LA0678
N 40° 51.099 W 084° 41.311
16T E 694842 N 4524860
A benchmark along highway 224 near Van Wert, Ohio
Waymark Code: WM9ER2
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 08/10/2010
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The original write up said this:
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1947 6.2 MI W FROM VAN WERT. ABOUT 6.25 MILES WEST ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 224 FROM THE COURT HOUSE AT VAN WERT, ABOUT 1.0 MILE EAST OF THE JUNCTION OF STATE HIGHWAY 49N, AT A CROSS ROAD, 86 FEET NORTH OF THE CENTER LINE OF THE HIGHWAY, 28 FEET WEST OF THE CENTER LINE OF THE CROSS ROAD, 10 FEET SOUTHWEST OF A FENCE CORNER POST, 1.3 FEET SOUTHEAST OF THE FENCE, 10 FEET SOUTHWEST OF A FENCE CORNER POST, 1.3 FEET SOUTHEAST OF THE FENCE, 2 FEET NORTHEAST OF A WHITE WOODEN WITNESS POST, 1 FOOT BELOW THE HIGHWAY, AND SET IN THE TOP OF A CONCRETE POST PROJECTING 3 INCHES.
The fencing mentioned is no longer there.
Condition: Mark found in good condition
Designation: Z 124
Benchmark Agency: U.S. Geological Survey
Monumentation type: BENCH MARK (or B.M.) Disk
County: Van Wert
USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): GLENMORE
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: la0678
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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