REFERENCE – Construction Yeti

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 many 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. ABBREVIATIONDESCRIPTIONA.AREAAbutABUTMENTACAIR CONDITIONER or ACRESAdj.ADJUSTEDAGABOVE GROUNDA.I.AREA INLETAIFANGLE IRON FOUNDAISANGLE IRON SETAng.ANGLEASTOP OF ASPHALTASHASH TREEASPASPHALTASPHASPHALTAXLFOUND AXLEAv.AVERAGEAve.AVENUEAZAZIMUTHBBEGINBARBARRICADEBCBACK OF CURB or BEGINNING or CURVEB/CBACK OF CURBBDRYBOUNDARYBFPBACKFLOW PREVENTORBHBORE HOLEBKBANKBLBUILDING LINEBLDGBUILDING or BUILDING CORNERBLKBLOCKBLVDBOULEVARDBMBENCHMARKBOBASIN OUTLETBOLBOLLARDBOSBEGINNING OF SURVEYBOVBLOW OFF VALVEBOXFOUND BOX CUTBPSBLUE PAINT STRIPEBRTOP OF BRICK or BRIDGEBRDGBRIDGEBRGBRIDGEBRLBUILDING RESTRICTION LINEBSCKBACKSITE CHECKBSNBUSINESS SIGNBTBURIED TELEPHONE CABLE OR DUCTBXCBOX CULVERTBWBARBED WIRECCUT or CONTINUEC/ACONTROLLED ACCESSCAPCORRUGATED ALUMINUM PIPECBCABLE BOX or CURB or CATCH BASINCBCCONCRETE BOX CULVERTCCCONTROL CORNERCEDARCEDAR TREECEMCEMENTC&GCURB & GUTTERCSFCOTTON SPIKE FOUNDCSSCOTTON SPIKE SETCHCHAIN or CHORDCHANCHANNELCHINACHINABERRYCICURB INLET or CAST IRONCIPCORRUGATED IRON PIPE or CAST IRON PIPECIRFOUND CAPPED IRON RODCIRCIRCLECKCHECK POINTCLCENTER-LINE OF ROADC/LCENTER-LINE OF ROAD---- C/L ----CENTER LINECLFCHAIN LINK FENCECLSCLOSECMCONCRETE MONUMENT or CABLE MARKERCMBCONCRETE MEDIAN BARRIERCMFCONCRETE MONUMENT FOUNDCMPCORRUGATED METAL PIPECMSCONCRETE MONUMENT SETCNTOP OF CONCRETECOCLEAN-OUTCo.COUNTYCOLCOLUMNCORCORNERCONCCONCRETECONSTCONSTRUCTIONCPCONTROL POINT or CONNECT POINT or CONCRETE PADCPEDCABLE PEDESTALCRCURB RETURNCRMCRAPE MYRTLESCSGCASINGCSPCORRUGATED STEEL PIPECt.COURTCtr.CENTER LINECTFCRIMPED TOP PIPE FOUNDCu.CUBICCULVCULVERT---- D ----DRAINAGE LINED.B.DEED BOOKDEDECLINATIONDEGDEGREEDescp.DESCRIPTIONDESTDESTROYEDD.I.DROP INLETDIADIAMETERDISTDISTANCE or DISTRICTD.M.U.E.DRAINAGE MAINTENANCE AND UTILITY EASEMENTDr.DRIVEDSKFOUND DISKEEAST or ENDE or Estm. or - - - EASEMENT--- E ---ELECTRICAL EASEMENTEAEDGE OF ASPHALTEBELECTRICAL BOXEBREDGE OF BRICKECEND OF CURVEECREND OF CURB RETURNEGEDGE OF GRAVELEIE-INLETE.I.P.EXISTIN IRON PIPEEL or ELEVELEVATIONELMELMENGRENGINEERINGE/OEAST OFEOP or E/PEDGE OF PAVEMENTEWTREDGE OF WATEREXFOUND "X" CUT or EXISTINGFCFACE OF CURBFDFOUNDF.E.S.FLARED END SECTION--x--x--x--x--FENCEFFFINISHED FLOORFHFIRE HYDRANTFIRFIR TREEFLFLOW LINEFLPFLAGPOLEFNFENCEFNCFENCEF.O.FIBER OPTIC WITNESS MARKERFPFIRE PLUGFPVFIRE PROTECTION VALVEFSCKFORESIGHT CHECKFt.FOOT or FEETFVFLUSH VALVEGGATE or GAS LINE or GUTTER---- G ----GAS LINEGAGUY ANCHORGALVGALVANIZEDGBGRADE BREAKGDGUTTER DRAINGDRGUARD RAILGIGRATE INLETGIPGALVANIZED IRON PIPEGMGAS METERGPGUARD POSTGPSGREEN PAINT STRIPEGRGRADE or GUARDRAIL or GRATE or TOP OF GRAVELGRVLGRAVELGTGUTTERGTEGATE POSTGUMSWEETGUMGUTGUTTERGUTTRGUTTERGVGAS VALVEHACKHACKBERRY TREEHBHIGHBANKHCHANDICAP or HELICOPTORHDPHIGH DENSITY POLY PIPEHDWLHEADWALLHNDRLHANDRAILHOLLYHOLLY TREEHor.HORIZONTALHt.HEIGHTH.W.HIGH WATERH.W.M.HIGH WATER MARKHWLHEADWALLHWY or HYHIGHWAYHYDHYDRANTIFIRON FENCEIn.INCHINTERSINTERSECTIONINVINVERTIPFOUND IRON PIN/ PIPEIPEIRON PIN/ PIPE EXISTINGIPFFOUND IRON PIN/ PIPEIPSIRON PIN/ PIPE SETIRFOUND IRON RODIRFFOUND IRON RODJBJUNCTION BOXJCT or JUNCTJUNCTIONLLEFT or LENGTH OF ARCLat.LATITUDELDNGLEADINGLKSLINKS (1/100TH CHAIN)L/OLEFT OFLOCLOCATE or LOCATIONLODLIMIT OF DISTURBANCELong.LONGITUDELPLIGHT POLELSLAND SURVEYORLTLEFT or LIGHT STANDARDLWLOW WATERMMETERMAGMAGNOLIAMBMAP BOOKMBLMINIMUM BUILDING LINEMBSMETRO BUS STOPMBXMAILBOXMEASMEASUREMer.MERIDIANMHMANHOLEMHELECELECTRIC MANHOLEMHSANSANITARY MANHOLEMHSTMSTORM MANHOLEMHTMEAN HIGH TIDEMHTELTELECOM MANHOLEMHWWATER MANHOLEMHWMMEAN HIGH WATER MARKMIMISCELANEOUS POINT or MILEMIDMIDDLE or MIDWAYMINMINIMUM or MINUTEMKMARKMMMILE MARKERmmMILLIMETERMOCMIDDLE OF CURVEMONMONUMENTMPMILE POST or MAPMSLMEAN SEA LEVELMWMONITORING WELLNNORTHN&CNAIL AND CAPN&DNAIL AND DISKNENORTHEASTNGNATURAL GROUNDNGSNATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEYNIPNEW IRON PIPENLFOUND NAILNo.NUMBERN/ONORTH OFNPPNAIL IN POWER POLENTCFPNAIL ON TOP OF CORNER FENCE POSTNTFPNAIL ON TOP OF FENCE POSTNTSNOT TO SCALENWNORTHWESTOAKOAK TREEOCPOINT ON CURVEOE or ----OE ----OVERHEAD ELECTRIC LINEOHOVERHEADOHEOVERHEAD ELECTRICOHGOVERHANGOHTOVERHEAD TELEPHONEOPASSOVERPASSOT or ---- OT ----OVERHEAD TELEPHONE LINEOTPFOPEN TOP PIPE FOUNDOTPSOPEN TOP PIPE SETOUOVERHEAD UTILITIES---- P ----OVERHEAD POWER LINEPALMPALM TREEPARPARELLELPAVPAVEMENTPBPHONE BOX or PLAT BOOKPBMPRECISE BENCHMARKPCBEGIN CURVE or POINT OF CURVEPECANPECAN TREEPFPINFLAGPFCPINFLAG CENTERPOINTPFSPINFLAG SWBTPg.PAGEPIPOINT OF INTERSECTIONPINEPINE TREEPKPOINT KNOWNPK NAILPOINT KNOWN NAILPL or PLPROPERTY LINEPLAPLACEPLTPLANTERPMPIPELIME MARKERPNTPAINT STRIPEPo. POLE or ROD (16.5 ft)POBPOINT OF BEGINNINGPPPOWER POLEPSTPOSTPTPOINT or END CURVEPTPFOUND PINCH TOP PIPEPVPIPE VENTPVCPVC PIPEPVMTPAVEMENTRRADIUSRBFREBAR FOUNDRBSREBAR SETRCPREINFORCED CONCRETE PIPERDROADRDWY or RdyROADWAYRECTRECTANGLERESRESERVOIRRET WALLRETAINING WALLRGERANGERLSREGISTERED LAND SURVERYORRMPRAMPR/ORIGHT OFRodROD or POLE (16.5 FT)ROODROOD (1/4 ACRE)ROWRIGHT OF WAYRPRECALL POINTRPSRED PAINT STRIPESRRRIP RAP or RAILROAD or RAILROAD SPIKERRTRAILROADRTRIGHTR/WRIGHT OF WAYRWLRETAINING WALLRYRAILWAYSSOUTH or SANITARY SEWER LINE---- S ----SEWER LINESANSANITARYSDSTORM DRAINSDMHSTORM DRAIN MANHOLESESOUTHEASTSHLDRSHOULDERSNSIGNS/OSOUTH OFSPSERVICE POLESPDLFOUND SPINDLESPKFOUND SPIKESPVSPRINKLERSQSQUARESQFTSQUARE FOOT or FEETSQIFSQUARE IRON FOUNDSQISSQUARE IRON SETSq. Mi.SQUARE MILE (640 ACRES)SRSTEEL REBARSSSANITARY SEWER---- SS ----SANITARY SEWER LINESSMHSANITARY SEWER MANHOLESRSSTEEL ROD SETSSMSTANDARD SURVEY MONUMENTSTSTREET or STORM LINESTASTATIONSTDSTANDARDSTKSTAKESTPSTAND PIPESTRUCTSTRUCTURESWSOUTHWESTS/WSIDEWALK---- T ----TELEPHONE LINETALTALLOW TREETBMTEMPORARY BENCH MARKTCTOP CURBTELTELEPHONETEL PHTELEPHONE POLETFTRANSFORMERTKTACKTLTREE LINETNKTANKT.P.TRANSFORMER PAD or TELEPHONE PEDESTALTPEDTELEPHONE PEDISTALTr.TRACTTREEUNKNOWN TREETSTOWTSBTRAFFIC SIGNAL BOXTSNTRAFFIC SIGNALTSPTRAFFIC SIGNAL POLETTTRUCK TRAILTWPTOWNSHIPTWRTOWERUPASSUNDERPASS---- U ----UTILITY LINESUGUNDERGROUNDUGE or ---- UE ----UNDERGROUND ELECTRIC LINESUEUTILITY EASEMENTUGMRKUNDERGROUND GAS MARKERUGTUNDERGROUND TELEPHONEUSACEUNITED STATES CORPS OF ENGINEERSUSC&GSUNITED STATES COAST & GEODETIC SURVEYUSGSUNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY---- UT ----UNDERGROUND TELEPHONE LINEVLTWATER VAULTWWEST or WATER LINE---- W ----WATER LINEWALWALLWILWILLOW TREEWCWITNESS CORNERWDWOOD DECKWMWATER METER or WATER MAINW/OWEST OFW/PWITNESS POSTWRWIREWVWATER VALVEWWWATER WELLW WLWINGWALLXINGCROSSINGX-RDCROSS ROADX-SECCROSS SECTIONYd.YARD (3 ft)YPSYELLOW PAINT STRIPE