Rutzen Survey Services

09/24/2023

Sometimes surveyors need a break too! The old Rutzen Survey truck got a workout in the montana mountains!

06/15/2022

Winner, winner again. Thanks Sieler Instruments!

Our May photo contest winner is Tim Rutzen from Rutzen Survey Services! Tim was out surveying farm buildings and got a little assistance from a friend.

You can enter to win our photo contest here: https://hubs.la/Q01dtLbg0

06/01/2022

Extra, Extra, read all about it......I made the front page of the Wisconsin Professional Surveyor magazine! They must have been desperate for content, ha!

04/19/2022

Only a few days left to get into the raffle for this awesome rod n reel combo donated by Rutzen Survey Services. Amazing non-profit organization, doing some great things, check them out!
https://www.facebook.com/2078845972415558/posts/2836006333366181/

03/28/2022

Amazing non-profit organization! Please donate if you are able, all proceeds go to a great cause, plus you get a chance to win this great rod/reel combo!

03/24/2022

Day 4 of National Surveyors Week is all about the adventures of surveying. This is the main reason why I love my job. If you want to be outside, enjoy the great outdoors and if you like to get a little muddy, wet, bitten by bugs, sweaty, cut up by thorns, this job may be for you:) The good thing for me, is I love all those things!

03/23/2022

Day 3 of National Surveyors week is a quick lesson in history in surveying. Did you know that in Wisconsin, the PLSS (Public Land Survey System) was put in place beginning in 1832 and concluding in around 1866. This system is what all legal descriptions for your property are most likely derived from. The system first creates Township lines every 6 miles and then 1 mile x 1 mile sections which are then broken down further into what you now probably call "forties" or 40 +\- acres and then further into smaller lots that are probably what your house is on today. These surveyors back then did this all by long hand math, walking or horseback, used base camps and can only imagine the wildlife , bad weather and hardships they endured along the way. Metal was hard to find or too expensive, so many time they would use found stones, chip them down to a square shape and chisel crosses into them to mark these corners. Sometimes it's good to look back and appreciate what others have done for us in the past to have what we have today.

03/22/2022

In honor of national surveyors week, I will try and post pics daily. Today, I am thankful for all my helpers throughout the first few years. Rutzen Survey Services wouldn't be where it is without them.then. Thank you so much Kris, Travis and Wyatt, you guys all rock! Thanks for all the effort, fighting bugs, swamps, hot and cold days and dealing w the crazy stuff I throw you into.

03/22/2022

National Surveyors week this week! Remember the land you live on, hike on, hunt on......was first established by a surveyor. The roads you drive on, the bridges you cross rivers on, the buildings you work at....we're laid out by a surveyor. Nearly all new construction, engineering and design starts with a surveyor. This profession is commonly overlooked and misunderstood, but can assure you that it is so rewarding and has endless opportunities for any upcoming kids looking for work.

03/03/2022

Move outta the way Bessie, I'm trying to get some work done;)

01/20/2022

Winner, winner for December photo contest! For this government corner, I had to chip through the ice with my shovel at the computed location, lay down on the ice and reach under to find the corner under the water. Super cool day, super cool photo:)
https://www.facebook.com/256557674468507/posts/3281197415337836/?substory_index=0

Congratulations to our December photo contest winner, Tim Rutzen from Rutzen Survey Services! Tim used a Trimble Geospatial R12 to locate survey monuments in Wisconsin in winter. You can enter to win our photo contest at the link below.
https://hubs.la/Q0127Cjc0

10/22/2021

Who wants to become a surveyor? Happy friday from Rutzen Survey Services!