Montgomery AA4714 - Montgomery, AL
Posted by: xptwo
N 32° 24.314 W 086° 10.987
16S E 576818 N 3585647
This Montgomery County survey disk is located on the south side of Wares Ferry Road, between Countryside Lane and Eastern Oaks Drive.
Waymark Code: WMFHQX
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 10/22/2012
Views: 6
When pulling off the road, one has to be careful not to park over the disk, as it is close to the paving. At the point where one finds the disk, there is a painted line on the paving, as can be seen in the photos.
The 1994 description from the datasheet reads:
01/01/1994 by CH2M (MONUMENTED)
DESCRIBED BY CH2M HILL INCORPORATED 1994 (JC) THE STATION IS LOCATED IN THE CITY OF MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA, WILLOW SPRINGS QUADRANGLE, SECTION 32, T17N, R19E. THE STATION IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 1.3 MI (2.1 KM) NORTHEAST OF BURBANK DR. AND 250 FT (76.2 M) WEST OF THE BRIDGE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF WARES FERRY ROAD. THE STATION IS A MONTGOMERY COUNTY SURVEY DISK STAMPED STA. 5158 1994, AND SET IN THE TOP OF A 10 INCH DIAMETER CONCRETE MONUMENT MOUNTED FLUSH WITH THE GROUND. THE DISK IS LOCATED 17.9 FT (5.5 M) 168 DEGREES FROM THE CENTERLINE OF WARES FERRY ROAD, 39.1 FT (11.9 M) 46 DEGREES FROM A POWER POLE, AND 65.6 FT (20.0 M) 180 DEGREES FROM A POWER POLE.
Condition: Mark found in good condition
Designation: 5158
Benchmark Agency: other (not included below)
Benchmark Agency (if other): Montgomery AL County
Monumentation type: Survey Mark
County: Montgomery
USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Willow Springs
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: AA4714
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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