SOUTH QUARTER CORNER OF SECTION 32, T.109N, R.16W, 5TH
P.M.
September 1853 E.S. Norris, U.S. Deputy Surveyor, set a post and marked two bur oak trees for reference.
September 1915 F.E. Tufnessen, Goodhue County Surveyor, filed a survey of section 32. The plat of survey shows stone monuments at the southeast and southwest corners, a symbol is on the plat at the quarter corner, but no reference to the type of monument is given.
November 2000 Dennis L. Robinson, Goodhue County Deputy Surveyor, supervised the excavation for the corner monument at the lost position. The location is in a cultivated field, with no lines of occupation present. At a depth of 24 inches in natural clay, a 2.5 inch circular deposit of black dirt was found. The deposit was about 8 inches long and came to a point. Also the Northeast corner section 5, T.108N, R.16W, was excavated and a stone with deposit was found at this site.
An analysis of the record and field evidence indicates the found deposit is the top soil that has filled in the area when the original wood post rotted out. The deposit was 2.87 fee south and 3.31 feet east of the lost location. This location is further validated by finding the northeast corner section 5, T.108N, R.16W, which measured 620.96 feet compared to original government distance of 620.40 feet, and offset of 1.29 feet south of the township line. On November 14, 2000 a Goodhue County Brass Cap monument was set to help mark and perpetuate the original public land survey corner.