Our local department of natural resources (different in RI and MA) have differing requirements for setbacks from the wetlands, but the process is fairly similar - you end up getting a wetlands biologist to "flag" the edge of the wetland (literally, set little flags into what they consider to be the edge) and then you hire a surveyor to survey the property, including the locations of these flags.

@Don MillerTimelineRequested a survey at the end of August 2022, took about 6 weeks to get that back. 

He did a survey to back up MikeOH's claims.

Josh, what do you think about sending out a brief survey to all members?

1.5 years construction site, 10 vacation days wasted, 4 assembly appointments, 2 planning appointments, 2 surveying appointments, broken electrical appliances, countless emails and telephone calls ...

surveys?

They could also be adjustments from the old survey method of 'links and chains' to the new satellite GPS.

Alternatively, one might also be able to have a septic design and biology survey conducted to bypass this hearing. 

Hi guys Similar position to this poster but purchasing 3 small houses in maryland for 60-85k each.Closing costs seem high though they are including 14 months of prepaid taxes and homeowners insurance in their figure.On a $65k loanPrepaidOrigination fee $726Tax service to first American $89Flood certification $8Title services $750Total prepaid $1550Origination fee $250Appraisal $575Credit report $7514 mo homeowners insurance $70014 mo taxes $2880Title services and lender title insurance $422Owners title insurance $300Recording fees $175Transfer taxes $2000 (split with seller so mine are $1000)Survey $250Misc fees $160Total CC $9797.80 minus the $1000 transfer tax split is $8797.80Kicker is I have 3 houses at this cost.

In my worst of situations, this is usually where the problem gets solved.Worst case scenario, you can always order a survey (I wouldn't recommend doing this unless you have the property under contract).