U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Benchmark CS0538 - Corsicana, TX
N 32° 03.648 W 096° 29.889
14S E 736190 N 3549914
U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Benchmark CS0538 is located at an old, capped well on the grounds of where the Oak Valley School once stood, in sight of the Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church.
Waymark Code: WMNNPX
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 04/09/2015
Views: 2
The Methodist church is at 1437 S 45th St, and the old school grounds are located about eight tenths of a mile south of TX 31, on the east side of FM 2555 ("a dirt road" no more). There is a Texas Historical Marker for the Oak Valley School, just feet from the old well.
Documented History (by the NGS)
01/01/1933 by CGS (MONUMENTED)
01/01/1947 by NGS (GOOD)
DESCRIBED BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1947 3.0 MI SW FROM CORSICANA. 3.0 MILES SOUTHWEST ALONG THE ST. LOUIS SOUTHWESTERN RAILWAY TRACK FROM THE UNION STATION AT CORSICANA, AT THE OLD OAK VALLEY SCHOOL WHICH IS 1.4 MILES SOUTH ALONG A DIRT ROAD FROM THE STATE ORPHANS HOME, 0.15 MILE SOUTH OF THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE CORSICANA COMMERCIAL AIRPORT, ABOUT 200 FEET NORTHWEST OF THE RAILROAD TRACK, 105.0 FEET EAST OF THE EAST EDGE OF A ONE LANE CONCRETE ROAD, 15.3 FEET EAST OF THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE OLD SCHOOL BUILDING, SET IN THE TOP OF THE EAST SIDE OF CIRCULAR CONCRETE CURB AROUND A WELL, 2.3 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND.
Condition: Mark found in good condition
Designation: N 150
Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey
Monumentation type: BENCH MARK (or B.M.) Disk
County: Navarro
USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Corsicana
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: CS0538
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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