DF9440 - 1y03 Racine County Control Station (Benchmark)
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Blaise Orange
N 42° 40.185 W 087° 57.217
16T E 421856 N 4724582
Wisconsin Department of Transportation Benchmark, 1Y03, PID DF9440. Located in Racine County Wisconsin near Sturtevant, WI & Union Grove, WI. West of Interstate 94 near ramps for I94 Exit 337. Found this mark driving out of Sturtevant.
Waymark Code: WM6711
Location: Wisconsin, United States
Date Posted: 04/14/2009
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
Views: 7

The NGS Data Sheet

See file dsdata.txt for more information about the datasheet.
DATABASE =  ,PROGRAM = datasheet, VERSION = 7.67
1        National Geodetic Survey,   Retrieval Date = MAY  2, 2009
 DF9440 ***********************************************************************
 DF9440  DESIGNATION -  1Y03
 DF9440  PID         -  DF9440
 DF9440  STATE/COUNTY-  WI/RACINE
 DF9440  USGS QUAD   -  STURTEVANT (1994)
 DF9440
 DF9440                         *CURRENT SURVEY CONTROL
 DF9440  ___________________________________________________________________
 DF9440* NAD 83(1986)-  42 40 11.     (N)    087 57 13.     (W)     SCALED    
 DF9440* NAVD 88     -       223.960  (meters)     734.78   (feet)  ADJUSTED  
 DF9440  ___________________________________________________________________
 DF9440  GEOID HEIGHT-         -34.65  (meters)                     GEOID03
 DF9440  DYNAMIC HT  -         223.892 (meters)     734.55  (feet)  COMP
 DF9440  MODELED GRAV-     980,313.8   (mgal)                       NAVD 88
 DF9440
 DF9440  VERT ORDER  -  SECOND    CLASS I
 DF9440
 DF9440.The horizontal coordinates were scaled from a topographic map and have
 DF9440.an estimated accuracy of +/- 6 seconds.
 DF9440
 DF9440.The orthometric height was determined by differential leveling
 DF9440.and adjusted in April 2007.
 DF9440
 DF9440.The geoid height was determined by GEOID03.
 DF9440
 DF9440.The dynamic height is computed by dividing the NAVD 88
 DF9440.geopotential number by the normal gravity value computed on the
 DF9440.Geodetic Reference System of 1980 (GRS 80) ellipsoid at 45
 DF9440.degrees latitude (g = 980.6199 gals.).
 DF9440
 DF9440.The modeled gravity was interpolated from observed gravity values.
 DF9440
 DF9440;                    North         East    Units  Estimated Accuracy
 DF9440;SPC WI S     -    76,460.      767,740.      MT  (+/- 180 meters Scaled)
 DF9440
 DF9440                          SUPERSEDED SURVEY CONTROL
 DF9440
 DF9440  NAVD 88 (02/25/04)  223.983  (m)          734.85   (f) UNKNOWN     2 1
 DF9440
 DF9440.Superseded values are not recommended for survey control.
 DF9440.NGS no longer adjusts projects to the NAD 27 or NGVD 29 datums.
 DF9440.See file dsdata.txt to determine how the superseded data were derived.
 DF9440
 DF9440_U.S. NATIONAL GRID SPATIAL ADDRESS: 16TDN218245(NAD 83)
 DF9440_MARKER: DD = SURVEY DISK
 DF9440_SETTING: 7 = SET IN TOP OF CONCRETE MONUMENT
 DF9440_STAMPING: 1Y03 2002
 DF9440_MARK LOGO: WIDT  
 DF9440_PROJECTION: FLUSH
 DF9440_MAGNETIC: R = STEEL ROD IMBEDDED IN MONUMENT
 DF9440_STABILITY: B = PROBABLY HOLD POSITION/ELEVATION WELL
 DF9440_SATELLITE: THE SITE LOCATION WAS REPORTED AS NOT SUITABLE FOR
 DF9440+SATELLITE: SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS - July 10, 2006
 DF9440
 DF9440  HISTORY     - Date     Condition        Report By
 DF9440  HISTORY     - 2001     MONUMENTED       WIDT
 DF9440  HISTORY     - 20060710 GOOD             WIDT
 DF9440  HISTORY     - 20090411 GOOD             GEOCAC
 DF9440
 DF9440                          STATION DESCRIPTION
 DF9440
 DF9440'DESCRIBED BY WI DEPT OF TRANSP 2001 (DJH)
 DF9440'THE STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 41 KM SOUTH OF MILWAUKEE, 16 KM
 DF9440'SOUTHWEST OF RACINE AND 14 KM NORTHWEST OF KENOSHA. OWNERSHIP--TOWN
 DF9440'OF YORKVILE. TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE JUNCTION OF INTERSTATE 94
 DF9440'WITH STATE HIGHWAY 142 AND COUNTY HIGHWAY S (EXIT 340) ABOUT 9 KM
 DF9440'NORTHWEST OF THE CITY OF KENOSHA, GO WEST ON STATE HIGHWAY 142 FOR
 DF9440'0.1 KM TO 120TH AVENUE (WEST FRONTAGE ROAD), TURN RIGHT AND GO NORTH
 DF9440'ON 120TH AVENUE (WEST FRONTAGE ROAD) FOR 4.3 KM TO COUNTY HIGHWAY A
 DF9440'(7TH STREET), CONTINUE NORTH ON 120TH AVENUE (WEST FRONTAGE ROAD) FOR
 DF9440'1.6 KM TO COUNTY HIGHWAY KR (COUNTY LINE ROAD) AND THE STATION ON THE
 DF9440'LEFT.  ---NOTE---120TH AVENUE (WEST FRONTAGE ROAD) TURNS INTO SOUTH
 DF9440'SYLVANIA AVENUE IN RACINE COUNTY.  THE STATION IS A BRONZE WISCONSIN
 DF9440'DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION GEODETIC SURVEY CONTROL STATION DISK SET
 DF9440'IN THE TOP OF A 41-CM DIAMETER CONCRETE POST SET TO A DEPTH OF 2.4 M
 DF9440'AND ABOUT LEVEL WITH THE ROAD PAVEMENT. THE STATION IS 19.8 M WEST OF
 DF9440'THE CENTERLINE OF SOUTH SYLVANIA AVENUE, 34.2 M SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF A
 DF9440'WOOD POST FOR A --APPLE HOLLER FARM COOKING-- SIGN, 24.3 M NORTHEAST
 DF9440'OF A WOOD POST FOR A --WEST COUNTY HIGHWAY KR-- SIGN, AND 22.1 M
 DF9440'NORTH-NORTHEAST OF THE CENTERLINE OF COUNTY HIGHWAY KR (COUNTY LINE
 DF9440'ROAD).    ---NOTE2---THE STATION IS NORTH, SOUTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST OF
 DF9440'THREE WHITE PLASTIC WITNESS POSTS. ---NOTE3---THIS STATION HAS NO
 DF9440'VISIBLE OBSTRUCTIONS EXTENDING HIGHER THAN 20 DEGREES ABOVE THE
 DF9440'HORIZION.
 DF9440
 DF9440                          STATION RECOVERY (2006)
 DF9440
 DF9440'RECOVERY NOTE BY WI DEPT OF TRANSP 2006 (DRB)
 DF9440'RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.  ADD-- THE STATION IS IN THE NORTHWEST
 DF9440'QUADRANT OF THE JUNCTION OF SOUTH SYLVANIA AVENUE WITH COUNTY HIGHWAY
 DF9440'KR (COUNTY LINE ROAD) AND 1.0 M EAST, 1.0 M NORTHWEST, AND 1.0 M
 DF9440'SOUTHWEST OF THREE WHITE PLASTIC WITNESS POSTS.  NOTE-- VISIBLE
 DF9440'OBSTRUCTIONS AT THIS STATION ARE TREES TO THE NORTHWEST EXTENDING TO
 DF9440'35 DEGREES AND TREES TO THE SOUTHWEST EXTENDING TO 20 DEGREES ABOVE
 DF9440'THE HORIZON.
 DF9440
 DF9440                          STATION RECOVERY (2009)
 DF9440
 DF9440'RECOVERY NOTE BY GEOCACHING 2009 (MBK) That's me... Blaise Orange!!! 
DF9440'MARK RECOVERED IN EXCELLENT CONDITION *** retrieval complete. Elapsed Time = 00:00:01
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: 1y03

Benchmark Agency: Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WI)

Monumentation type: Control Monument, Survey Control, Control Survey

County: RACINE COUNTY

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): STURTEVANT (1994)

Find type: Found by luck/skill/knowledge

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

NGS PID: DF9440

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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