About Russell Surveyors & Associates
Russell Surveyors & Associates was established in September 2004 out of a desire to provide quality land surveying and engineering services to the communities of South Central Colorado.
Our founder, Daniel M. Russell, retired after more than 33 years of land surveying experience in the San Luis Valley, Colorado, and New Mexico areas. As a geologist by degree, Dan was exposed to land surveying while growing up when his father was a professional engineer and land surveyor. After working in the mining industry as a geologist, he had the opportunity to work for a land surveying company. Since that time, as a private surveyor, he was actively involved in all aspects of surveying, business management, employee supervision and training, and project management.
Although Dan is still involved in the background, he has passed the reins of management to his longtime employee, Tony Martin. Learn more about them both below!
Anthony Martin, PLSProfessional Land Surveyor
Experience:
Tony is a Professional Land Surveyor with over twenty years of land surveying and construction staking experience. His experience includes large-and small-scale boundary surveys, both patented and non-patented mining claims retraction, claim staking, underground mining control, and as-built surveys, single and multi-family housing developments, construction staking, road staking, annexations, ALTA/NSPS surveys, topographic surveys, and drone surveys. Tony is responsible for all aspects of business and project management, including meeting with clients, employee supervision and training, project bidding and billing, scheduling, drafting, and survey calculations, and signing of completed survey projects.
Professional Registration:
State of Colorado PLS No. 38317 July 2012
Certified Federal Surveyor (CFedS) No. 1724 June 2016
Employment History:
President and Owner July 2025 to Present
Russell Surveyors & Associates, Inc.
Alamosa, Colorado
Survey Technician and Land Surveyor November 2005to July 2025
Russell Surveyors & Associates, Inc.
Alamosa, Colorado
Survey Technician August 2004 to October 2005
Summit Engineering
Alamosa, Colorado
Operator / Grade Checker October 2000 to August 2004
SLV Earth Movers, Inc.
Alamosa, Colorado
Education:
Tony Graduated from Battle Mountain High School in Battle Mountain, Nevada, in 1990. Subsequent to his graduation, he has completed various coursework at Boise State University, Southern Nevada Community College, and Adams State College. While employed at Russell Surveyors & Associates, Tony has completed over 500 hours of continuing education courses, including Mineral Survey Retracement, Railroad surveying, Colorado Easement and Boundary Law, several courses on the Public Land Survey System, and several GPS courses.
Professional Memberships:
Professional Land Surveyors of Colorado (PLSC)
National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS)
Daniel M. Russell, PLSPrincipal / President
Dan has worked in the land surveying field for over 30 years, actively involved in all aspects of surveying, including large and small scale boundary surveys, topographic, architectural and right-of-way surveys, ALTA, improvement and mortgage surveys, underground (mining), patented mining claim retracement, claim staking, subdivision design, layout, construction staking and GPS control surveys including large-scale aerial mapping control. He has been involved in all aspects of business management, employee supervision and training and project management.
Professional Registration:
State of Colorado PLS No. 22583 1984
State of Arizona PLS No. 22780 1989
State of New Mexico PLS No. 11658 1992
Employment History:
President - Principal 2004 to Present
Russell Surveyors and Associates, Inc.
Alamosa, Colorado
Vice-President - Principal 1993 to 2004
Davis Engineering Service, Inc
Alamosa, Colorado
President - Principal 1981 to 1993
Russell Engineering Services, Inc.
Alamosa, Colorado
Education:
Dan has attended over 500 hours of continuous education classes in the field of surveying. He has also assisted in the research and preparation of the book “Madson, on Colorado Real Property Boundary Law” (1983).
Adams State College 1976
BS Degree, Geology, Cum Laude
Alamosa, Colorado
Alamosa High School 1971
Alamosa, Colorado
Professional Memberships:
Professional Land Surveyors of Colorado
Member of Colorado Association of County Surveyors (Past President 1999 - 2003)