PDH: Avulsions in the Public Land Survey System

Course Description

This course provides students with a case study that examines the division of the bed of the abandoned channel of a non-navigable river. Students must utilize their knowledge and experience, the 2009 Manual, in addition to “Public Lands Surveying, A Casebook”, to pass a course test.

Course Objectives

Upon completion of this course, students will able to identify the steps necessary to make a determination that a change was avulsive as opposed to an accreted; determine the proper survey procedures to determine the boundaries of the affected land parcels; determine the medial line along the center of the channel and how the adjoin properties would deal with that.

Course Details

Approximately 4 PDH – certificate provided upon completion.