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Surveyors tell Vermillion County commissioners legacy mine work shifted section lines, complicating plans to pave 1800 South
Summary
Surveyors and residents told the county that Peabody-era mining shifted roads and section corners around 1800 South near Universal, creating access questions for private properties and legal uncertainty for paving and ditch work; commissioners agreed to prioritize a focused survey and coordinate with the county attorney and highway department.
Jim Smith, who said he performed historical and recent surveys for local residents, told commissioners that Peabody mine activity in the 1960s and 1970s moved roads and destroyed original right-of-way markers, leaving modern county maps mismatched with physical monuments. He showed aerial and GIS imagery and pointed to recent private surveys that follow raised monuments rather than historic section lines.
"Where is the center of the road? Is it where the center of the road was in 1960? Is it where it…
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