Live Presentation Webinar

Ordinary High Water Mark Within Boundary Survey Practice

Florida Course Number 9745

(6 continuing education credits)

Instructor:  David Melvin, PLS, CFM

Ordinary High Water Mark Within Boundary Survey Practice, is a live presentation webinar about surveying the ordinary high water mark as an essential element in many Florida boundary surveys. Recent changes in the Florida’s Standards of Practice make it more important than ever for surveyors to understand water boundaries.  Under Florida law the OHWM is the boundaries of some water bodies.  The webinar will provide guidance on procedures and evidence to support a legally defensible location of the this type of boundary.  Topics will include, relevant Florida case law, historic research, field indicators, navigability test, and survey methods.

Webinar Topics Include:

Þ Non-Tidal Water Boundary Issues

Þ Sovereignty Submerged Lands

Þ Navigability

Þ Ordinary High Water Mark

Þ Ordinary High Water Mark Indicators

Þ Soil Indicators

Þ Vegetation Indicators

Þ Community Rating System

Þ Geomorphic Indicators

Þ Hydrologic Indicators

Þ Ordinary High Water Line Delineation Methodology

Þ Historic Research of Water levels

Þ Historic Land Use Records Relative to Topography

Þ Location of Field Indicators

Þ Survey Procedures