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Found a map from 1923 at a garage sale that showed a creek running right through my backyard
I looked up the historical maps online and turns out that creek was real but got buried in the 1950s when they built the neighborhood, has anyone else ever discovered something crazy about their property from old maps?
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patricia3857d ago
Oh wow, check local flood insurance maps too since that buried creek could still affect drainage!
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sandra1467d ago
Yeah did you actually have to deal with flood insurance stuff? When I bought my place I found out the hard way that the old drainage ditch on the property line was basically useless after decades of neglect. I ended up paying for a surveyor to map out the actual water flow patterns during a heavy rain, which saved me from a nightmare later. That map alone helped me negotiate a better rate on my policy.
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