Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 024 - State Parks and Cultural Resources Department › Sub-Agency 0002 - State Parks and Historic Sites › Chapter 4 - LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS / MANAGEMENT BOUNDARIES › Section 4-5 - Legal Descriptions of State Recreation Areas

Current through July 13, 2024
(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
				SE¼ 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 (SE¼) 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
				  (S¼) 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
				  1½" 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
				  1½" 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
				  1½" 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
				  1½" 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 SE¼ of said Section
				  9;
Thence S 89°54'22" W along the South Boundary of the
				  SE¼ of said Section 9, a distance of 248.35 feet to a " diameter rebar
				  with 1½" 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
				  SW¼ 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
				  6th 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