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Russell Surveyors & Associates Inc

About Russel 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! Contact us if you have any questions!

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Anthony Martin, PLS

Professional 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 2005 to 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, PLS

Principal / 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)

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