INLETELEVELEVATIONELMELMENGRENGINEERINGE/OEAST OFEOPEDGE OF PAVEMENTEWTREDGE OF WATEREXFOUND "X" CUTFCFACE OF CURBFDFOUNDFFFINISHED FLOORFHFIRE HYDRANTFIRFIR TREEFLFLOWLOINEFLPFLAGPOLEFNFENCEFNCFENCEFSCKFORESIGHT CHECKFVFLUSH VALVEGGATE OR GAS LINEGAGUY ANCHORGBGRADE BREAKGDGUTTER DRAINGDRGUARD RAILGIGRATE INLETGIPGALVANIZED IRON PIPEGMGAS METERGPSGREEN PAINT STRIPEGRGRADE, GUARDRAIL, GRATE, OR TOP OF GRAVELGTGUTTERGTEGATE POSTGUMSWEETGUMGUTGUTTERGUTTRGUTTERGVGAS VALVEHACKHACKBERRY TREEHBHIGHBANKHDPHIGH DENSITY POLY PIPEHOLLYHOLLY TREEHDWLHEADWALLHNDRLHANDRAILHWLHEADWALLHWYHIGHWAYHYDHYDRANTIFIRON FENCEINVINVERTIPFOUND IRON PIN/ PIPEIPEIRON PIN/ PIPE EXISTINGIPFFOUND IRON PIN/ PIPEIPSIRON PIN/ PIPE SETIRFOUND IRON RODIRFFOUND IRON RODJCTJUNCTIONJUNCJUNCTIONLODLIMIT OF DISTURBANCELLEFTLDNGLEADINGL/OLEFT OFLTLEFT OR LIGHT STANDARDMAGMAGNOLIAMBSMETRO BUS STOPMBXMAILBOXMHMANHOLEMHELECELECTRIC MANHOLEMHSANSANITARY MANHOLEMHSTMSTORM MANHOLEMHTMEAN HIGH TIDEMHTELTELECOM MANHOLEMHWWATER MANHOLEMIMISCELANEOUS POINTMKMARKMMMILE MARKERMOCMIDDLE OF CURVEMONMONUMENTMPMILE POST OR MAPMSLMEAN SEA LEVELMWMONITORING WELLNNORTHN&CNAIL AND CAPN&DNAIL AND DISKNENORTHEASTNGNATURAL GROUNDNLFOUND NAILN/ONORTH OFNPPNAIL IN POWER POLENTCFPNAIL ON TOP OF CORNER FENCE POSTNTFPNAIL ON TOP OF FENCE POSTNTSNOT TO SCALENWNORTHWESTOAKOAK TREEOCPOINT ON CURVEOEOVERHEAD ELECTRICOHOVERHEADOHEOVERHEAD ELECTRICOHGOVERHANGOHTOVERHEAD TELEPHONEOPASSOVERPASSOTOVERHEAD TELEPHONEOTPFOPEN TOP PIPE FOUNDOTPSOPEN TOP PIPE SETOUOVERHEAD UTILITIESPALMPALM TREEPAVPAVEMENTPBMPRECISE BENCHMARKPCBEGIN CURVEPECANPECAN TREEPFPINFLAGPFCPINFLAG CENTERPOINTPFSPINFLAG SWBTPIPOINT OF INTERSECTIONPINEPINE TREEPKPOINT KNOWNPK NAILPOINT KNOWN NAILPLTPLANTERPMPIPELIME MARKERPNTPAINT STRIPEPPPOWER POLEPSTPOSTPTPOINT OR END CURVEPTPFOUND PINCH TOP PIPEPVPIPE VENTPVCPVC PIPEPVMTPAVEMENTRBFREBAR FOUNDRBSREBAR SETRCPREINFORCED CONCRETE PIPERDROADRDWYROADWAYRECTRECTANGLERET WALLRETAINING WALLRGERANGERMPRAMPR/ORIGHT OFROWRIGHT OF WAYRPRECALL POINTRPSRED PAINT STRIPESRRRIP RAP OR RAILROADRRTRAILROADR/WRIGHT OF WAYRWLRETAINING WALLSSOUTH OR SANITARY SEWER LINESESOUTHEASTSHLDRSHOULDERSNSIGNS/OSOUTH OFSPSERVICE POLESPDLFOUND SPINDLESPKFOUND SPIKESPVSPRINKLERSQSQUARESQIFSQUARE IRON FOUNDSQISSQUARE IRON SETSRSTEEL REBARSSSANITARY SEWERSRSSTEEL ROD SETSSMSTANDARD SURVEY MONUMENTSTSTREET OR STORM LINESTASTATIONSTDSTANDARDSTKSTAKESTPSTAND PIPESTRUCTSTRUCTURESWSOUTHWESTS/WSIDEWALKTALTALLOW TREETBMTEMPORARY BENCH MARKTCTOP CURBTELTELEPHONETEL PHTELEPHONE POLETKTACKTLTREE LINETNKTANKTPEDTELEPHONE PEDISTALTREEUNKNOWN TREETSTOWTSBTRAFFIC SIGNAL BOXTSNTRAFFIC SIGNALTSPTRAFFIC SIGNAL POLETTTRUCK TRAILTWRTOWERUPASSUNDERPASSUGUNDERGROUNDUGEUNDERGROUND ELECTRICUGTUNDERGROUND TELEPHONEVLTWATER VAULTWWEST OR WATER LINEWALWALLWILWILLOW TREEWCWITNESS CORNERWDWOOD DECKWMWATER METER OR WATER MAINW/OWEST OFW/PWITNESS POSTWRWIREWVWATER VALVEWWWATER WELLW WLWINGWALLXINGCROSSINGX-RDCROSS ROADX-SECCROSS SECTIONYPSYELLOW PAINT STRIPE