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PO0591  DESIGNATION -  BRUCE
PO0591  PID         -  PO0591
PO0591  STATE/COUNTY-  WI/CLARK
PO0591  USGS QUAD   -  MERRILLAN (1984)
PO0591
PO0591                         *CURRENT SURVEY CONTROL
PO0591  ___________________________________________________________________
PO0591* NAD 83(1991)-  44 26 38.53792(N)    090 47 36.17578(W)     ADJUSTED
PO0591* NAVD 88     -       415.1    (meters)    1362.     (feet)  VERTCON
PO0591  ___________________________________________________________________
PO0591  LAPLACE CORR-          -6.49  (seconds)                    DEFLEC99
PO0591  GEOID HEIGHT-         -32.75  (meters)                     GEOID99
PO0591
PO0591  HORZ ORDER  -  FIRST
PO0591
PO0591.The horizontal coordinates were established by classical geodetic methods
PO0591.and adjusted by the National Geodetic Survey in March 1999.
PO0591
PO0591.The NAVD 88 height was computed by applying the VERTCON shift value to
PO0591.the NGVD 29 height (displayed under SUPERSEDED SURVEY CONTROL.)
PO0591
PO0591.The Laplace correction was computed from DEFLEC99 derived deflections.
PO0591
PO0591.The geoid height was determined by GEOID99.
PO0591
PO0591;                    North         East     Units   Scale      Converg.
PO0591;SPC WI C     -    68,168.844   536,845.304   MT  0.99996898 -0 33 35.3
PO0591;UTM  15      - 4,923,561.290   675,589.775   MT  0.99997918 +1 32 43.8
PO0591
PO0591:                Primary Azimuth Mark                     Grid Az
PO0591:SPC WI C     -  NEILLSVILLE MUNICIPAL TOWER              051 58 23.1
PO0591:UTM  15      -  NEILLSVILLE MUNICIPAL TOWER              049 52 04.0
PO0591
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PO0591| PID    Reference Object                     Distance      Geod. Az  |
PO0591|                                                           dddmmss.s |
PO0591| PO0615 NEILLSVILLE MUNICIPAL TOWER         APPROX.20.6 KM 0512447.8 |
PO0591| PO0592 BRUCE MOUND LOOKOUT                 188.568 METERS 08444     |
PO0591|        BRUCE RM 1                           20.449 METERS 10307     |
PO0591|        BRUCE AZ MK                                        1545824.8 |
PO0591| PO0598 BLACK RIVER FALLS MICROWAVE         APPROX. 8.8 KM 2062917.4 |
PO0591| PO0602 ALMA CENTER MUN TANK                APPROX. 9.2 KM 2624454.1 |
PO0591| PO0594 MERRILLAN MUNICIPAL TANK            APPROX. 3.8 KM 2814345.7 |
PO0591|        BRUCE RM 2                           13.542 METERS 35043     |
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PO0591
PO0591                          SUPERSEDED SURVEY CONTROL
PO0591
PO0591  NAD 83(1991)-  44 26 38.53754(N)    090 47 36.17520(W) AD(       ) 1
PO0591  NAD 83(1986)-  44 26 38.53420(N)    090 47 36.18369(W) AD(       ) 1
PO0591  NAD 27      -  44 26 38.66600(N)    090 47 35.66600(W) AD(       ) 1
PO0591  NGVD 29     -       415.1    (m)         1362.     (f) VERT ANG
PO0591
PO0591.Superseded values are not recommended for survey control.
PO0591.NGS no longer adjusts projects to the NAD 27 or NGVD 29 datums.
PO0591.See file dsdata.txt to determine how the superseded data were derived.
PO0591
PO0591_MARKER: DS = TRIANGULATION STATION DISK
PO0591_SETTING: 7 = SET IN TOP OF CONCRETE MONUMENT
PO0591_MAGNETIC: N = NO MAGNETIC MATERIAL
PO0591
PO0591  HISTORY     - Date     Condition        Recov. By
PO0591  HISTORY     - 1934     MONUMENTED       CGS
PO0591  HISTORY     - 1959     GOOD             FAS
PO0591  HISTORY     - 1967     GOOD             USGS
PO0591  HISTORY     - 1968     GOOD             USGS
PO0591  HISTORY     - 1969     GOOD             CGS
PO0591  HISTORY     - 1981     GOOD             NGS
PO0591
PO0591                          STATION DESCRIPTION
PO0591
PO0591''DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1934 (CAS)
PO0591''THIS STATION IS ABOUT 2 MILES EAST OF MERRILLAN, 11 MILES
PO0591''NORTH OF BLACK RIVER FALLS, AND 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEILLSVILLE,
PO0591''NEAR THE CENTER OF SEC. 30, T. 23 N., R. 3 W., ON LAND OWNED
PO0591''AND OCCUPIED BY STANLEY KUROWSKI WHO LIVES TO THE WEST OF THE
PO0591''STATION, AT BASE OF HILL.  THE STATION IS ON THE WEST KNOLL
PO0591''OF MOUND LOCALLY KNOWN AS BRUCE MOUND, ABOUT 300 YARDS WEST
PO0591''OF THE BRUCE MOUND LOOKOUT TOWER, AND IN THE CENTER OF
PO0591''FOUNDATIONS OF OLD LOOKOUT TOWER.  THE MARK PROJECTS 5 INCHES.
PO0591''
PO0591''TO REACH FROM MERRILLAN, FROM THE INTERSECTION OF U.S. HIGHWAY
PO0591''12 AND STATE HIGHWAY 95, GO EAST ON HIGHWAY 95 FOR 3.55 MILES
PO0591''TO DIRT SIDE ROAD LEADING SOUTH, THENCE SOUTH ON THIS ROAD
PO0591''0.85 MILE TO SOUTH EDGE OF FIELD AND GATE.  GO THROUGH GATE
PO0591''AND THENCE WEST ALONG THE SOUTH EDGE OF FIELD FOR ABOUT 0.25
PO0591''MILE TO A CLEARING ON THE LEFT.  FOLLOW THIS CLEARING (C.W.A.
PO0591''ROAD) SOUTH AND WEST TO ITS END (0.4 MILE).  THIS IS THE END OF
PO0591''ANY CONVEYANCE TRAVEL, ONLY A LIGHT TRUCK CAN BE DRIVEN THIS FAR.
PO0591''FROM THE END OF THE C.W.A. ROAD AT SADDLE, FOLLOW UP DRAW
PO0591''ABOUT 75 YARDS ALONG DIM TRAIL, THENCE TO THE LEFT ALONG
PO0591''RIDGE ABOUT 250 YARDS TO STATION.
PO0591''
PO0591''REFERENCE MARK NO. 1 IS EAST OF THE STATION, ON TOP OF RIDGE
PO0591''RUNNING EAST FROM THE STATION, AND PROJECTS 4 INCHES.  THE
PO0591''DISTANCE BETWEEN THE REFERENCE MARKS IS 93.50 FEET.
PO0591''
PO0591''REFERENCE MARK NO. 2 IS NORTH OF THE STATION, ON THE NORTHEAST
PO0591''SLOPE OF RIDGE RUNNING NORTH FROM THE STATION, AND PROJECTS
PO0591''4 INCHES.
PO0591''
PO0591''THE AZIMUTH MARK IS SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF THE STATION, 15 FEET
PO0591''SOUTH OF THE CENTER LINE OF ROAD, 6 INCHES NORTH OF FENCE
PO0591''LINE, 0.45 MILE WEST OF CROSSROADS WHICH ARE 0.45 MILE SOUTH
PO0591''OF SOUTH EDGE OF FIELD, WHERE YOU TURN TO GO TO STATION.
PO0591''THE MARK PROJECTS 10 INCHES.
PO0591''
PO0591''A 4-FOOT SIGNAL AT SADDLE COMES INTO VIEW AT 37 FEET.
PO0591''
PO0591''A 4-FOOT SIGNAL AT WINKLER IS VISIBLE FROM THE GROUND*.
PO0591''
PO0591''A 4-FOOT SIGNAL AT MILLS IS VISIBLE FROM THE GROUND*.
PO0591''
PO0591''A 47-FOOT SIGNAL AT FAIRCHILD COMES INTO VIEW AT 37 FEET.
PO0591''
PO0591''A 47-FOOT SIGNAL AT NEILLSVILLE IS VISIBLE FROM THE GROUND*.
PO0591''
PO0591''A 74-FOOT SIGNAL AT FAIR COMES INTO VIEW AT 37 FEET.
PO0591''
PO0591''SURFACE, UNDERGROUND, REFERENCE AND AZIMUTH MARKS ARE STANDARD
PO0591''BRONZE DISKS SET IN CONCRETE POSTS.
PO0591''
PO0591''NOTE*--WITH VERY LITTLE CLEARING WILL SEE FROM THE GROUND.
PO0591
PO0591                          STATION RECOVERY (1959)
PO0591
PO0591''RECOVERY NOTE BY FAIRCHILD AERIAL SURVEYS 1959
PO0591''STATION WAS FOUND IN GOOD CONDITION.  A LOOKOUT TOWER HAS
PO0591''BEEN ERECTED OVER THE STATION MARK.  THE EXACT LOCATION OF THE
PO0591''CENTER OF THE SQUARE STEEL TOWER IS 2.75 FEET FROM THE STATION
PO0591''IN GRID AZIMUTH 230 DEG 24 MIN.
PO0591
PO0591                          STATION RECOVERY (1967)
PO0591
PO0591''RECOVERY NOTE BY US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1967
PO0591''THE STATION, R.M. 1 AND R.M. 2 WERE FOUND AS DESCRIBED.  A
PO0591''NEW TO REACH DESCRIPTION FOLLOWS--TO REACH THE STATION FROM
PO0591''MERRILLAN POST OFFICE, GO SOUTH 1/2 BLOCK TO JUNCTION WISC.
PO0591''95, TURN LEFT AND GO 0.7 MILE TO A R.R. CROSSING AND A ROAD
PO0591''JUNCTION.  EAST OF THE CROSSING, TURN LEFT ON THE GRAVEL ROAD
PO0591''AND GO EAST AND S.E. 1.7 MILES TO A TRAIL JUNCTION AND TELEPHONE
PO0591''LINE LEADING EAST.  FOLLOW THE TRAIL AND TELEPHONE LINE,
PO0591''CLIMBING TO THE CREST OF A STEEP HILL AND TO THE STATION.
PO0591''THE STATION IS 2.74 FT. S.W. OF THE CENTER OF BRUCE MOUNT
PO0591''LOOKOUT TOWER.
PO0591''
PO0591''AIRLINE DISTANCE AND DIRECTION FROM NEAREST TOWN--2 MILES
PO0591''EAST OF MERRILLAN.
PO0591
PO0591                          STATION RECOVERY (1968)
PO0591
PO0591''RECOVERY NOTE BY US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1968 (CAS)
PO0591''AZIMUTH MARK DESTROYED WITH CAP REMOVED.  AZIMUTH MARK FOUND
PO0591''IN ROAD DITCH.
PO0591''
PO0591''AIRLINE DISTANCE AND DIRECTION FROM NEAREST TOWN--2 MILES
PO0591''E OF MERRILLAN.
PO0591
PO0591                          STATION RECOVERY (1969)
PO0591
PO0591''RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1969 (LFS)
PO0591''THE STATION MARK, REFERENCE MARK 1 AND 2 WERE FOUND IN GOOD
PO0591''CONDITION.  THE AZIMUTH MARK WAS DESTROYED ACCORDING TO A
PO0591''REPORT OF THE USGS.  THERE WERE NO OBJECTS VISIBLE AT THIS
PO0591''TIME TO SET A NEW AZIMUTH MARK FROM.  THE DESCRIPTION IS VERY
PO0591''POOR AND A NEW DESCRIPTION FOLLOWS--
PO0591''
PO0591''THE STATION IS LOCATED ON THE WEST KNOLL OF BRUCE MOUND UNDER
PO0591''AND NEAR THE CENTER OF THE BRUCE MOUND LOOKOUT TOWER, 8 FEET
PO0591''NORTHEAST OF THE SOUTHWEST LEG OF THE LOOKOUT TOWER, 11 FEET
PO0591''SOUTHEAST OF THE NORTHWEST LEG, 14 FEET SOUTHWEST OF THE
PO0591''NORTHEAST LEG AND 12 FEET NORTHWEST OF THE SOUTHEAST LEG.
PO0591''THE MONUMENT PROJECTS 6 INCHES AND THE DISK IS STAMPED BRUCE
PO0591''1934.
PO0591''
PO0591''TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE MERRILLAN CITY HALL, GO EAST ON
PO0591''STATE HIGHWAY 95 FOR 0.65 MILE TO A ROAD FORK AFTER CROSSING
PO0591''RAILROAD TRACKS.  TURN RIGHT AND GO SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ON
PO0591''THE GRADED ROAD FOR 1.75 MILES TO A HOUSE ON THE RIGHT AND
PO0591''TELEPHONE POLES ON THE LEFT LEADING UPHILL TO LOOKOUT TOWER.
PO0591''FROM THIS POINT PACK EAST AND UPHILL FOR ABOUT 0.3 MILE TO THE
PO0591''LOOKOUT TOWER AND THE STATION.
PO0591''
PO0591''REFERENCE MARK 1 IS 56 FEET EAST OF THE SOUTHEAST LEG OF THE
PO0591''TOWER, 6 FEET WEST OF A 10 INCH PINE TREE, 12 FEET EAST OF
PO0591''A 14 INCH PINE TREE AND ON THE HIGHEST POINT OF A SMALL RIDGE
PO0591''RUNNING EAST.  THE MONUMENT PROJECTS 5 INCHES AND THE DISK
PO0591''IS STAMPED BRUCE NO. 1 1934.
PO0591''
PO0591''REFERENCE MARK 2 IS 34 FEET NORTH OF THE NORTHWEST LEG OF
PO0591''THE TOWER, 9 FEET NORTH OF A 10 INCH OAK TREE, 6 FEET EAST
PO0591''OF AN 8 INCH OAK TREE AND ON THE EAST SLOPE OF RIDGE RUNNING
PO0591''NORTHWEST.  THE MONUMENT PROJECTS 4 INCHES AND THE DISK IS
PO0591''STAMPED BRUCE NO 2 1934.
PO0591''
PO0591''AIRLINE DISTANCE AND DIRECTION FROM NEAREST TOWN--2 MILES
PO0591''E OF MERRILLAN.
PO0591
PO0591                          STATION RECOVERY (1981)
PO0591
PO0591''RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1981 (DCF)
PO0591''THE STATION MARK AND REFERENCE MARKS 1 AND 2 WERE RECOVERED
PO0591''AND FOUND IN GOOD CONDITION.  THE STATION APPEARS TO BE IN
PO0591''CLARK COUNTY, NOT JACKSON COUNTY AS STATED IN THE OLD DATA.
PO0591''THE DIRECTION BETWEEN THE REFERENCE MARKS COMPARED FAVORABLY
PO0591''WITH THE 1934 DATA BY C.A.S.  HOWEVER, THE DISTANCE TO
PO0591''REFERENCE MARK 1 WAS FOUND TO BE 0.009 METER SHORTER AND THE
PO0591''DISTANCE TO REFERENCE MARK 2 WAS FOUND TO BE 0.009 METER
PO0591''LONGER THAN THE 1934 DATA.  A NEW AND COMPLETE DESCRIPTION
PO0591''FOLLOWS.
PO0591''THE STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 19.3 KM (12 MI) SOUTHWEST OF
PO0591''NEILLSVILLE, 17.7 KM (11 MI) NORTH OF BLACK RIVER FALLS,
PO0591''3.2 KM (2 MI) EAST OF MERRILLAN, ON THE WEST END OF A HILL
PO0591''LOCALLY KNOWN AS BRUCE MOUND, UNDER THE BRUCE MOUND LOOKOUT
PO0591''TOWER, AND IN THE NW1/4,SEC30,T23N,R3W OF DEWHURST TOWNSHIP.
PO0591''OWNERSHIP--STATE OF WISCONSIN-CLARK COUNTY, MR. DON KIRN,
PO0591''CLARK COUNTY PARKS DEPARTMENT, CLARK COUNTY COURTHOUSE,
PO0591''PHONE NUMBER (715) 743-2490.
PO0591''
PO0591''TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE JUNCTION OF U.S. HIGHWAY 12
PO0591''AND STATE HIGHWAYS 27 AND 95 IN MERRILLAN, GO EAST ON STATE
PO0591''HIGHWAY 95 FOR 5.2 KM (3.2 MI) TO A PAVED ROAD ON THE RIGHT
PO0591''AND SIGN (BRUCE MOUND WINTER SPORTS AREA).  TURN RIGHT AND GO
PO0591''SOUTH ON BRUCE MOUND ROAD FOR 1.1 KM (0.7 MI) TO A GRAVEL ROAD
PO0591''ON THE RIGHT WITH A LOCKED CABLE ACROSS ROAD.  TURN RIGHT
PO0591''AND GO WESTERLY ON THE GRAVEL ROAD FOR 0.3 KM (0.2 MI) TO THE
PO0591''SKI LODGE.  CONTINUE WESTERLY ON A TRACK ROAD FOR 0.3 KM (0.2 MI)
PO0591''TO A SKI LIFT CROSSING AND CABLE SUPPORT POLE NUMBER 3 ON
PO0591''THE RIGHT.  CONTINUE WEST AND NORTHWESTERLY ON THE TRACK
PO0591''ROAD, UPHILL ON A SKI SLOPE, FOR 0.6 KM (0.35 MI) TO A
PO0591''SADDLE ABOUT 150 FEET WEST FROM THE TOP END OF A SKI LIFT,
PO0591''AND THE END OF TRUCK TRAVEL.  FROM HERE, PACK WESTERLY
PO0591''UP THE CREST OF THE RIDGE FOR ABOUT 200 YARDS TO THE BRUCE
PO0591''MOUND LOOKOUT TOWER AND THE STATION SITE.  (ABOUT A 15 MINUTE
PO0591''PACK.)
PO0591''
PO0591''THE STATION IS A STANDARD CGS DISK
PO0591''STAMPED---BRUCE 1934---,
PO0591''SET INTO THE TOP OF A ROUND CONCRETE MONUMENT 30 CM IN DIAMETER
PO0591''PROJECTING 3 CM ABOVE THE GROUND.  IT IS LOCATED
PO0591''4.97 METERS (16.3 FT) EAST-NORTHEAST FROM A DOUBLE TRUNK OAK TREE,
PO0591''4.33 METERS (14.2 FT) SOUTHWEST FROM THE NORTHEAST LEG OF THE
PO0591''LOOKOUT TOWER AND
PO0591''3.66 METERS (12.0 FT) NORTHWEST FROM THE SOUTHEAST LEG OF THE
PO0591''LOOKOUT TOWER.
PO0591''THE UNDERGROUND MARK IS AS STATED IN THE 1934 DATA BY C.A.S.
PO0591''
PO0591''REFERENCE MARK NUMBER 1 IS A STANDARD CGS DISK
PO0591''STAMPED---BRUCE NO 1 1934---,
PO0591''SET INTO THE TOP OF A ROUND CONCRETE MONUMENT 30 CM IN DIAMETER
PO0591''PROJECTING 10 CM ABOVE THE GROUND.  IT IS LOCATED
PO0591''18.26 METERS (59.9 FT) EAST-SOUTHEAST FROM THE NORTHEAST LEG OF
PO0591''THE LOOKOUT TOWER,
PO0591''3.57 METERS (11.7 FT) EAST FROM A 12-INCH PINE TREE AND
PO0591''1.80 METERS (5.9 FT) WEST FROM A 10-INCH PINE TREE.
PO0591''MARK IS BELOW STATION 0.30 METERS.
PO0591''
PO0591''REFERENCE MARK NUMBER 2 IS A STANDARD CGS DISK
PO0591''STAMPED---BRUCE NO 2 1934---,
PO0591''SET INTO THE TOP OF A ROUND CONCRETE MONUMENT 30 CM IN DIAMETER
PO0591''PROJECTING 9 CM ABOVE THE GROUND.  IT IS LOCATED
PO0591''11.80 METERS (38.7 FT) NORTHWEST FROM THE NORTHEAST LEG OF THE
PO0591''LOOKOUT TOWER,
PO0591''10.21 METERS (33.5 FT) NORTH FROM THE NORTHWEST LEG OF THE
PO0591''LOOKOUT TOWER AND
PO0591''2.62 METERS (8.6 FT) NORTH FROM A 7-INCH OAK TREE.
PO0591''MARK IS BELOW STATION 0.60 METERS.
PO0591''
PO0591''NO MEASUREMENT BETWEEN REFERENCE MARKS BECAUSE TREES ARE
PO0591''ON THE LINE-OF-SIGHT.
PO0591''HEIGHT OF LIGHT SHOWN ABOVE THE MARK WAS 1.9 METERS.
PO0591''
PO0591''A KEY FOR THE LOCKED CABLE CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE CLARK
PO0591''COUNTY PARKS DEPARTMENT.