ENTS,
Braving a colder than comfortable temperature, I finished remeasuring the 150s
in the Trees of Peace today - at least I think I have. The trees in the table
below have been measured within the Trees of Peace stand, not to include the
Mast Pine area. I have a more work to do there. Plenty of pines have been
measured elsewhere, which will be reported in due course.
One very important measurement today was the confirmation of the Mirror Tree as
156.05 feet in height taken at mid-slope. I should explain. The tree's trunk is
partly buried. Will Blozan and I measured it a few seasons ago and projected
the location of its true base. It was a provisional 156 then. Today I dug down
at mid-slope location and took a new mid-slope spot as the base, although I
still had not reached the root flare. However, the new mid-slope basal position
is sufficiently low to allow a 156.05-foot measurement. The tree's true base is
farther down. How much? Maybe another 0.5 to 1.0 feet. I don't think more than
that. Now to the table. The height of the Joe Norton tree reflects Andrew's
tape drop measurement.
Crown Distance - Yds Crown Angle -degrees Hgt Above Eye Level -ft
Base Distance - Yds Base Angle -degrees Hgt Below Eye Level -ft
Offset -ft Total Tree Height-ft Tree Name Tag # Date
72.00 31.50 112.86 62.00 17.20 55.00 1.50 169.36 Jake
Swamp 58 12/2/09
163.50 163.50 Joe
Norton 52 10/17/09
61.00 49.00 138.11 37.00 11.80 22.70 160.81 John
Brown 48 12/2/09
63.00 37.60 115.32 52.00 13.00 35.09 6.70 157.11 Tom
Porter 31 12/2/09
55.00 48.00 122.62 42.00 15.50 33.67 156.29 Tuning
Fork 44 12/2/09
68.50 37.90 126.24 55.00 10.20 29.22 0.60 156.05 Mirror
77 12/7/09
59.00 37.90 108.73 47.50 18.60 45.45 1.10 155.28 Arovl
Lookin Horse 26 12/2/09
60.50 50.50 140.05 41.00 4.90 10.51 4.50 155.06 Unnamed
37 12/2/09
66.00 41.40 130.94 52.50 6.80 18.65 5.00 154.59 Lynn
Rogers 34 12/2/09
51.50 54.90 126.40 28.00 18.50 26.65 1.30 154.36 Paula
Horn 27 11/4/09
53.00 50.80 123.22 39.00 15.00 30.28 153.50 Tribe-1
41 12/2/09
64.00 36.80 115.01 53.50 13.70 38.01 153.03 Ravine
82 12/7/09
57.50 49.20 130.58 36.00 7.70 14.47 6.00 151.05
Guardian 70 12/2/09
55.50 52.60 132.27 41.00 8.60 18.39 150.66 Unnamed
35 12/2/09
53.00 49.00 120.00 36.00 13.70 25.58 5.00 150.58 Hollow
83 12/7/09
55.50 47.20 122.17 37.00 14.50 27.79 0.50 150.46 Ann Joc
None 12/2/09
63.00 44.80 133.18 44.00 7.50 17.23 150.41 Unnamed
85 12/2/09
49.00 60.90 128.44 24.00 12.30 15.34 6.60 150.38 Unnamed
28 12/7/09
67.00 32.10 106.81 57.00 14.70 43.39 150.20 Unnamed
5 12/2/09
63.00 38.60 117.91 57.00 9.00 26.75 4.80 149.46 Unnamed
36 12/2/09
51.00 52.80 121.87 32.50 12.20 20.60 5.60 148.07 Member
of Tribe 40 12/7/09
63.00 39.70 120.73 51.50 7.70 20.70 5.00 146.43 Dave
Chief 63 12/7/09
47.00 54.00 114.07 29.00 16.60 24.85 6.50 145.43 Road
warrior 79 12/7/09
53.50 42.60 108.64 39.50 18.00 36.62 145.26 Dave
Chief 63 12/2/09
53.00 43.90 110.25 40.50 13.30 27.95 6.30 144.50 Italian
None 12/2/09
48.00 51.20 112.22 34.00 11.20 19.81 6.00 138.04 Member
of Tribe 39 12/7/09
47.50 50.40 109.80 31.50 10.90 17.87 6.30 133.97 Unnamed
29 12/7/09
Before I left, I measured one tree in the Cherokee-Choctaw area. It is a tree
visible from the the road down to the lower meadow. I spent a good 35 minutes
with the tree and finally settled on a height of 149.3 feet. The pine's girth
is 10.1 feet in girth. This is the second pine I've confirmed in the
re-measurement project above 149 feet but not quite 150. Next year, both should
be inducted into the 150 Club.
So what's the bottom line? The final count of 150s in the Trees of Peace stands
at 19. The net change of 150s is down by one from what I previously had listed.
The Dave Chief was a big surprise. I re-measured it again and can't get over
146.4 feet. It used to be a 150. Gain some, lose some.
Bob
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