U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Triangulation Station DM1328 - Clarksville, TX - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

Greenwood Cemetery is an earlier name for the Whitemans Chapel Cemetery. This marker is very easy to find, as the City of Clarksville does a wonderful job of maintaining the cemetery grounds. One can simply park at the cemetery gate and walk to the northeast corner to find the disk being protected by a small concrete slab.

Documented History (by the NGS)

01/01/1951 by CGS (MONUMENTED)
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1951 (JCT) THE STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 2 MILES EAST AND 2 MILES NORTH OF CLARKSVILLE, JUST EAST OF A SMALL CEMETERY AND ON THE WEST RIGHT-OF-WAY OF A DIRT ROAD. IT IS 23 FEET WEST OF THE CENTER OF A DIRT ROAD, 9.5 FEET NORTHEAST OF THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE CEMETERY AND 8 FEET SOUTHEAST OF A WITNESS POST. THE MARK PROJECTS 2 INCHES AND THE DISK IS STAMPED CLARK 1951. REFERENCE MARK NO. 1 IS 23 FEET EAST OF THE CENTER OF THE ROAD, AND 1 FOOT WEST OF A RIGHT-OF-WAY FENCE. THE MARK PROJECTS 2 INCHES AND THE DISK IS STAMPED CLARK NO 1 1951. 27 WWF (USGS) WAS USED AS A REFERENCE MARK NO. 2. IT IS 73.5 FEET SOUTH OF THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE CEMETERY, 23 FEET WEST OF THE CENTER OF THE ROAD AND 3 FEET EAST OF THE CEMETERY FENCE. A STANDARD USGS BENCH MARK DISK, STAMPED 27 WWF 1949, IS SET IN TOP OF A 7 BY 7 INCH CONCRETE POST WHICH PROJECTS 10 INCHES. THE AZIMUTH MARK IS 26 FEET SOUTH OF THE CENTER OF A DIRT ROAD, 2 FEET WEST OF A WITNESS POST AND 1 FOOT SOUTH OF A RIGHT-OF-WAY FENCE. THE MARK PROJECTS 6 INCHES AND THE DISK IS STAMPED CLARK 1951. A TRAVERSE CONNECTION WAS MADE FROM TRIANGULATION STATION CLARK TO 27 WWF (USGS). THE DISTANCE IS SHOWN ABOVE. TO REACH THE STATION FROM CLARKSVILLE, FROM THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE SQUARE, GO EAST ON U.S. HIGHWAY 82 FOR 1.4 MILES TO WHERE THE ROAD FORKS, TAKE THE LEFT FORK AND GO TOWARD ENGLISH ON FARM ROAD 114 FOR 1.1 MILES TO A SIDE ROAD LEFT, TURN LEFT AND GO NORTH, WEST AND NORTH AGAIN FOR 1.95 MILES TO A CEMETERY AND THE STATION ON THE LEFT. TO REACH THE AZIMUTH MARK FROM THE STATION, GO NORTHERLY FOR 0.1 MILE TO A T ROAD, TURN SHARP RIGHT AND GO EAST FOR 0.2 MILE TO THE AZIMUTH MARK ON THE RIGHT. HEIGHT OF LIGHT ABOVE STATION MARK 30 METERS.

01/01/1951 by CGS (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1951 RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.

01/01/1956 by CGS (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1956 (JH) THE STATION, REFERENCE MARKS AND AZIMUTH MARK WERE RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION AS DESCRIBED. DIRECTIONS FOR PROCEEDING TO STATION SITE ARE CORRECT.

01/01/1969 by USAF (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY US AIR FORCE 1969 STATION AND BOTH REFERENCE MARKS WERE RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION. THE AZIMUTH MARK WAS RECOVERED, THOUGH IT HAD BEEN DISTURBED.* A NEW ROUTE DESCRIPTION IS AS FOLLOWS-- TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE TOWN SQUARE IN CLARKSVILLE, TEXAS, GO EAST ON U.S. HIGHWAY 82 FOR 0.9 MILE TO STATE FARM ROAD 1159 ON THE LEFT. TURN LEFT (NORTH) ON FARM ROAD 1159 FOR 2.3 MILES TO STATE FARM ROAD 1700. TURN RIGHT (SOUTHEAST) ON FARM ROAD 1700, AND GO 0.15 MILE TO A GRAVEL ROAD RIGHT (SOUTH). TURN RIGHT ON THE GRAVEL ROAD FOR 0.1 MILE TO THE STATION ON THE RIGHT. *DURING OBSERVATIONS BY THIS PARTY, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE AZIMUTH MARK HAD BEEN DISTURBED.

01/01/1974 by NGS (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1974 (EJK) THE STATION MARK, REFERENCE MARK 2, AND THE AZIMUTH MARK WERE RECOVERED AND FOUND IN GOOD CONDITION. REFERENCE MARK 1 WAS RECOVERED BUT WITH THE BRASS DISK MISSING. A NEW BRASS DISK WAS CEMENTED INTO THE MONUMENT OVER THE BROKEN SHANK OF THE OLD DISK. THE DISTANCE AND DIRECTION TO REFERENCE MARKS 1 AND 2 WERE VERIFIED AND FOUND TO BE ADEQUATE. THE STATION MARK WAS USED AS THE ANTENNA SITE FOR GEOCEIVER STATION 51026. DUE TO ROAD IMPROVEMENTS AND CHANGES IN FENCE LINES, A NEW DESCRIPTION OF THE MARKS AND TO THE STATION FOLLOW. TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE CITY SQUARE IN CLARKSVILLE, GO EASTERLY ON U.S. HWY. 82 FOR 0.8 MILE TO THE JUNCTION OF FARM ROAD 1159 ON THE LEFT. TURN LEFT AND GO NORTH OVER RAILROAD TRACKS FOR 2.3 MILES TO THE JUNCTION OF FARM ROAD 1700 ON THE RIGHT. TURN RIGHT AND GO EASTERLY ON FARM ROAD 1700 FOR 0.2 MILE TO A SIDE ROAD ON THE RIGHT. (TO REACH THE AZIMUTH MARK FROM THIS POINT CONTINUE EASTERLY ON FARM ROAD 1700 FOR 0.15 MILE TO MARK ON THE RIGHT ABOUT 150 FEET EAST OF THE CREST OF A SMALL RISE.) TURN RIGHT AND GO SOUTHEAST ON DIRT ROAD FOR 0.1 MILE TO STATION ON THE RIGHT AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF CEMETERY. THE STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 2 MILES EAST AND 2 MILES SOUTH OF CLARKSVILLE, JUST EAST OF A SMALL CEMETERY AND ON THE WEST RIGHT-OF-WAY OF A DIRT ROAD. IT IS 23 FEET WEST OF THE CENTER OF A DIRT ROAD, AND 4 FEET EAST OF THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE CEMETERY AND A METAL WITNESS POST. THE MARK PROJECTS 2 INCHES AND THE DISK IS STAMPED CLARK 1951. REFERENCE MARK NO. 1 IS 23 FEET EAST OF THE CENTER OF THE ROAD AND 2 FEET EAST OF A RIGHT-OF-WAY FENCE. THE MARK PROJECTS 2 INCHES AND THE DISK IS STAMPED CLARK NO. 1 1951. THE DESCRIPTION FOR REFERENCE MARK NO. 2, A STANDARD USGS BENCH MARK DISK AND STAMPED 27 WWF 1949, REMAINS UNCHANGED. THE AZIMUTH MARK IS 26 FEET SOUTH OF THE CENTER OF FARM ROAD 1700, 1 FOOT EAST OF A METAL WITNESS POST AND 12 FEET NORTH OF A RIGHT-OF-WAY FENCE. THE MARK PROJECTS 6 INCHES AND THE BRONZE DISK IS STAMPED CLARK 1951. AIRLINE DISTANCE AND DIRECTION FROM NEAREST TOWN--3 MILES NORTHEAST OF CLARKSVILLE

01/01/1981 by NGS (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1981 (RM) STATION MARK, REFERENCE MARKS 1 AND 2 RECOVERED AS DESCRIBED. THE TO REACH IS ADEQUATE. STATION OCCUPIED FOR ASTRO PURPOSES ONLY ON THIS DATE---11-16-81. NO ECCENTRICITY.

01/13/1988 by (GOOD)
RECOVERED 1988 RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.

03/18/1991 by NGS (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1991 STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 3.0 MI (4.8 KM) NORTHEAST OF CLARKSVILLE, AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE GREENWOOD CEMETERY. OWNERSHIP-CITY OF CLARKSVILLE. TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE TOWN SQUARE, LOCATED AT THE CENTER OF CLARKSVILLE, GO EAST ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 82 EAST FOR 0.8 MI (1.3 KM) TO THE JUNCTION OF FARM ROAD 1159 ON THE LEFT. TURN LEFT, NORTH, ALONG FARM ROAD 1159 FOR 2.45 MI (3.94 KM) TO THE JUNCTION OF FARM ROAD 1700 ON THE RIGHT. TURN RIGHT, EAST, ACROSS THE RAILROAD TRACKS ALONG FARM ROAD 1700 FOR 0.2 MI (0.3 KM) TO A GRAVEL ROAD ON THE RIGHT. TURN RIGHT, SOUTHERLY, ALONG GRAVEL ROAD FOR 0.1 MI (0.2 KM) TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE GREENWOOD CEMETERY AND THE STATION AS DESCRIBED. STATION IS 23.0 FT (7.0 M) WEST OF THE CENTER OF THE ROAD, 4.0 FT (1.2 M) EAST OF THE NORTHEAST CORNER POST (3X3FT BRICK), 4.0 FT (1.2 M) EAST OF A FIBERGLASS WITNESS POST, ABOUT LEVEL WITH THE GROUND SURFACE.

04/08/1993 by NGS (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1993 THE STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 50 KM (31.05 MI) WEST OF THE COMMON CORNER OF THE TEXAS, ARKANSAS AND OKLAHOMA BORDER, 26 KM (16.15 MI) SOUTH OF THE OKLAHOMA BORDER, 5 KM (3.10 MI) NORTHEAST OF CLARKSVILLE AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE GREENWOOD CEMETERY. OWNERSHIP--CITY OF CLARKSVILLE. TO REACH FROM THE JUNCTION OF U.S. HIGHWAY 82 AND FARM ROAD 1159 ON THE EAST SIDE OF CLARKSVILLE, GO NORTH ON FARM ROAD 1159 FOR 3.9 KM (2.40 MI) TO THE T-JUNCTION OF FARM ROAD 1700 ON THE RIGHT. TURN RIGHT, EAST, ON FARM ROAD 1700 FOR 0.3 KM (0.20 MI) TO A GRAVEL ROAD ON THE RIGHT. TURN RIGHT, SOUTHERLY, ON THE GRAVEL ROAD FOR 0.2 KM (0.10 MI) TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE CEMETERY AND THE STATION ON THE RIGHT. THE STATION IS SET IN THE TOP OF A 25 CM SQUARE CONCRETE POST PROJECTING 3 CM. IT IS 24.4 M (80.1 FT) NORTHWEST OF USGS BENCH MARK 27 WWF, 5.5 M (18.0 FT) SOUTHWEST FROM THE CENTER OF THE GRAVEL ROAD, 1.2 M (3.9 FT) NORTHEAST OF THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF A 1 M (3.3 FT) SQUARE BRICK CORNER POST AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE CEMETERY AND 1.1 M (3.6 FT) NORTHEAST FROM A FIBERGLASS WITNESS POST.

Condition: Mark found in good condition Designation: CLARK 1951 Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey Monumentation type: TRIANGULATION STATION Disk County: Red River USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Dimple 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: DM1328 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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