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 Geodetic Control
Geodetic control points are established to support consistent and compatible data for surveying and mapping projects spanning moderate to large areas or distances. These points are permanent physical monuments placed in the ground and precisely marked, located, and documented. Objects located with respect to these monuments can be relied upon for known position and accuracy. These points are related to each other through the development of a geodetic control network which serves as the foundation for map and survey data registration and integration.

Wisconsin has over 20,000 federal geodetic control stations and thousands of state and local geodetic points. Bayfield County recently completed a project to densify the Wisconsin High Precision Geodetic Network by placing an additional twenty-two very stable, positionally precise, control monuments at strategic locations throughout the county. The location of the 2 initial HARN Stations, the 5 new Primary Stations, and 17 new Secondary Stations is depicted on the map below. Each station’s location, as expressed in latitude/longitude and NAD 83(91) datum, is provided in the table at right. All geodetic stations have been "Bluebooked" with the National Geodetic Survey.

NGS geodetic control information is published in a computerized "datasheet" format, standardized for both horizontal and vertical stations. A datasheet includes the adjusted latitude/longitude position, Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) and State Plane Coordinate (SPC) values, datum shift information, the station's description and history, and many additional details. 

Each datasheet file contains the best known information at the time it was extracted from the NGS database, but will not contain updates or corrections made after that date. NGS regularly receives reports concerning data discrepancies and periodically updates its database. The GPS datasheets for Bayfield County are available by clicking on the station name in the table at right and are current as of October 1999.  Contact the NGS Information Center for the most recent information.

 

 

For more information on Geodetic Control, visit the Wisconsin State Cartographer's Web Page

Station Name

Latitude

Longitude

301 Little Sand Bay GPS

46 56 48.96227

90 53 20.47257

302 Herbster GPS

46 49 47.66363

91 15 45.70769

303 Barnes GPS

46 23 16.76850

91 28 05.89233

304 Burho GPS

46 22 18.20689

91 04 42.11831

305 Bearsdale GPS

46 16 15.45461

91 21 16.07068

306 Namakagon GPS

46 11 42.23427

91 04 25.76185

307 Taylor Lake GPS

46 15 31.22715

91 02 30.71359

308 Hughes GPS

46 28 53.56392

91 26 52.76594

309 Delta GPS

46 29 42.63430

91 19 48.72045

310 South Ino GPS

46 29 11.68694

91 10 37.41934

311 Tripp GPS

46 37 07.72281

91 23 39.31861

312 Anderson GPS

46 39 33.25139

91 00 38.28636

313 Port Wing GPS

46 46 29.19602

91 23 14.63367

314 Brinks GPS

46 42 14.70740

91 10 01.94020

315 North Boundary GPS

46 45 05.24326

91 04 57.76606

316 Squaw Bay GPS

46 53 00.48681

91 01 25.05027

317 Bayfield GPS

46 49 27.40267

90 48 22.15422

318 Spring Creek GPS

46 28 02.98802

91 03 02.83758

319 Lupa GPS

46 34 26.48398

91 03 51.96562

321 Pioneer GPS

46 15 16.94024

91 10 42.28102

Barrens GPS

46 36 46.60868

91 12 46.98218

Landfill GPS

46 20 09.45103

91 17 48.50484

Cable GPS

46 11 53.94728

91 14 50.90916

Sioux Rm 1 46 43 18.77378 90 52 22.55996