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richard-germiller

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I may be uninformed, but I don't think I've ever heard of a 16/7 corner

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Any one ever seen something like this? North is to the right, it's on the East Section line between 19 & 20

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Posted : January 4, 2022 11:06 am

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Draftsman must have misread a handwritten 16th corner as 16/7 corner.?ÿ Or, had a brain fart.

Posted : January 4, 2022 11:10 am

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D'OH it is close to the 16th

Posted : January 4, 2022 11:13 am

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The U.S. Reclamation Service (now U.S. Bureau of Reclamation) used that type of notations in the early 1900's.?ÿ They numbered every 16th corner - external and internal as 16/1 to 16/16.?ÿ This method lasted maybe a decade or so.?ÿ It is in the old surveying instructions put out by Reclamation.

Posted : January 4, 2022 3:11 pm

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That could well be the explanation, it is of the 1940's vintage and there was quite a bit done here by BOR. I also seem to recall seeing something similar in either Clark or Skelton.

Posted : January 4, 2022 4:23 pm