U.S. Geological Survey Benchmark DM1326 - 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 follow the fence line northwest to find the disk being protected by a small concrete slab, near the second brick fence post.

Documented History (by the NGS)

01/01/1949 by USGS (MONUMENTED)
DESCRIBED BY US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1949 (JCT) THE STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 2 MILES EAST AND 2 MILES NORTH OF CLARKSVILLE, AND JUST EAST OF A SMALL CEMETERY. IT IS 73.5 FEET SOUTH OF THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE CEMETERY, 23 FEET WEST OF THE CENTER OF A DIRT ROAD AND 3 FEET EAST OF THE CEMETERY FENCE. THE STANDARD USGS BENCH MARK DISK, STAMPED 27 WWF 1949, IS SET IN A 7 BY 7 INCH CONCRETE POST WHICH PROJECTS 10 INCHES. A TRAVERSE CONNECTION WAS MADE FROM TRIANGULATION STATION CLARK TO BENCH MARK 27 WWF. IT IS (78.97 FEET) 24.070 METERS SOUTH. 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 ROAD FORKS, TAKE 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 FOR 1.95 MILES TO A CEMETERY AND THE STATION ON THE LEFT.

01/21/1998 by NGS (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1998 (CSM) THE STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 43.0 KM (26.70 MI) EAST OF PARIS, ABOUT 19.0 KM (11.80 MI) SOUTHWEST OF THE RED RIVER (TEXAS/OKLAHOMA BORDER) AND ABOUT 5.0 KM (3.10 MI) NORTHEAST OF CLARKSVILLE, NEAR THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE GREENWOOD CEMETERY JUST OUTSIDE THE FENCE. OWNERSHIP--CITY OF CLARKSVILLE. TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE JUNCTION OF U.S. HIGHWAY 82 AND FARM ROAD 1159 NEAR THE EAST SIDE OF CLARKESVILLE, GO NORTH FOR 3.9 KM (2.40 MI) ALONG ROAD 1159 TO THE TEE JUNCTION OF FARM ROAD 1700 ON THE RIGHT. TURN RIGHT, EAST, FOR 0.3 KM (0.20 MI) ALONG ROAD 1700 TO A GRAVEL ROAD ON THE RIGHT. TURN RIGHT, SOUTHERLY, FOR 0.2 KM (0.10 MI) ALONG THE ROAD TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE CEMETERY AND THE STATION ON THE RIGHT, JUST SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF THE CORNER. STATION IS 47.6 M (156.2 FT) NORTH-NORTHWEST OF THE CEMETERY ENTRANCE GATE CENTER, 24.05 M (78.90 FT) SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF TRIANGULATION STATION CLARK 1951 AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE CEMETERY, 6.6 M (21.7 FT) SOUTHWEST OF THE GRAVEL ROAD CENTER, 2.3 M (7.5 FT) SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF THE 2ND BRICK FENCE POST SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE CEMETERY, 0.55 M (1.80 FT) EAST-NORTHEAST OF THE CEMETERY FENCE, AND THE MONUMENT PROJECTS ABOUT 25-CM ABOVE THE ROAD AND GROUND SURFACE. BY R.G. HAYES NOTE--THE YEAR ON THE DESIGNATION DOES NOT MATCH THE STAMPING.

Condition: Mark found in good condition Designation: 27 WWF 1949 Benchmark Agency: U.S. Geological Survey Monumentation type: BENCH MARK (or B.M.) 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: DM1326 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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