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Albany County, Wyoming
Land Surveying in Albany County, WY
Boundary, topographic, and construction staking surveys that put the design on the ground accurately the first time. Albany County is covered on a project basis through our Denver, CO regional hub.
- Dispatched from
- Denver, CO regional hub · project-based mobilization
- Lead time
- Set in the proposal, with mobilization planned around your pour and earthwork schedule
- Laboratory
- Sugar Land, TX laboratory under chain of custody, or a mobile laboratory for large projects
- Reporting
- Reviewed and issued under a documented quality system; formatted for owner, engineer, and building-official review
- Serving
- Albany County, WY — Cheyenne, Casper, Laramie
- Coverage
- Wyoming statewide · 27 regional hubs
- Technicians
- ACI- and NICET-certified field staff; licensed professionals in Wyoming
- Call us
- (346) 420-5425
Scope
Survey services in Albany County
- Boundary and title surveys for acquisition and permitting
- Topographic surveys for civil design
- Construction staking: building corners, utilities, paving, and grades
- As-built surveys for closeout and conveyance
Full scope, standards list, and pricing basis: Land Surveying.
Local conditions
Survey conditions in Albany County
Albany County sits at elevation, stretching across high-plains terrain where the Laramie Basin meets the Medicine Bow foothills. Construction here—whether it is a commercial development near Laramie, a utility corridor across open rangeland, or a residential subdivision platted under Wyoming state statutes—depends on survey control that accounts for significant grade changes, variable soil conditions, and property descriptions that often trace back to original BLM rectangular survey patents. Errors caught on paper cost time; errors discovered after grading or foundation work cost significantly more. Our firm dispatches licensed survey crews into Albany County from our Denver regional hub, coordinating boundary, topographic, and construction staking assignments on a scheduled basis. Work is performed under the supervision of a Wyoming-licensed Professional Land Surveyor, and every deliverable is tied to verified control so that what the designer drew is what gets built—correctly the first time.
Albany County's high-altitude climate compresses the reliable construction window, with late-season snowfall and freeze-thaw cycles that can affect both field crew access and the stability of temporary survey stakes driven into seasonally frost-affected ground. Rangeland and basin parcels in the county frequently carry metes-and-bounds or government-lot descriptions referencing section corners that require field recovery before boundary work can proceed.
FAQ · Albany County
How does the high elevation and seasonal frost in Albany County affect construction staking schedules?
Frost penetration at Laramie-area elevations can make it difficult to set durable hubs and stakes early or late in the season. We coordinate with your project schedule to time staking after ground conditions allow proper set depth, and we note in deliverables any stakes that should be re-checked after a hard freeze or significant thaw cycle to confirm they have not heaved or shifted.
Can you tie survey control to existing section corners on BLM-patented land in Albany County?
Yes. Many parcels in Albany County originate from the Public Land Survey System, and boundary work typically requires locating and documenting original GLO or BLM monumentation—section corners, quarter corners, and witness trees or accessories—before a boundary can be retraced. Our crews research available corner records through the Wyoming State Board of Land Commissioners and BLM prior to fieldwork.
What horizontal and vertical datum should we specify for a topographic survey on an Albany County commercial project?
For most commercial and public-works projects we recommend NAD 83 (2011 epoch) for horizontal control and NAVD 88 for vertical datum, which aligns with Wyoming Department of Transportation and most municipal plan submittal requirements. If your design team or owner specifies a local assumed datum, we document the relationship to published control so the file can be re-referenced if needed.
Which office covers survey in Albany County, WY?
Field work in Albany County is dispatched through the Denver, CO regional hub, about 113 miles away. Laboratory testing is performed in Sugar Land, TX under chain of custody, or in a mobile laboratory mobilized to large Albany County projects.
Are the technicians you send to Albany County certified?
Field sampling and testing in Albany County are performed by our ACI- and NICET-certified technicians. Survey engineering and professional services are delivered with professionals licensed in Wyoming, coordinated under one proposal.
Scheduling & proposals
Need land surveying in Albany County?
Call to schedule a technician, or send project documents for a written proposal.