Los Angeles County · Land Surveying
Huntington Park was laid out in 1906 as a streetcar suburb, and its DNA is density: compact lots, houses close to their lines, and Pacific Boulevard's storefronts running wall to wall. On parcels this tight, a survey is often the difference between a plan that works and one that does not.
On lots this compact, the survey question is usually specific — tell us yours and we will scope to it. Call (213) 787-3342 to talk it through.
Everything in Huntington Park sits close together. Residential lots were platted small for streetcar-era workers' housing, and over a century they have filled with additions, second units, long driveways, and garages tucked to the rear corners. The margin between a legal setback and an encroachment is often measured in inches, which is exactly the precision a survey exists to provide.
Pacific Boulevard adds the commercial layer — a nearly two-mile corridor of storefronts that remains one of the county's busiest shopping streets, where buildings share walls and lot lines have been occupied for generations. Transactions and remodels along the corridor raise the classic dense-urban questions: party walls, shared access, and title exceptions that need physical locations.
The original plats are more than a century old, and the neighborhood has been rebuilt over them several times: streets widened, alleys vacated, utilities trenched, houses extended. Original monuments are the exception rather than the rule, so retracement builds from the surviving evidence across each block and the recorded geometry — the fences alone cannot be trusted, because generations of them have inherited each other's errors.
The practical work follows the density. ADU conversions need setbacks measured from located lines because there is no slack to absorb a guess. Fence and wall replacements between narrow lots need the line staked before forms are set. And corridor buildings changing hands need ALTA/NSPS surveys that plot each shared wall and easement where it physically stands.
Six services do the heavy lifting on these blocks:
Huntington Park owners most often reach out about:
A Huntington Park scope comes together from a few basics:
Record research comes first, then a confirmed scope, then field crews and the final map or exhibit. Our how it works page shows each step.
Yes — tight access changes the field technique, not the result. We set the line with points where they are usable, offset marks where the line itself is inaccessible, and document everything on the map so your contractor can work from the stakes with confidence.
The survey establishes where the line runs beneath the shared pavement — ownership follows the line, while rights to keep using the driveway are a title question that may involve recorded or implied easements. The measured map is the starting document either way.
Purchases and refinances drive ALTA/NSPS surveys with the shared walls and title exceptions plotted; remodels drive as-built and site plan work. Corridor buildings are old and interdependent, so the survey's job is showing precisely how each parcel and structure relate.
Legalization starts with documentation: an as-built survey shows what exists and where it sits relative to the located property lines, which is what your designer needs to assess setbacks and propose the path forward. We provide the measured facts; the permitting strategy belongs to your design professional.
Generally, yes. Exterior boundary and setback work needs yard access, not interior entry — we coordinate timing with you or your manager and leave the site as found. Tell us about occupancy when you call and we will plan around it.
We serve property throughout Huntington Park and across Los Angeles County — request a survey quote for any parcel in the area.
Survey scope and deliverables depend on title records, site conditions, and what your project requires. Call (213) 787-3342 to discuss the property and the survey you need.
Call Southern California Land Surveyors at (213) 787-3342 or describe your Huntington Park project in the contact form, and we will quote the scope that fits it.