QUAIL
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member PFF
N 36° 02.586 W 079° 31.117
17S E 633445 N 3989743
Height Modernization Station, Alamance County NC. Set in 2003.
Waymark Code: WMMCA
Location: North Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 08/16/2006
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Black Dog Trackers
Views: 6

Coordinates and description by monumenting agency.

DESCRIBED BY NORTH CAROLINA GEODETIC SURVEY 2003 (WLL)

STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 4.1 MI (6.6 KM) SOUTH OF ELON AND 1.8 MI (2.9 KM) WEST-NORTHWEST OF ALAMANCE. ALONG HUFFMAN MILL ROAD (BEGINS AS SR 1158, BECOMES SR 1149) FOR 2.2 MI (3.5 KM) SOUTHWEST FROM I-40/I-85 (EXIT 141), ABOUT-150 FEET SOUTH OF THE INTERSECTION WITH QUAIL RUN LANE, DIRECTLY UNDER POWER LINE, ON AN APPARENT EAST/WEST PROPERTY LINE. ALSO, 0.4 MI (0.6 KM) NORTHEAST OF MCINTOSH LAKE. MARK IS ABOUT LEVEL WITH ROAD AND FLUSH WITH THE GROUND. LOCATED 50.0 FT (15.2 M) SOUTHEAST OF THE CENTERLINE OF ROAD, 156.1 FT (47.6 M) SOUTH OF A P-K NAIL IN THE CENTERLINE INTERSECTION OF ROADS, 48.2 FT (14.7 M) SOUTH OF THE SOUTHWEST END OF A CONCRETE DRIVEWAY CULVERT TO HOUSE-2258, 72.4 FT (22.1 M) SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF A POWER POLE WITH TWO GUY WIRES AND REFERENCE TAG AND 119.4 FT (36.4 M) NORTHEAST OF THE NORTH CORNER OF THE NORTH BRICK ENTRANCE COLUMN TO HOUSE-2278.

An update on this station has been submitted to NGS.

Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: QUAIL 2003

Benchmark Agency: Not listed

Monumentation type: HORIZONTAL CONTROL Disk

County: Alamance

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Burlington

Find type: Coordinates and/or to-reach information from an online local database were used

Web address of this benchmark's datasheet (optional): [Web Link]

NGS PID: DG7079

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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