DF2218 - Hog Mountain Rd - Watkinsville, GA. - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

DF2218 is a GA DOT Survey mark and is located along Hog Mountain Rd north of Watkinsville, GA. Since this is located in a rural area, the station maybe hidden in tall grass.


Designation: BV 108 210
Marker Type: survey disk
Setting: set into the top of a round concrete monument


Documented History (by the NGS)
DESCRIBED BY GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 1975 (WRN) THE STATION IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 1-3/4 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF WATKINSVILLE, 3-3/4 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF WHITEHALL, AND 5-1/2 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF ATHENS ON STATE RIGHT OF WAY. TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE POST OFFICE IN WATKINSVILLE, GO NORTH ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 129 (STATE ROUTE 15) AND U.S. HIGHWAY 441 FOR 0.4 MILE TO THE JUNCTION OF STATE ROUTE 53 TO THE LEFT. CONTINUE NORTH ALONG U.S. HIGHWAYS 129 AND 441 FOR 1.7 MILES TO THE JUNCTION OF STATE ROUTE 207 TO THE LEFT. TURN LEFT, GOING WEST ALONG STATE ROUTE 207 FOR 0.2 MILE TO THE STATION ON THE RIGHT. THE STATION IS LOCATED 39 FEET NORTH OF THE CENTERLINE OF STATE ROUTE 207, 366.0 FEET WEST OF THE WEST END OF A CULVERT UNDER COUNTY ROAD 6 TO THE NORTH, 245.0 FEET EAST OF THE EAST END OF A CULVERT UNDER A DIRT ACCESS DRIVE TO A FIELD TO THE NORTH, 43.5 FEET EAST OF A POWER POLE, AND 2.5 FEET SOUTH OF A WITNESS POST SET AT A FENCELINE. IT IS A STANDARD BRASS DISK STAMPED 108-210, SET IN THE TOP OF A 10 INCH CYLINDRICAL CONCRETE POST FLUSH WITH THE SURFACE OF THE GROUND. THE UNDERGROUND STATION IS A STANDARD DISK STAMPED 108-210, SET IN THE TOP OF AN IRREGULAR MASS OF CONCRETE APPROXIMATELY 0.74 METER BELOW THE SURFACE OF THE GROUND. TO REACH THE AZIMUTH MARK FROM THE STATION, GO WEST ALONG STATE ROUTE 207 FOR 0.6 MILE TO THE MARK ON THE RIGHT. IT IS LOCATED 35 FEET NORTH-NORTHWEST OF THE CENTERLINE OF STATE ROUTE 207, 178 FEET NORTHEAST OF THE CENTERLINE OF COUNTY ROAD 1, 15.0 FEET EAST OF AN EAST GATE POST, 68 FEET WEST OF A FIRE HYDRANT, 129.5 FEET WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE WEST END OF A CULVERT PIPE UNDER A FIELD ACCESS ROAD TO THE NORTH, AND 2.5 FEET SOUTH OF A WITNESS POST SET AT A FENCELINE. IT IS A STANDARD DISK STAMPED 108-210 AZMK, SET IN THE TOP OF A 10 INCH CYLINDRICAL CONCRETE POST FLUSH WITH THE SURFACE OF THE GROUND.

Condition: Mark found in good condition Designation: BV 108 210 Benchmark Agency: Department of Transportation (GA) Monumentation type: Survey Mark County: Watkinsville USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Athens West Quad, Georgia Special category (optional): Not listed 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: DF2218 Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed Monumentation type (if other): Not listed Special Category (if other): Not listed Local database's URL (optional): Not listed

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