ASHTON (HF1330) - Sumner County, Kansas - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

01/01/1957 by CGS (MONUMENTED)
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1957 (WRH) THE STATION IS LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF A GRAVELED EAST-WEST ROAD JUST NORTH OF A LARGE EXCAVATION, AIRLINE ABOUT 3 MILES NORTH OF THE VILLAGE OF ASHTON, 11 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF OXFORD, AND 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WELLINGTON. TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE POST OFFICE IN ASHTON GO NORTH 2.9 MILES TO THE AZIMUTH MARK ON THE LEFT. CONTINUE NORTH 0.3 MILE TO A CROSS ROAD. TURN LEFT AND GO WEST 0.55 MILE TO A LARGE EXCAVATION, A WITNESS POST, AND THE STATION ON THE LEFT. THE STATION MARK IS A STANDARD DISK STAMPED ASHTON 1957 SET IN THE TOP OF A 10-INCH SQUARE CONCRETE POST THAT PROJECTS 4 INCHES ABOVE THE GROUND. IT IS 9 FEET EAST OF A TRIANGULAR-BLAZED 12-INCH TREE, 7 FEET SOUTH OF A WITNESS POST SET IN A FENCE LINE, 32 FEET SOUTH OF THE CENTERLINE OF THE ROAD, AND ABOUT 50 FEET NORTH OF THE NORTH EDGE OF THE EXCAVATION. REFERENCE MARK NUMBER 1 IS A STANDARD DISK STAMPED ASHTON NO 1 1957 SET IN THE TOP OF A 10-INCH SQUARE CONCRETE POST THAT PROJECTS 4 INCHES ABOVE THE GROUND. IT IS 25 FEET NORTH OF THE CENTERLINE OF THE ROAD AND 3 FEET LOWER THAN THE STATION. REFERENCE MARK NUMBER 2 IS A STANDARD DISK STAMPED ASHTON NO 2 1957 SET IN THE TOP OF A 10-INCH SQUARE CONCRETE POST THAT PROJECTS 4 INCHES ABOVE THE GROUND. IT IS 24 FEET SOUTH OF THE CENTERLINE OF THE ROAD, 1 FOOT SOUTH OF A FENCE LINE, AND 2 FEET LOWER THAN THE STATION. THE AZIMUTH MARK IS LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF A GRAVELED NORTH-SOUTH ROAD AND IS A STANDARD DISK STAMPED ASHTON 1957 SET IN THE TOP OF A 10-INCH SQUARE CONCRETE POST THAT PROJECTS 5 INCHES ABOVE THE GROUND. IT IS 1 FOOT EAST OF A FENCE LINE, 15 FEET WEST OF THE CENTERLINE OF THE ROAD, AND 26 FEET SOUTH OF A POWERLINE POLE.

Easiest way to get to the mark is to go North out of Geuda Springs for a mile and then head West for 4.5 miles. The mark is along side of a barbed wire fence, and has taken an abrasion at some time in the past, leaving parts unreadable.

Condition: Mark found in poor condition Designation: ASHTON Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey Monumentation type: TRIANGULATION STATION Disk County: Sumner USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Adamsville 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: HF1330 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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