City of Knoxville - Engineering Survey Control Pts.

ABOUT SURVEY CONTROL POINTS

Civil Engineering Section
Stormwater Engineering Section
Traffic Engineering Section

The City of Knoxville maintains a 3D network of survey control points throughout the city. The survey control points are tied to the 1995 Tennessee Geodetic Reference Network (TGRN) using the Tennessee Coordinate System of 1983. Coordinates may be readjusted in the future, as the State of Tennessee refines the TGRN with more precise surveying technology. The interactive survey points website is maintained by KGIS and the City Engineering Section together, and allows the internet user to locate the nearest survey control points, print survey control data, print maps, compute bearings and distances, etc. Your computer screen resolution should be at least 800 x 600 in order for survey points website to display correctly.

Date	Action
August 2002	Initial publication of survey control points on city website. Becomes effective April 1, 2003.
January 22, 2003	125 new points are added (0920-1029, 1091-1105), effective date on April 1, 2003. Notification letter sent to local surveyors.
April 3, 2003	61 new points are added (1030-1090), effective date on July 2, 2003.
September 1, 2003	55 new points are added (1110-1164), effective date on December 1, 2003. Points 0332-0344 were revised.
May 18, 2004	78 new points are added (1106-1108, 1165-1239), effective date on August 16, 2004. Points 0085-0091, 0185-0188, 0938-0945, 0967-0968 were revised.
February 4, 2005	39 new points are added (1240-1278), effective date on May 5, 2005. Points 0101, 0133, 0392-0394, 0396-0399, 0564-0567, 0569, 0585, 0586, 0590-0593, 0780-0784, and 0786-0788 were revised.
December 12, 2005	80 new points are added (1279-1358). Points 0208-0212, 0214, 0216, 0230, 0233, 0351, 0404-0417, 0580, 0799, 0804-0809, 0856-0859, and 0877-0879 were revised. Established date is December 12, 2005, but new point data must be used after the effective date of March 12, 2006.
September 29, 2006	91 new points are added (1359-1449), effective date on September 29, 2006
October 5, 2007	74 new points are added (1450-1522), effective date on October 5, 2007

The first technical document ("About The Data") describes how to use the geodetic and grid data from the survey control points, definitions of various survey terms, distance reductions, convergence angles, and types of elevation datum. The second document contains the original description of the Tennessee Coordinate System of 1983. The third and fourth documents were sent to local Knoxville surveyors in January 2003 to explain and clarify platting issues. You can download Adobe Reader free in order to view these documents.

File name	Size	# Pages	Rev. Date
About-the-data.pdf	25 kb	3	January 2003
(TCA) Chapter66-6.pdf	14 kb	3	December 2002
Letter-to-area-surveyors.pdf	347 kb	4	January 2003
New-stamps-Jan-2003.pdf	7 kb	1	January 2003
See Land Development Manual - Appendix A for the Plat Review Checklist.
See Land Development Manual - Appendix C for Policy 17 (SCS requirements).

Your cooperation is requested in maintaining the survey control network. Please prevent any damage or destruction to the survey control monuments, particularly during construction or paving work. Contact the Civil Engineering Section at 865-215-6100 (Don Jenkins or Richard Skaggs) to report disturbed or missing survey control points, or with any possible data discrepancies.

The Minimum Subdivision Regulations (MSR) for Knoxville and Knox County requires that surveys must be tied and rotated to the City's survey control system. Contact the Stormwater Engineering Section at 865-215-2148 (Molly Hyatt or Floyd Smith) for questions about survey control requirements and survey plat issues. Many topics can be answered by downloading either the Plat Review Checklist, the LDM Policy 17, or the Letter To Area Surveyors.

A general reminder:

KnoxnetWhere? is an interactive mapping KGIS website for general use that displays property ownership, addresses, buildings, streets, land use zoning, wards, voting precincts, school zones, CLT map numbers, parcel IDs, recorded deed references, city limits, political boundaries, etc.