DN0654 - Denton, TX
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OcrazyS
N 33° 15.817 W 097° 07.150
14S E 675187 N 3682089
Located on Long Road, Denton, Texas.
Waymark Code: WMH96X
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 06/09/2013
Views: 13
This is located across the street from the Advanced Technology Complex and east of the gravel driveway.
NGS Description:
MARKER: DB = BENCH MARK DISK
SETTING: 7 = SET IN TOP OF CONCRETE MONUMENT
STAMPING: B 950 1946
STABILITY: C = MAY HOLD, BUT OF TYPE COMMONLY SUBJECT TO
STABILITY: SURFACE MOTION
HISTORY - Date Condition Recov. By
HISTORY - 1946 MONUMENTED CGS
HISTORY - 1960 GOOD NGS
HISTORY - 19950705 GOOD USPSQD
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1960
4.5 MI N FROM DENTON. 3.7 MILES NORTHEAST ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 10 FROM THE POST OFFICE AT DENTON, DENTON COUNTY, THENCE 0.8 MILE WEST ALONG A GRAVEL ROAD. AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF A FARMHOUSE YARD, 68 FEET NORTH OF A PICKET FENCE, 50 FEET EAST OF A 12-INCH HACKBERRY TREE, 26.5 FEET NORTH OF THE CENTERLINE OF THE ROAD, 2.5 FEET NORTH OF A FENCE CORNER, 1 FOOT NORTH OF A WHITE WOODEN WITNESS POST, AND LEVEL WITH THE ROAD. A STANDARD DISK, STAMPED B 950 1946 AND SET IN THE TOP OF A CONCRETE POST PROJECTING 3 INCHES ABOVE GROUND.
STATION RECOVERY (1995)
RECOVERY NOTE BY US POWER SQUADRON 1995
RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.
STATION RECOVERY (2005)
RECOVERY NOTE BY BOHANNAN HUSTON INCORPORATED 2005 (CRF)
RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.
Condition: Mark found in good condition
Designation: B950
Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey
Monumentation type: BENCH MARK (or B.M.) Disk
County: Denton city, Denton county
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: DN0654
Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed
Monumentation type (if other): Not listed
USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Not listed
Special category (optional): Not listed
Special Category (if other): Not listed
Local database's URL (optional): Not listed
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