T 146 (JV3951) - Washington County, MD - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

This NGS Vertical Control disk is located on narrow N-S limestone rock outcropping NW of a red brick ranch house on the E side of MD Rt 65 (Sharpsburg Pike) - about .1 mi N of the entrance to the Washington County Agricultural Education Center.

Recovery information from the NGS datasheet is as follows:

01/01/1979 by NGS (MONUMENTED)
DESCRIBED BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1979 9.15 MI SOUTH FROM HAGERSTOWN. 0.15 MILE EAST ALONG WASHINGTON STREET FROM THE COURTHOUSE IN HAGERSTOWN, THENCE 9 MILES SOUTH ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 65 TO THE MARK ON THE LEFT, AND 4.4 MILES NORTHWEST OF KEEDYSVILLE, MARK IS SET AT THE CROSSING OF A HIGH VOLTAGE POWER LINE, 75 FEET NORTHWEST OF THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF A HOUSE ON THE PROPERTY OF C.J. GROVES, 67 FEET EAST OF THE CENTER LINE OF THE HIGHWAY, 33 FEET EAST OF POWER POLE NUMBER 283.5, 29 FEET EAST OF A FENCE CORNER, AND 2 FEET NORTH OF THE FENCE LINE RUNNING EAST AND WEST. THE MARK IS 29 FT E FROM A WITNESS POST. THE MARK IS 1 FT ABOVE HIGHWAY.

04/02/2001 by NGS (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 2001 (JMW)
RECOVERED AS DESCRIBED

Condition: Mark found in good condition Designation: T 146 Benchmark Agency: National Geodetic Survey Monumentation type: Vertical Control Mark County: Washington County USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Funkstown 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: JV3951 Local database's URL (optional): [Web Link] Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed Monumentation type (if other): Not listed Special category (optional): Not listed Special Category (if other): Not listed

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