PLOT PLANS

Includes trees, ground cover, railroad tracks, sewer lines, fences, water, and sand.

• landscape plan
• topographical features
• closed contour lines
• blue

Recorded in degrees and sometimes minutes and seconds from either north or south.

• meridian arrow
• contour line
• bearing angles
• benchmark

This color represents water (streams, lakes, marshes, ponds) on topographical drawings.

• green
• red
• blue
• yellow

Represented by a short dashed line similar to a hidden line.

• closed contour lines
• contour line
• estimated contours
• bearing angles

Also known as the north symbol.

• benchmark
• closed contour lines
• meridian arrow
• contour line

A line connecting points that have the same elevation.

• estimated contours
• closed contour lines
• contour line
• topographical features

Identified with a special symbol on a plot plan where a property corner begins or ends.

• meridian arrow
• benchmark
• contour line
• bearing angles

Illustrates the type and placement of trees, shrubs, flowers, gardens, and pools on the site.

• topographical features
• closed contour lines
• benchmark
• landscape plan

Represents summits and depressions.

• estimated contours
• topographical features
• closed contour lines
• landscape plan

On topographical drawings, vegetation is represented by this color.

• yellow
• blue
• green
• red