Benchmark Retrieval System

This site contains Alberta Agriculture and Irrigation data. Since 1968, Water Infrastructure and Operations Branch has installed benchmarks to support its water resource management activities. A benchmark is a relatively permanent object, natural or artificial, whose geodetic elevation is known. Benchmark data consists of surveyed elevations and the name of the benchmark.

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Benchmark

How to get started

Use the search tool to search for a location. Search address, lot block plan, legal land description, postal code or benchmark name. After the search zooms the map close to a benchmark, clicking the benchmark marker will pop-up a map tip. The map tip contains the benchmark name, elevation and a link titled – Survey Report. To determine the exact field location and for more information on the benchmark, click on the link to open up available documentation.

Additional Information

Water Infrastructure and Operations Branch (WIOB) has installed benchmarks to support its water resource management activities. A benchmark is a relatively permanent object, natural or artificial, whose geodetic elevation is known. The Benchmark data consists of surveyed elevations and the name of the benchmark. The Alberta Government owns these benchmarks, however they may not be under Alberta Government control and there is no way of knowing if a benchmark has been disturbed or destroyed.

Most benchmark locations are calculated to the centre of a quarter-section based on the Alberta Township Survey

For further benchmark information please contact WIOB at (403) 585-6701 or by e-mail at ashley.bracken@gov.ab.ca