A massive project, totally over 100 miles after mods, performed under an IDIQ with the US Army Corps of Engineers Tulsa District.

1. CONTINENTAL MAPPING
www.continentalmapping.com
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PROJECT PROFILE: USACE Tulsa District
Boundary Survey
THE STORY:
After the Civil War, American military focus shifted to the immense task of
settling the west. In early 1869, Major General Phil Sheridan staked out a
patch of land deep in Indian Territory that would become Fort Sill. At the time,
Oklahoma was virtually off limits to settlement and would not become a state
for another 38 years. Fast forward almost 150 years, and the Army’s Fort Sill
is stronger than ever at a sprawling 323,760 square miles. Fort Sill is consid-
ered one of the premier training facilities in the military, tasked with training
the best artillery soldiers in the world.
Fort Sill has grown regularly through the years, but formal tracking of the
fort’s real estate holdings had not kept pace. Prior to the project, the most
recent boundary survey was performed by the Army in 1936. This meant that
in 2014, approximately 25% of the fort’s boundary was missing from the
official record. Additionally, a roadway realignment completed several
decades prior had never been surveyed. That roadway, as seen above, cuts
right through the fort and the adjacent Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge.
On top of that, encroachments and inferior security fencing in remote
sections of the base dictated the need for boundary survey.
Continental Mapping was tasked by the US Army Corps of Engineers to
perform 75 miles of boundary surveying at Fort Sill. Work has included site
investigation, land records research, coordination with local, state and
federal agencies, establishing monuments and signs at every corner,
and delivering a final survey for recordation at the county courthouse.
The survey research proved to be a significant task involving many historical documents,
some dating back to the late 1800s, describing the history of Fort Sill’s boundary. At that time,
the boundary was marked by four stones at each corner of the property. Continental Mapping
is using all available sources to accurately retrace the boundary including resurvey
information from the Bureau of Land Management and US Army as well as local
surveys.
LOCATION: Oklahoma
YEAR COMPLETED: 2015
OBJECTIVE: Re-establish government property lines
KEY POINTS:
• 75 miles of boundary to re-establish
• Conflation of numerous historical records
• Performed simultaneously with other site work
• Active military training facility
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