USCGS & State Survey Disk: AC0482
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Gungadoy
N 25° 45.671 W 080° 27.660
17R E 554050 N 2849347
A USCGS & State Survey disk, also known as a CGS+SS disk.
Waymark Code: WMNPTB
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 04/15/2015
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
Views: 1

Recovered this disk along Tamiami Trail on the north side of the guardrail along the westbound lanes. Across the street is a good BBQ restaurant.

AC0482 STATION RECOVERY (2001)
AC0482
RECOVERY NOTE BY FL DEPT OF ENV PRO 2001 (JLM)
THE MARK IS ABOUT 19.0 MI (30.6 KM) NORTH-NORTHEAST OF HOMESTEAD, 8.0 MI (12.9 KM) SOUTHWEST OF HIALEAH, IN SECTION 5, TOWNSHIP 54 SOUTH,
RANGE 39 EAST. TO REACH THE MARK FROM THE JUNCTION OF STATE ROAD 997
(KROME AVENUE SW 177 AVENUE) AND U.S. HIGHWAY 41 (TAMIAMI TRAIL SW
8TH ST) ABOUT 10.0 MI (16.1 KM) SOUTHWEST OF HIALEAH, GO EAST ON U.S.
HIGHWAY 41 (TAMIAMI TRAIL SW 8TH ST) FOR 1.25 MI (2.01 KM) T0 THE EAST
END OF BRIDGE NUMBER 8705851979 AND THE MARK ON THE LEFT, SET IN THE
TOP OF A 0.6 FT (18.3 CM) X 0.6 FT (18.3 CM) POST INBEDED IN THE
GROUND PROJECTING 0.8 FT (24.4 CM) ABOVE THE LEVEL OF THE GROUND AND
ABOVE THE LEVEL OF THE WESTBOUND LANES OF U.S. HIGHWAY 41. LOCATED
22.6 FT (6.9 M) NORTH OF THE CENTERLINE OF THE WESTBOUND LANES OF U.S.
HIGHWAY 41 AND 1.6 FT (0.5 M) SOUTH OF A METAL WITNESS POST.

AC0482 STATION RECOVERY (2005)
AC0482
RECOVERY NOTE BY FL DEPT OF ENV PRO 2005 (JLM)
RECOVERED AS DESCRIBED.

AC0482 STATION RECOVERY (2014)
AC0482
RECOVERY NOTE BY GEOCACHING 2014 (KEN)
IT IS LOCATED NORTHEAST AND ACROSS THE HIGHWAY FROM BBQ RESTAURANT IN
CONCRETE MONUMENT NORTH OF A GUARDRAIL.
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: N 33

Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey and State Survey

Monumentation type: Disk (unspecified type)

County: MIAMI-DADE

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): HIALEAH SW (1988)

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: AC0482

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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