DO8387: 710 MC (FL-085/NGS, Indiantown, FL)
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N 27° 01.722 W 080° 28.763
17R E 551640 N 2989720
A Martin County (FL-085) standard bench mark disk, located in Indiantown, FL.
The NGS PID# is DO8387.
Waymark Code: WMKQTK
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 05/18/2014
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This station is a standard Martin County (FL-085) bench mark disk, located in Indiantown, FL. It is set in the concrete sidewalk in front of a flagpole near the main entrance of the Martin County Governmental Center Indiantown.
The NGS datasheet description is as follows:
THE MARK IS ABOUT 18.3 MI (29.4 KM) WEST-NORTHWEST OF ROOD, 16.3 MI
(26.2 KM) SOUTHWEST OF PALM CITY, 15.0 MI (24.1 KM) NORTHEAST OF
BRYANT, IN SECTION 6, TOWNSHIP 40 SOUTH, RANGE 39 EAST.
TO REACH THE MARK FROM THE JUNCTION OF STATE HIGHWAY 710 (SOUTHWEST
WARFIELD BOULEVARD) AND COUNTY ROAD 609 (ALLAPATTAH ROAD) IN
INDIANTOWN, GO SOUTH ON STATE HIGHWAY 710 (SOUTHWEST WARFIELD
BOULEVARD) FOR 0.2 MI (0.3 KM) TO THE ENTRANCE ROAD TO THE INDIANTOWN
COURT HOUSE ANNEX AND THE INDIANTOWN FIRE DEPARTMENT AT ADDRESS 16550
STATE HIGHWAY 710 (SOUTHWEST WARFIELD BOULEVARD) AND THE MARK IN THE
FRONT OF THE COURT HOUSE ANNEX, SET FLUSH IN THE SIDEWALK AT THE BASE
OF THE FLAG POLE.
LOCATED 81.0 FT (24.7 M) SOUTHWEST OF THE APPROXIMATE CENTERLINE OF
STATE ROAD 710, 69.0 FT (21.0 M) SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF A UTILITY POLE
NUMBER 5345-9293, 52.7 FT (16.1 M) SOUTHWEST OF A STEEL GUARD RAIL,
9.6 FT (2.9 M) NORTHEAST OF THE NORTHWEST CORNER POST FOR THE
INDIANTOWN COURT HOUSE ANNEX AND 0.7 FT (21 CM) NORTHEAST OF A FLAG
POLE SET IN THE BASE.
The mark is easy to access, and is hard to miss. The mark was located in good condition at the time of writing.
Because the mark was published after 2000, it is not available in the Geocaching database.
Condition: Mark found in good condition
Designation: 710 MC
Benchmark Agency: other (not included below)
Benchmark Agency (if other): Martin County, FL (FL-085)
Monumentation type: BENCH MARK (or B.M.) Disk
County: Martin
USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Indiantown
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: DO8387
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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