AG1033 Walsing D - Largo, FL
Posted by: 
debbado
N 27° 52.817 W 082° 48.883
17R E 321358 N 3085264
Located near the corner where Walsingham Road and Ulmerton Road meet. There's parking next to it in the Indian Rocks Mini Storage parking lot.
Waymark Code: WM5Y94
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 03/01/2009
Views: 4
1/1/1973 by FL-103 (MONUMENTED)
DESCRIBED BY PINELLAS COUNTY FLORIDA 1973 (DFF) LOCATED ABOUT 2 MILES SOUTH OF LARGO, 2 MILES EAST OF THE GULF OF MEXICO AND 1/4 MILE WEST OF WALSINGHAM RESERVOIR. TO REACH FROM THE JUNCTION OF STATE ROUTE 688 (ULMERTON ROAD) AND U.S. ALTERNATE HIGHWAY 19 (SEMINOLE ROAD), GO SOUTH ON SEMINOLE ROAD FOR 1.0 MILE TO WALSINGHAM ROAD. TURN RIGHT AND GO WEST ON WALSINGHAM ROAD FOR 0.7 MILE TO RIDGE ROAD. CONTINUE WEST ON WALSINGHAM ROAD 0.6 MILE TO TRIANGULATION STATION WALSING ON THE LEFT. CONTINUE WEST ON WALSINGHAM ROAD FOR 0.4 MILE TO STATION ON LEFT, JUST AHEAD OF BEGINNING OF CURVE IN ROAD TO RIGHT LEADING TO STATE ROUTE 688 AS DESCRIBED. BRONZE DISK STAMPED WALSING-D SET IN THE TOP OF A 12 INCH DIAMETER ROUND CONCRETE MONUMENT THAT IS 2 INCHES ABOVE THE GROUND. THE UNDERGROUND DISK IS SET IN AN IRREGULAR MASS OF CONCRETE 48 INCHES BELOW THE GROUND SURFACE. IT IS ABOUT 92 FEET SOUTHEAST OF POWER POLE NUMBER 6A-22814-R, 25 FEET NORTHEAST OF POWER POLE 6A-3307-R, AND 18 FEET SOUTH OF THE CENTER OF PAVEMENT OF WALSINGHAM ROAD. NOTE--WALSING CAN BE VIEWED FROM THE GROUND. HEIGHT OF LIGHT ABOVE STATION MARK 1 METER.
1/1/1973 by NGS (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1973 (DFF) RECOVERED AS DESCRIBED. NEAREST TOWN--LARGO. HEIGHT OF LIGHT ABOVE STATION MARK 1 METERS.
1/1/1976 by NGS (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1976 IN LARGO. TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE INTERSECTION OF S.R. S 697 (INDIAN ROCKS RD.) AND S.R. 688 (ULMERTON RD.). RUN EASTERLY ON S.R. 688 FOR 1.10 MILES TO THE INTERSECTION OF WALSINGHAM RD. TURN RIGHT AND RUN SOUTH, THEN EASTERLY ON WALSINGHAM RD. FOR 0.05 MILE. STATION ON RIGHT, 17.8 FT. S.W. OF THE CENTERLINE OF WALSINGHAM RD., 0.5 FT. NORTH OF THE EXTENDED CENTERLINE OF WALSINGHAM RD., 153.0 FT. S.W. OF THE S.W. CORNER OF A SINGLE-STORY CONCRETE BLOCK BUILDING (MOBIL SERVICE STATION, 12701 WALSINGHAM RD.), 43.9 FT. N.E. OF A POWER POLE (NUMBER 6 A-3307 R), 92.4 FT. E.S.E. OF A POWER POLE (NUMBER 6 A -22814 R). SET IN THE TOP OF A CONCRETE POST THAT IS FLUSH WITH THE GROUND. SECTION 17, T 30, R 15.
1/1/1984 by USPSQD (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY US POWER SQUADRON 1984 THE CONCRETE BLOCK BUILDING IS BRICK FACED. WITNESS SIGN IS FADED.
1/1/1986 by USPSQD (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY US POWER SQUADRON 1986 (ECA) RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.
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The Mobil gas station is no longer on that corner. I believe it's now a dentist office.
Condition: Mark found in poor condition
Designation: Walsing D
Benchmark Agency: Not listed
Monumentation type: Survey Mark
County: Pinellas County
Find type: Coordinates and/or to-reach information from the NGS database (or Geocaching's copy of it) were used
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NGS PID: AG1033
Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed
Monumentation type (if other): Not listed
USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Not listed
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