U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Benchmark DN0697 - Denton, TX
N 33° 12.247 W 097° 08.107
14S E 673820 N 3675465
U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Benchmark DN0697 is located atop a culvert in a small park whose western, northern, and eastern boundaries are formed by Fort Worth Dr, W Collins St, and Myrtle St, in Denton, TX.
Waymark Code: WMK1V6
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 01/31/2014
Views: 11
This one is not difficult to find. The culvert is located near the east end of a small "park" where workers hang out, waiting for someone to drive by to pick them up and employ them. There is a shelter slightly west of the culvert, and the disk is atop the culvert, on its south end.
Documented History (by the NGS)
01/01/1946 by CGS (MONUMENTED)
01/01/1960 by NGS (GOOD)
DESCRIBED BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1960 IN DENTON. 0.8 MILE SOUTH ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 377 FROM THE COUNTY COURTHOUSE AT DENTON, DENTON COUNTY, IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE CITY, AT A 4- BY 8-FOOT CONCRETE CULVERT, IN THE TOP OF THE SOUTH END OF THE EAST HEADWALL, 36 FEET EAST OF THE CENTERLINE OF THE HIGHWAY, AND 2 FEET LOWER THAN THE HIGHWAY. A STANDARD DISK, STAMPED Y 949 1946.
01/01/1980 by NGS (MARK NOT FOUND)
RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1980 MARK NOT FOUND.
06/30/1995 by USPSQD (MARK NOT FOUND)
RECOVERY NOTE BY US POWER SQUADRON 1995 MARK NOT FOUND.
02/14/1998 by USPSQD (MARK NOT FOUND)
RECOVERY NOTE BY US POWER SQUADRON 1998 MARK NOT FOUND.
Condition: Mark found in good condition
Designation: Y 949
Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey
Benchmark Agency (if other): U. S. Coast Geodetic Survey
Monumentation type: BENCH MARK (or B.M.) Disk
Monumentation type (if other): reference disc monumented in the top of a culvert
County: Denton
USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Denton West
Special category (optional): Not listed
Special Category (if other): benchmark disc
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: DN0697
Local database's URL (optional): [Web Link]
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