FJ1036 - Municipal Water Tank - Blanchard, OK
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member hamquilter
N 35° 08.187 W 097° 39.548
14S E 622156 N 3888997
Most of these older water tanks have a benchmark at the top. This was not an exception.
Waymark Code: WM1082M
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 03/18/2019
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
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Just to the south of the Blanchard Historical Society building at 114. W. Broadway is the Old Water Tower. The historical society has taken ownership of the tower in an effort to preserve its history.

The tower is bullet-shaped and stands on four steel legs. It is painted white, and has a town seal showing Blanchard Oklahoma, est. 1907 and a picture of the Blanchard Lion, the school team insignia. The tank is 85 feet high and Benchmark FJ1036 is at the top.


Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: Blanchard Municipal Tank

Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey

Monumentation type: BENCH MARK (or B.M.) Disk

County: McClain County

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Blanchard (1983)

Find type: Coordinates and/or to-reach information from the NGS database (or Geocaching's copy of it) were used

Web address of this benchmark's datasheet (optional): [Web Link]

NGS PID: FJ1036

Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed

Monumentation type (if other): Not listed

Special category (optional): Not listed

Special Category (if other): Not listed

Local database's URL (optional): Not listed
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