In 2020, GeoModel, Inc. conducted a Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) survey at the Historic Pioneer Cemetery located in South Lake Tahoe, California. GeoModel, Inc. located and confirmed 105 burials in the cemetery, during the survey. Members of the Lake Tahoe Historic Society are shown with Matthew Turner, PG, of GeoModel, Inc., in the photo above. … [Read more...]
Stanton Family Cemetery Survey Conducted by GeoModel, Inc.
Earlier this year in 2020, GeoModel, Inc. conducted a grave locating survey at the Stanton Family Cemetery in Buckingham County, Virginia. The cemetery is approximately 65 feet by 68 feet and contains a total of 49 burials. The cemetery grave survey was conducted by Matthew Turner, a GeoModel, Inc. nationally-known, Licensed Professional with a Master's degree and over 20 years of experience in grave location. Mr. Turner confirmed the 36 known burials and located an additional 13 unmarked … [Read more...]
GeoModel, Inc. Electromagnetic Conductivity Survey (EM Survey) at a Colorado Landfill
GeoModel, Inc. conducted an Electromagnetic Conductivity survey (EM survey) at a landfill site in Colorado. The client needed to locate the boundaries of the landfill cells. The EM survey successfully delineated numerous landfill cells, which are high in conductivity (increasing in value from yellow, orange, red, to pink colors). Background (neutral) EM survey readings are represented by green and light blue colors. Dark blue colors can represent very low background EM survey readings … [Read more...]
Urenco USA Facility, Eunice, New Mexico
GeoModel, Inc. completed a nearly three-year utility location contract at the Urenco USA Uranium Enrichment Facility near Eunice, New Mexico. The GeoModel, Inc. contract was for marking utilities in the field and creating 400 as-built utility maps in AutoCAD format for the one square mile facility. These maps were used by the numerous on-site construction companies and facilities management for locating utilities prior to excavation activities. GeoModel, Inc. used ground penetrating radar … [Read more...]
Fox News – GeoModel, Inc. Interview
Greta Van Susteren of Fox News came to the office of GeoModel, Inc. to obtain information on ground penetrating radar (GPR). Greta Van Susteren interviewed Matthew Turner, GeoModel's ground penetrating radar expert who is a licensed professional geologist with over twenty years of GPR experience. GeoModel, Inc. gave a demonstration of the GPR equipment and the GPR images that can be obtained. Fox News' Greta Van Susteren was interested in information about the ability of ground penetrating … [Read more...]
CNN – GeoModel, Inc. Interview
Matthew Turner of GeoModel, Inc. was on the CNN Wolf Blitzer television news reports program. Matthew Turner was interviewed by a CNN national security correspondent at the GeoModel office. CNN was interested in the use of ground penetrating radar (GPR) to locate subsurface objects. Matthew Turner discussed the operating principles of ground penetrating radar and, using the GPR equipment, demonstrated the ability of ground penetrating radar to locate buried objects, such as utilities, deep … [Read more...]
Cemetery Preservation Work Continues
GeoModel, Inc.'s Matthew Turner conducted a ground penetrating radar (GPR) survey to help locate gravesites in an African-American graveyard in the woods across from the Leesburg Executive Airport, south of Leesburg, Virginia. … [Read more...]
How to Locate Underground Utilities
How to Locate Underground Utilities By Matthew Turner, PG Vice President GeoModel, Inc. www.geomodel.com Locating underground utilities should be performed by an experienced licensed professional with many years of locating utilities. Many times, buried utilities are located by people from Low-Cost Locating Companies with only little experience and with limited locating equipment, which can lead to unidentified utilities that will be hit during excavation. Many people have been … [Read more...]
Ground Penetrating Radar Survey Locates Source of Surface Water Ponding in Rail Yard
A rail services yard in Texas was losing thousands of gallons of water. Water ponding on the surface of the ground indicated serious leaks in the buried metal water pipes below, but officials at the site had no idea where all of the leaks were located. To find out, the rail services yard needed an in-depth survey -- and looked for a survey company that could work around issues such as the Texas clay soil and railroad tracks that could interfere with traditional metal detection readings. They … [Read more...]
Case Study: Preserving African-American Heritage with Ground Penetrating Radar
The staff and directors of Avoca Museum knew that there were former African-American slaves and at least one native American buried on the museum grounds, but they were lacking critical information. Discovered in 2005, the cemetery presented three major challenges, says Avoca Museum Director Michael Hudson. “Many local families strongly believe they have ancestors buried here. Unfortunately, because the records of these burials are either non-existent or have been lost, we were not sure … [Read more...]