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[Borderland]

Man are you going to be disappointed.
Pic was taken on Little Eagle, SD.
My client and I were scouting routes for a waterline for live stock, and he said "Hey, I've got something cool to show you".
It also happens to be the only location on his range that has cell reception, so he calls it "the cell tower".

Client is in the background on his phone standing by the marker in the original post, you can see another marker in the foreground, and there is another one just behind the Ranger.
"Triangulation"
Attachment 75277

Hey! We know a guy who has some experience with this stuff, paging @Borderland. How about a quick class?

The NGS Data Sheet
See file dsdata.pdf for more information about the datasheet.
PROGRAM = datasheet95, VERSION = 8.12.5.13
Starting Datasheet Retrieval...
1 National Geodetic Survey, Retrieval Date = AUGUST 5, 2021
QS0818 ************************************************** *********************
QS0818 DESIGNATION - SKULL PEAK
QS0818 PID - QS0818
QS0818 STATE/COUNTY- SD/CORSON
QS0818 COUNTRY - US
QS0818 USGS QUAD - WAKPALA SW (2017)
QS0818
QS0818 *CURRENT SURVEY CONTROL
QS0818 __________________________________________________ ____________________
QS0818* NAD 83(1996) POSITION- 45 34 45.66950(N) 100 40 17.02401(W) ADJUSTED
QS0818* NAVD 88 ORTHO HEIGHT - 645. (meters) 2116. (feet) SCALED
QS0818 __________________________________________________ ____________________
QS0818 GEOID HEIGHT - -21.448 (meters) GEOID18
QS0818 LAPLACE CORR - -4.10 (seconds) DEFLEC18
QS0818 HORZ ORDER - SECOND
QS0818
QS0818.The horizontal coordinates were established by classical geodetic methods
QS0818.and adjusted by the National Geodetic Survey in January 1998.
QS0818.
QS0818.The orthometric height was scaled from a topographic map.
QS0818
QS0818.Significant digits in the geoid height do not necessarily reflect accuracy.
QS0818.GEOID18 height accuracy estimate available here.
QS0818
QS0818.Click photographs - Photos may exist for this station.
QS0818
QS0818.The Laplace correction was computed from DEFLEC18 derived deflections.
QS0818
QS0818. The following values were computed from the NAD 83(1996) position.
QS0818
QS0818; North East Units Scale Factor Converg.
QS0818;SPC SD N - 194,244.616 547,600.351 MT 0.99998159 -0 28 30.6
QS0818;SPC SD N - 637,284.21 1,796,585.48 sFT 0.99998159 -0 28 30.6
QS0818;UTM 14 - 5,048,671.000 369,603.112 MT 0.99980905 -1 11 38.1
QS0818
QS0818! - Elev Factor x Scale Factor = Combined Factor
QS0818!SPC SD N - 0.99990219 x 0.99998159 = 0.99988378
QS0818!UTM 14 - 0.99990219 x 0.99980905 = 0.99971126
QS0818
QS0818: Primary Azimuth Mark Grid Az
QS0818:SPC SD N - SKULL PEAK AZ MK 182 26 14.0
QS0818:UTM 14 - SKULL PEAK AZ MK 183 09 21.5
QS0818
QS0818_U.S. NATIONAL GRID SPATIAL ADDRESS: 14TLR6960348671(NAD 83)
QS0818
QS0818|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
QS0818| PID Reference Object Distance Geod. Az |
QS0818| dddmmss.s |
QS0818| CO6136 SKULL PEAK RM 1 6.373 METERS 08500 |
QS0818| CO6137 SKULL PEAK RM 2 7.438 METERS 17207 |
QS0818| CO6135 SKULL PEAK AZ MK 1815743.4 |
QS0818|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
QS0818
QS0818 SUPERSEDED SURVEY CONTROL
QS0818
QS0818 NAD 83(1986)- 45 34 45.66061(N) 100 40 17.02122(W) AD( ) 2
QS0818 NAD 27 - 45 34 45.67900(N) 100 40 15.50300(W) AD( ) 2
QS0818
QS0818.Superseded values are not recommended for survey control.
QS0818
QS0818.NGS no longer adjusts projects to the NAD 27 or NGVD 29 datums.
QS0818.See file dsdata.pdf to determine how the superseded data were derived.
QS0818
QS0818_MARKER: DS = TRIANGULATION STATION DISK
QS0818_SETTING: 7 = SET IN TOP OF CONCRETE MONUMENT
QS0818
QS0818 HISTORY - Date Condition Report By
QS0818 HISTORY - 1952 MONUMENTED CGS
QS0818
QS0818 STATION DESCRIPTION
QS0818
QS0818'DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1952 (JCM)
QS0818'THE STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 12 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF MOBRIDGE,
QS0818'IN THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 28, T 19 N, R 28 E, ON LAND
QS0818'OWNED BY MR. TED SOGGE, ON THE HIGHEST POINT OF A SMALL KNOLL
QS0818'LOCALLY KNOWN AS SKULL PEAK, 0.1 MILE NORTHWEST OF A POINT
QS0818'WHERE A TRACK ROAD CROSSES A SADDLE, AND 5 FEET SOUTHEAST OF
QS0818'A 4 IN X 4 IN WITNESS POST.
QS0818'
QS0818'TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE JUNCTION OF U.S. HIGHWAY NO. 12 AND
QS0818'STATE HIGHWAY NO. 8 ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MOBRIDGE, GO
QS0818'NORTHWESTERLY ON NO. 12 FOR 7.8 MILES TO A RAILROAD CROSSING.
QS0818'CONTINUE ON THE HIGHWAY FOR 1.4 MILES TO A GATE ON THE LEFT.
QS0818'THEN THROUGH THE GATE, SOUTHERLY AND WEST ON A TRACK ROAD FOR
QS0818'1.25 MILES TO A WIRE GATE ON THE LEFT. THEN THROUGH THE GATE
QS0818'SOUTH FOR 0.05 MILE TO A FORK. THEN RIGHT, WESTERLY ON A
QS0818'TRACK ROAD FOR 1.85 MILES TO A WIRE GATE. THEN THROUGH THE
QS0818'GATE, CONTINUE WESTERLY FOR 0.45 MILES TO THE TOP OF A
QS0818'GRADE IN A SADDLE. THEN RIGHT, NORTH, FOR 0.1 MILE TO THE
QS0818'TOP OF THE KNOLL AND THE STATION. TO REACH THE AZIMUTH MARK
QS0818'FROM THE STATION, GO SOUTH FOR 0.3 MILE TO THE MARK ON THE
QS0818'LEFT AT A POINT WHERE THE TRACK ROAD BEARS TO THE WEST.
QS0818'
QS0818'THE STATION MARK PROJECTS 4 INCHES, AND THE DISK IS STAMPED
QS0818'SKULL PEAK 1952.
QS0818'
QS0818'REFERENCE MARK NO. 1 IS AT THE EAST EDGE OF THE KNOLL. IT
QS0818'PROJECTS 5 INCHES, AND THE DISK IS STAMPED SKULL PEAK NO 1 1952.
QS0818'
QS0818'REFERENCE MARK NO. 2 IS AT THE SOUTH EDGE OF THE KNOLL. IT
QS0818'PROJECTS 6 INCHES, AND THE DISK IS STAMPED SKULL PEAK NO
QS0818'2 1952.
QS0818'
QS0818'THE AZIMUTH MARK IS 20 FEET NORTH OF THE EDGE OF A BLUFF, 18
QS0818'FEET SOUTH OF THE CENTER OF A TRACK ROAD, AND 2 FEET NORTH OF A
QS0818'4 IN X 4 IN WITNESS POST. IT PROJECTS 4 INCHES, AND THE DISK
QS0818'IS STAMPED SKULL PEAK 1952.




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Use NAD 83 Lat/Long and a Garmin GPS unit to locate it. Don't try this without permission from the property owner.

[Duelist]

Are the Javelina moving into town? When I lived out near Apache Junction we never saw any around the populated areas. I did see them in the Superstitions when I was quail hunting. Walked right up on a pair one time and we had a little excitement for a brief moment.

They live in the towns in the southeast part of the state. One nearly bit my wife trying to get away from her a few weeks ago.

[CSW]

A small glen I found deep in the woods of Madison, while out woods bummin'.
glines cascade by Christopher Weismann, on Flickr

[Nephrology]

Lately, lots of this:

[Irelander]

In my area of NW Pennsylvania, you can find some of these old iron furnaces used to extract iron ore back in the good old days. This one is about a mile from the homestead through some trails and we used to visit it often when I was a kid. Throughout the years it has been inaccessible at times due to the state of the various bridges across several streams one must cross. An Eagle Scout built a nice bridge to it many years ago but after years of seasonal floods there are no remains of it. I hadn't been out to see it for years so last week when my brother was visiting from PAX NAS, we took our newly acquired UTV out to see if the trails and bridges were still accessible to the iron furnace. Luckily the property owner has kept it up in recent years although no bridges are left. Luckily the water was low and we were able to drive right up to it. A lot of history here. You can read more about this particular furnace here: http://www.oldindustry.org/PA_HTML/Pa_HallsRun.html

[BobM]

While rucking in a wildlife area yesterday, I came across a turkey feather and some tracks. A few minutes later I surprised this turkey and it ran away from me about 30 yards before it finally ducked into the woods.

[BobM]

I went to an antique machinery show this afternoon and saw this pair of mules. I wish I’d got a better picture. I don’t really know anything about livestock but thought they were fine looking animals. They’d been pulling a passenger cart shortly before I got this pic.

[JclInAtx]

We've had a bumper crop of cicadas this year, and cicada killers as well. The wasps nest holes have started appearing all over the yard. I noticed one that had something in it, was a little relieved to see this little guy staring back.

[SecondsCount]

I took some vacation time up in Island Park, ID

[Yung]