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Senior SAR Team Leader
Michigan Backcountry Search and Rescue
Marquette :: Michigan
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SAR land nav info
SAR digital imagery (new
09-19-08)
SAR placename coordinates (new
08-27-08)
North
Country Trail (NCT)
Tahqua
Trail
Tahquamenon
River
Timberlost
Road
I believe
that there is a subtle magnetism in Nature,
which, if we unconsciously yield to it, will direct us aright.
Henry David Thoreau, "Walking,"
Atlantic Monthly, June 1862
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- 1:24,000 Timberlost, Michigan
- 1:24,000 Emerson, Michigan
Note no. 1: UTM easting and northing grid lines may
need to be drawn on these quads
Note no. 2: If you're printing
out your own maps, overlay them with the UTM grid that corresponds
to NAD 27 datum
Topo map ordering
info and waterproofing
info
County map ordering
info
- 1:100,000 Curley Lewis
Road to Grand Marais (Map Mi-09) North Country Trail segment
map published in 2003 (Available from the North
Country Trail Association at 1-866-445-3628)
- 1:126,720 Hiawatha National
Forest Service Map, Michigan 2001
US Forest Service
St. Ignace Ranger District
1798 US Highway 2
St. Ignace, Michigan 49781
1-906-643-7900
1000-meter Universal Transverse
Mercator (UTM) Grid
1927 North American Datum CONtinental U.S. (NAD
27 CONUS)
Zone 16
Northern hemisphere
Metric
Use lithium for deep cold
and long-range use
Select type of battery
being used for accurate battery-life readings
In the setup menu, keypunch
in your name, address, and phone number so if your GPS is lost and
found by a willing party, it can be returned to you.
06° 44' west
Timberlost quad: 01°
19' east
Emerson quad: to 01° 24' east
Timberlost quad: 8°
03
Emerson quad: 8° 8' west
Note: We'll
use these magnetic declination figures to correct our field and
map azimuth calculations, which will be based on the UTM easting
grid lines, not the meridians of longitude lines.
1:24,000
Metric: Nine 100-meter beads
and four 1-kilometer beads
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8.5-
by 11-inch 1:36,000 USGS topographic
image (1.26 MB file size) of search area overlaid with 1,000-meter
Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) grid, 1927 North American Datum,
Zone 16. (Source: Custom cartographic work and digital imagery courtesy
of Chuck McCready and No Boundaries
Maps and Graphics, Inc., Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, a sponsor
of the Michigan Backcountry Search and Rescue.)
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12-
by 18-inch 1:24,000 USGS topographic
image (2.45 MB file size) of search area overlaid with 1,000-meter
Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) grid, 1927 North American Datum,
Zone 16. (Source: Custom cartographic work and digital imagery courtesy
of Chuck McCready and No Boundaries
Maps and Graphics, Inc., Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, a sponsor
of the Michigan Backcountry Search and Rescue.)
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8.5-
by 14-inch 1:24,000 USGS (MapTech®) topographic
image (567 KB file size) of search area overlaid with 1,000-meter
Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) grid, 1927 North American Datum,
Zone 16. (Source: Custom cartographic work and digital imagery courtesy
of Chuck McCready and No Boundaries
Maps and Graphics, Inc., Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, a sponsor
of Michigan Backcountry Search and Rescue.)
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8.5-
by 11-inch 1:36,000 2005 aerial
image (1.37 MB file size) of search area overlaid with 1,000-meter
Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) grid, 1927 North American Datum,
Zone 16. (Source: Custom cartographic work and digital imagery courtesy
of Chuck McCready and No Boundaries
Maps and Graphics, Inc., Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, a sponsor
of the Michigan Backcountry SAR Team.)
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12-
by 18-inch 1:24,000 2005 aerial
image (3.27 MB file size) of search area overlaid with 1,000-meter
Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) grid, 1927 North American Datum,
Zone 16. (Source: Custom cartographic work and digital imagery courtesy
of Chuck McCready and No Boundaries
Maps and Graphics, Inc., Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, a sponsor
of the Michigan Backcountry SAR Team.)
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- 29- by 40-inch 1998 aerial
image (1.26 MB file size) of Emerson NW-SW portion of search
area. (Source: These USGS Digital Orthophoto Quadrangle mosaics--captured
in April of 1998--were obtained from the Michigan Department of Natural
Resources' Aerial
Imagery Archive by Chris Ozminski [NightBlazer] of Frankenmuth,
Michigan. Since Chris was forced to painstakingly combine multiple
screen saves to create them, they may contain minor alignment imperfections.)
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- 33- by 47-inch 1998 aerial
image (2.80 MB file size) of Timberlost NE-SE portion of search
area. (Source: These USGS Digital Orthophoto Quadrangle mosaics--captured
in April of 1998--were obtained from the Michigan Department of Natural
Resources' Aerial
Imagery Archive by Chris Ozminski [NightBlazer] of Frankenmuth,
Michigan. Since Chris was forced to painstakingly combine multiple
screen saves to create them, they may contain minor alignment imperfections.)
![](TimberLostNESEsatThumb.jpg)
Look at this vigorous
plant that lifts its head from the meadow,
see how its leaves are turned to the north, as true as the magnet;
this is the compass-flower,
that the finger of god has planted here in the houseless wild, to
direct the traveler's journey.
Henry W. Longfellow, 1807-1882,
Evangeline, 1847
Sunset over Lake 708 in the chain of
Camp 10 Lakes.
Photo from SAR Team
Op No. 1 by Michael Neiger
UTM coordinates: 0644720mE 5157840mN
(Zone 16; Datum NAD 27 CONUS)
Public Land Survey System (PLSS) description: northwest quarter
of the northwest quarter of Section 18, Township 48 North, Range
6 West
USGS 1:24,000 quadrangle: Emerson, Michigan, 1951 (Rev. 1975)
Trail miles west of Tahqua Trail: 0.0 miles
UTM coordinates: 0644529mE 5157912mN
(Zone 16; Datum NAD 27 CONUS)
Public Land Survey System (PLSS) description: northeast quarter
of the northeast quarter of Section 13, Township 48 North, Range
7 West
USGS 1:24,000 quadrangle: Emerson, Michigan, 1951 (Rev. 1975)
Trail miles west of Tahqua Trail: 0.1 miles
UTM coordinates: 0644280mE 5158140mN
(Zone 16; Datum NAD 27 CONUS)
Public Land Survey System (PLSS) description: northeast quarter
of the northeast quarter of Section 13, Township 48 North, Range
7 West
USGS 1:24,000 quadrangle: Emerson, Michigan, 1951 (Rev. 1975)
Trail miles west of Tahqua Trail: 0.4 miles
UTM coordinates: 0644430mE 5158290mN
(Zone 16; Datum NAD 27 CONUS)
Public Land Survey System (PLSS) description: southeast
quarter of the southeast quarter of Section 12, Township 48
North, Range 7 West
USGS 1:24,000 quadrangle: Emerson, Michigan, 1951 (Rev.
1975)
Trail miles north of North Country Trail (NCT): 0.2 miles
UTM coordinates: 0644700mE 5158700mN
(Zone 16; Datum NAD 27 CONUS)
Public Land Survey System (PLSS) description: northwest
quarter of the southwest quarter of Section 7, Township 48 North,
Range 6 West
USGS 1:24,000 quadrangle: Emerson, Michigan, 1951 (Rev.
1975)
Trail miles north of North Country Trail (NCT): 0.4 miles
UTM coordinates: 0644240mE 5158220mN
(Zone 16; Datum NAD 27 CONUS)
Public Land Survey System (PLSS) description: southeast quarter
of the southeast quarter of Section 12, Township 48 North, Range
7 West
USGS 1:24,000 quadrangle: Emerson, Michigan, 1951 (Rev. 1975)
Trail miles west of Tahqua Trail: 0.4 miles
UTM coordinates: 0644100mE 5158420mN
(Zone 16; Datum NAD 27 CONUS)
Public Land Survey System (PLSS) description: southeast quarter
of the southeast quarter of Section 12, Township 48 North, Range
7 West
USGS 1:24,000 quadrangle: Emerson, Michigan, 1951 (Rev. 1975)
Trail miles west of Tahqua Trail: 0.6 miles
UTM coordinates: 0644298mE 5159022mN
(Zone 16; Datum NAD 27 CONUS)
Public Land Survey System (PLSS) description: southeast
quarter of the northeast quarter of Section 12, Township 48
North, Range 7 West
USGS 1:24,000 quadrangle: Emerson, Michigan, 1951 (Rev.
1975)
Trail miles north of the North Country Trail (NCT): 0.4
miles
UTM coordinates: 0644535mE 5159548mN
(Zone 16; Datum NAD 27 CONUS)
Public Land Survey System (PLSS) description: northwest
quarter of the northwest quarter of Section 7, Township 48 North,
Range 7 West
USGS 1:24,000 quadrangle: Emerson, Michigan, 1951 (Rev.
1975)
Trail miles north of the North Country Trail (NCT): 0.8
miles
UTM coordinates: 0644535mE 5159548mN
(Zone 16; Datum NAD 27 CONUS)
Public Land Survey System (PLSS) description: southwest
quarter of the southwest quarter of Section 6, Township 48 North,
Range 7 West
USGS 1:24,000 quadrangle: Emerson, Michigan, 1951 (Rev.
1975)
Trail miles north of the North Country Trail (NCT): 1.0
miles
UTM coordinates: 0643760mE 5158460mN
(Zone 16; Datum NAD 27 CONUS)
Public Land Survey System (PLSS) description: southwest quarter
of the southeast quarter of Section 127, Township 48 North, Range
7 West
USGS 1:24,000 quadrangle: Emerson, Michigan, 1951 (Rev. 1975)
Trail miles west of Tahqua Trail: 0.9 miles
UTM coordinates: 0642800mE 5158270mN
(Zone 16; Datum NAD 27 CONUS)
Public Land Survey System (PLSS) description: southeast quarter
of the southeast quarter of Section 11, Township 48 North, Range
7 West
USGS 1:24,000 quadrangle: Emerson, Michigan, 1951 (Rev. 1975)
Trail miles west of Tahqua Trail: 1.9 miles
UTM coordinates: 0641660mE 5158650mN
(Zone 16; Datum NAD 27 CONUS)
Public Land Survey System (PLSS) description: northwest quarter
of the southwest quarter of Section 11, Township 48 North, Range
7 West
USGS 1:24,000 quadrangle: Timberlost, Michigan, 1951 (Rev.
1975)
Trail miles west of Tahqua Trail: 3.0 miles
UTM coordinates: 0641160mE 5158680mN
(Zone 16; Datum NAD 27 CONUS)
Public Land Survey System (PLSS) description: northeast quarter
of the southeast quarter of Section 10, Township 48 North, Range
7 West
USGS 1:24,000 quadrangle: Timberlost, Michigan, 1951 (Rev.
1975)
Trail miles west of Tahqua Trail: 0.0 miles
Tahqua Trail (a.k.a. Snug Harbor Road)
is a sand and gravel county local road.
UTM coordinates: 0650980mE 5158420mN
(Zone 16; Datum NAD 27 CONUS)
Public Land Survey System (PLSS) description: southwest quarter
of southwest quarter of Section 11, Township 48 North, Range 6 West
USGS 1:24,000 quadrangle: Emerson, Michigan, 1951 (Rev. 1975)
Road miles west of M-123: 0.0 miles
UTM coordinates: 0648000mE 5157340mN
(Zone 16; Datum NAD 27 CONUS)
Public Land Survey System (PLSS) description: southwest quarter
of Section 16, Township 48 North, Range 6 West
USGS 1:24,000 quadrangle: Emerson, Michigan, 1951 (Rev. 1975)
Road miles west of M-123: 2.6 miles
UTM coordinates: 0647700mE 5157640mN
(Zone 16; Datum NAD 27 CONUS)
Public Land Survey System (PLSS) description: southwest quarter
of the northwest quarter of Section 16, Township 48 North, Range
6 West
USGS 1:24,000 quadrangle: Emerson, Michigan, 1951 (Rev. 1975)
Road miles west of M-123: 2.9 miles
UTM coordinates: 0647000mE 5158220mN
(Zone 16; Datum NAD 27 CONUS)
Public Land Survey System (PLSS) description: southwest quarter
of the southeast quarter of Section 8 Township 48 North, Range 6
West
USGS 1:24,000 quadrangle: Emerson, Michigan, 1951 (Rev. 1975)
Road miles west of M-123: 3.6 miles
UTM coordinates: 0646930mE 5158160mN
(Zone 16; Datum NAD 27 CONUS)
Public Land Survey System (PLSS) description: northwest quarter
of the northeast quarter of Section 17, Township 48 North, Range
6 West
USGS 1:24,000 quadrangle: Emerson, Michigan, 1951 (Rev. 1975)
Road miles west of M-123: 3.7 miles
UTM coordinates: 0646400mE 5158300mN
(Zone 16; Datum NAD 27 CONUS)
Public Land Survey System (PLSS) description: southwest quarter
of the southwest quarter of Section 8, Township 48 North, Range
6 West
USGS 1:24,000 quadrangle: Emerson, Michigan, 1951 (Rev. 1975)
Road miles west of M-123: 4.1 miles
UTM coordinates: 0645401mE 5158157mN
(Zone 16; Datum NAD 27 CONUS)
Public Land Survey System (PLSS) description: northwest quarter
of the northeast quarter of Section 18, Township 48 North, Range
6 West
USGS 1:24,000 quadrangle: Emerson, Michigan, 1951 (Rev. 1975)
Road miles west of M-123: 4.8 miles
UTM coordinates: 0644720mE 5157840mN
(Zone 16; Datum NAD 27 CONUS)
Public Land Survey System (PLSS) description: northwest quarter
of the northwest quarter of Section 18, Township 48 North, Range
6 West
USGS 1:24,000 quadrangle: Emerson, Michigan, 1951 (Rev. 1975)
Road miles west of M-123: 5.3 miles
UTM coordinates: 0644300mE 5156900mN
(Zone 16; Datum NAD 27 CONUS)
Public Land Survey System (PLSS) description: southeast quarter
of the southeast quarter of Section 13, Township 48 North, Range
7 West
USGS 1:24,000 quadrangle: Emerson, Michigan, 1951 (Rev. 1975)
Road miles west of M-123: 6.1 miles
UTM coordinates: 0644164mE 5156625mN
(Zone 16; Datum NAD 27 CONUS)
Public Land Survey System (PLSS) description: southeast quarter
of the southeast quarter of Section 13, Township 48 North, Range
7 West
USGS 1:24,000 quadrangle: Emerson, Michigan, 1951 (Rev. 1975)
Road miles west of M-123: 6.1 miles
UTM coordinates: 0643880mE 5155700mN
(Zone 16; Datum NAD 27 CONUS)
Public Land Survey System (PLSS) description: southwest quarter
of the northeast quarter of Section 24, Township 48 North, Range
7 West
USGS 1:24,000 quadrangle: Emerson, Michigan, 1951 (Rev. 1975)
Road miles west of M-123: 6.7 miles
UTM coordinates: 0651000mE 5157400mN
(Zone 16; Datum NAD 27 CONUS)
Public Land Survey System (PLSS) description: northwest quarter
of southwest quarter of Section 14, Township 48 North, Range 6 West
USGS 1:24,000 quadrangle: Emerson, Michigan, 1951 (Rev. 1975)
River miles west (upstream) of rivermouth: 0.0 miles
UTM coordinates: 0650900mE 5157500mN
(Zone 16; Datum NAD 27 CONUS)
Public Land Survey System (PLSS) description: northwest quarter
of southwest quarter of Section 14, Township 48 North, Range 6 West
USGS 1:24,000 quadrangle: Emerson, Michigan, 1951 (Rev. 1975)
River miles west (upstream) of rivermouth: 0.1 miles
UTM coordinates: 0650400mE 5157760mN
(Zone 16; Datum NAD 27 CONUS)
Public Land Survey System (PLSS) description: northeast quarter
of Section 15, Township 48 North, Range 6 West
USGS 1:24,000 quadrangle: Emerson, Michigan, 1951 (Rev. 1975)
River miles west (upstream) of rivermouth: 1.8 miles
UTM coordinates: 0648000mE 5157340mN
(Zone 16; Datum NAD 27 CONUS)
Public Land Survey System (PLSS) description: southwest quarter
of Section 16, Township 48 North, Range 6 West
USGS 1:24,000 quadrangle: Emerson, Michigan, 1951 (Rev. 1975)
River miles west (upstream) of rivermouth: 3.8 miles
UTM coordinates: 0647700mE 5157640mN
(Zone 16; Datum NAD 27 CONUS)
Public Land Survey System (PLSS) description: southwest quarter
of the northwest quarter of Section 16, Township 48 North, Range
6 West
USGS 1:24,000 quadrangle: Emerson, Michigan, 1951 (Rev. 1975)
River miles west (upstream) of rivermouth: 4.2 miles
UTM coordinates: 0647000mE 5158000mN
(Zone 16; Datum NAD 27 CONUS)
Public Land Survey System (PLSS) description: northwest quarter
of the northeast quarter of Section 17, Township 48 North, Range
6 West
USGS 1:24,000 quadrangle: Emerson, Michigan, 1951 (Rev. 1975)
River miles west (upstream) of rivermouth: 4.7 miles
UTM coordinates: 0646460mE 5158100mN
(Zone 16; Datum NAD 27 CONUS)
Public Land Survey System (PLSS) description: northwest quarter
of the northwest quarter of Section 17, Township 48 North, Range
6 West
USGS 1:24,000 quadrangle: Emerson, Michigan, 1951 (Rev. 1975)
River miles west (upstream) of rivermouth: 5.1 miles
UTM coordinates: 0645401mE 5158157mN
(Zone 16; Datum NAD 27 CONUS)
Public Land Survey System (PLSS) description: northwest quarter
of the northeast quarter of Section 18, Township 48 North, Range
6 West
USGS 1:24,000 quadrangle: Emerson, Michigan, 1951 (Rev. 1975)
River miles west (upstream) of rivermouth: 5.8 miles
Note: this site is not visible from the river proper
UTM coordinates: 0644720mE 5157840mN
(Zone 16; Datum NAD 27 CONUS)
Public Land Survey System (PLSS) description: northwest quarter
of the northwest quarter of Section 18, Township 48 North, Range
6 West
USGS 1:24,000 quadrangle: Emerson, Michigan, 1951 (Rev. 1975)
River miles west (upstream) of rivermouth: 6.3 miles
Note: this site is not visible from the river proper
UTM coordinates: 0644380mE 5156960mN
(Zone 16; Datum NAD 27 CONUS)
Public Land Survey System (PLSS) description: southeast quarter
of the southeast quarter of Section 13, Township 48 North, Range
7 West
USGS 1:24,000 quadrangle: Emerson, Michigan, 1951 (Rev. 1975)
River miles west (upstream) of rivermouth: 6.9 miles
UTM coordinates: 0642300mE 5155820mN
(Zone 16; Datum NAD 27 CONUS)
Public Land Survey System (PLSS) description: southwest quarter
of the northeast quarter of Section 23, Township 48 North, Range
7 West
USGS 1:24,000 quadrangle: Timberlost, Michigan, 1951 (Rev.
1975)
River miles west (upstream) of rivermouth: 9.4 miles
UTM coordinates: 0640200mE 5156800mN
(Zone 16; Datum NAD 27 CONUS)
Public Land Survey System (PLSS) description: southwest quarter
of the southwest quarter of Section 15, Township 48 North, Range
7 West
USGS 1:24,000 quadrangle: Timberlost, Michigan, 1951 (Rev.
1975)
River miles west (upstream) of rivermouth: 11.5 miles
UTM coordinates: 0640180mE 5157800mN
(Zone 16; Datum NAD 27 CONUS)
Public Land Survey System (PLSS) description: northeast quarter
of the northwest quarter of Section 15, Township 48 North, Range
7 West
USGS 1:24,000 quadrangle: Timberlost, Michigan, 1951 (Rev.
1975)
River miles west (upstream) of rivermouth: 12.6 miles
Timberlost Road is a narrow, sandy, two-track
(seasonal road)
UTM coordinates: 0642440mE 5162280mN
(Zone 16; Datum NAD 27 CONUS)
Public Land Survey System (PLSS) description: southeast quarter
of the northeast quarter of Section 35, Township 49 North, Range
7 West
USGS 1:24,000 quadrangle: Timberlost, Michigan, 1951 (Rev.
1975)
Road miles south of M-123: 0.0 miles
UTM coordinates: 0642600mE 5161020mN
(Zone 16; Datum NAD 27 CONUS)
Public Land Survey System (PLSS) description: northeast quarter
of the northeast quarter of Section 2, Township 48 North, Range
7 West
USGS 1:24,000 quadrangle: Timberlost, Michigan, 1951 (Rev.
1975)
Road miles south of M-123: 0.8 miles
UTM coordinates: 0641240mE 5159220mN
(Zone 16; Datum NAD 27 CONUS)
Public Land Survey System (PLSS) description: southeast quarter
of the northeast quarter of Section 10, Township 48 North, Range
7 West
USGS 1:24,000 quadrangle: Timberlost, Michigan, 1951 (Rev.
1975)
Road miles south of M-123: 2.7 miles
UTM coordinates: 0641160mE 5158680mN
(Zone 16; Datum NAD 27 CONUS)
Public Land Survey System (PLSS) description: northeast quarter
of the southeast quarter of Section 10, Township 48 North, Range
7 West
USGS 1:24,000 quadrangle: Timberlost, Michigan, 1951 (Rev.
1975)
Road miles south of M-123: 3.1 miles
UTM coordinates: 0640960mE 5158320mN
(Zone 16; Datum NAD 27 CONUS)
Public Land Survey System (PLSS) description: southeast quarter
of the southeast quarter of Section 10, Township 48 North, Range
7 West
USGS 1:24,000 quadrangle: Timberlost, Michigan, 1951 (Rev.
1975)
Road miles south of M-123: 3.3 miles
UTM coordinates: 0640780mE 5158120mN
(Zone 16; Datum NAD 27 CONUS)
Public Land Survey System (PLSS) description: southwest quarter
of the southeast quarter of Section 10, Township 48 North, Range
7 West
USGS 1:24,000 quadrangle: Timberlost, Michigan, 1951 (Rev.
1975)
Road miles south of M-123: 3.5 miles
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