024-4 Wyo. Code R. §§ 4-5 - Legal Descriptions of State Recreation Areas

(a) Hawk Springs State Recreation Area: The lands in Goshen County managed as Hawk Springs State Recreation Area are described as follows:

(i) Township 20 North, Range 61 West, 6th P.M., Goshen County Section 16: W1/2 NE1/4NE1/4 above high water line: NW1/4NE1/4. This Tract includes plus or minus 45 acres.

(ii) A tract of land located in the SE1/4 of Section 9, Township 20 North, Range 61 West of the 6th P.M., Goshen County, Wyoming and being more particularly described as follows:

BEGINNING at a point on the South Boundary of the Southeast Quarter (SE1/4) of Section 9, T20N, R61W which is located N 8 9° 54'22" E a distance of 1375.2 9 feet from the South One-Quarter Corner (S1/4) of said Section 9 and is monumented with a 1" diameter pipe;

Thence N 21°24'29 " W along the Westerly side of an existing fence line, a distance of 665. 9 4 feet to a " diameter rebar with 11/2" diameter aluminum cap marked PLS #38 9 1;

Thence N 36°51'07" W along the Westerly side of an existing fence line, a distance of 311.69 feet to a " diameter rebar with 11/2" diameter aluminum cap marked PLS #3891;

Thence N 72°25'57" W along the Southerly side of an existing fence line, a distance of 577.78 feet to a " diameter rebar with 11/2" diameter aluminum cap marked PLS #3891;

Thence N 09°03'42" E along the Westerly side of an existing fence line, a distance of 125.75 feet to a " diameter rebar with 11/2" diameter aluminum cap marked PLS #3891;

Thence N 16°27'56" E along the Easterly Face of the existing Dam of Hawk Springs Reservoir, a distance of 549.97 feet to a point;

Thence S 28°39'07" E along a line, a distance of 122.77 feet to a point;

Thence S 03°02'04" W along a line, a distance of 162.34 feet to a point;

Thence S 46°56'55" E along a line, a distance of 129.38 feet to a point;

Thence S 60°48'52" E along a line, a distance of 619.16 feet to a point;

Thence S 31°24'35" E along a line, a distance of 383.38 feet to a point;

Thence S 13°22'47" E along a line, a distance of 727.44 feet to a point on the South Boundary of the SE1/4 of said Section 9;

Thence S 89°54'22" W along the South Boundary of the SE1/4 of said Section 9, a distance of 248.35 feet to a " diameter rebar with 11/2" diameter aluminum cap marked PLS #3891 and to the POINT OF BEGINNING.

With all bearings in this description being geodetically based using G.P.S., with North being equal to geodetic North at the meridian of the initial base point #1 which is located near the East Boundary of the SW1/4 of Section 9, T20N, R61W of the 6th Principal Meridian. Said tract contains 13.62 acres, more or less

(iii) T20NR61W East 1/2 of Sec. 9; Sec. 10; Sec. 15; East 1/2 of Sec. 16; and Northwest 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4 of Sec. 21. This includes only Reservoir Surface area and lands that border SPHST managed lands on the East Side (Reservoir side) that would be exposed during a low water time period.

(iv) Notwithstanding the real property described above which is managed by the Department as the Hawk Springs State Recreation Area, the public has perpetual access to the Hawk Springs Reservoir proper and all adjacent lands owned by the Horse Creek Conservation District or the State of Wyoming. Those lands are encumbered by perpetual public access for the purposes of hunting, fishing and general recreation including the construction of such facilities to maximize the public enjoyment.

(A) The legal description of the land encumbered by perpetual public access is as follows:

Township 20 North, Range 61 West, of the 6^th P.M., Goshen County, Wyoming

Section 9: SE 1/4, S 1/2 NE 1/4

Section 10: SW 1/4, SW1/4 NW1/4, NW1/4 SE1/4

Section 15: All

Section 16: E 1/2

Section 21: N 1/2 NE 1/4 lying east of the Union Pacific Railroad

Section 22: N 1/2 N 1/2

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