Spoon - Sunset Beach, NC
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N 33° 52.179 W 078° 30.144
17S E 731027 N 3750510
North Carolina Geodetic Survey horizontal control mark located near the intersection of Main & 7th Streets in Sunset Beach.
Waymark Code: WM5BDF
Location: North Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 12/12/2008
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Description from current NGS datasheet is as follows:
DESCRIBED BY NORTH CAROLINA GEODETIC SURVEY 1999 (WLL)
STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 4.0 MI (6.4 KM) EAST-SOUTHEAST OF CALABASH AND ON THE ISLAND OF SUNSET BEACH. ALONG SUNSET BLVD FOR 1.0 MI (1.6 KM) TO 7TH STREET AND THE STATION, BETWEEN HOUSE NUMBER 606 AND 608, IN THE 4-FOOT WIDE SIDEWALK ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF MAIN STREET. MARK IS FLUSH WITH GROUND. LOCATED 26.4 FT (8.0 M) SOUTH OF THE CENTERLINE OF MAIN STREET, 66.4 FT (20.2 M) WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE CENTERLINE INTERSECTION OF MAIN STREET/7TH STREET, 1.0 FT (0.3 M) SOUTH OF THE NORTH EDGE OF THE SIDEWALK, 53.6 FT (16.3 M) WEST OF THE EAST END OF THE SIDEWALK, 136.5 FT (41.6 M) EAST-SOUTHEAST OF A FIRE HYDRANT IN THE NORTHEAST QUAD OF MAIN STREET AND 6TH STREET, AND 6.8 FT (2.1 M) NORTH-NORTHWEST OF STREET LIGHT POLE (169) .
STATION RECOVERY (1999)
RECOVERY NOTE BY NORTH CAROLINA GEODETIC SURVEY 1999 (WLL)
RECOVERED AS DESCRIBED.
STATION RECOVERY (2005)
RECOVERY NOTE BY US POWER SQUADRON 2005 (HWP)
MARKER IS PLACED IN CONCRETE PAVEMENT AS DESCRIBED, HOWEVER IS DIFFICULT TO LOCATE DUE TO SIDEWALK BEING COVERED WITH SEVERAL INCHES OF HARDENED SAND ON ITS NORTHERN EDGE. REMOVAL OF SAND REQUIRED USE OF HAND TOOLS.
THIS NOTE IS IDENTICAL TO REPORT ON AJ4992. SIMILAR CONDITIONS EXIST.
Condition: Mark found in good condition
Designation: Spoon - 1999
Benchmark Agency: Not listed
Monumentation type: HORIZONTAL CONTROL Disk
County: Brunswick County
USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Little River
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: AJ4995
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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