U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Azimuth Mark DN0767 - Decatur, TX
N 33° 15.276 W 097° 34.700
14S E 632428 N 3680413
U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Azimuth Mark DN0767 is set atop a concrete post on the east side of Cemetery Road, northeast of Decatur, TX, just south of historic Oak Lawn Cemetery.
Waymark Code: WMP173
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 06/08/2015
Views: 7
If you have coordinates for this disk, it is very easy to locate, just on the other side of a barbed wire fence with a few trees nearby. However, the 1952 language could use an update. Try:
From the Wise County Courthouse in Decatur (101 N Trinity St), go .6 mile to Bishop St. Turn right (east) on Bishop Rd, where you'll go 338 feet to Old Greenwood Rd before heading northeast for .5 mile. At the intersection of Old Greenwood Rd and Cemetery Rd, turn left (north) and proceed about .6 mile. Be careful where you park, as Old Greenwood Rd can get busy, and you'll be looking at a section of barbed wire fence with trees around it, and a ranch in the distance to the east.
1/1/1935 by CGS (MONUMENTED)
1/1/1952 by NGS (GOOD)
DESCRIBED BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1952 1.55 MI NE FROM DECATUR. 0.7 MILE NORTH ALONG NORTH MILLER STREET FROM THE CITY ICE PLANT AT DECATUR, THENCE 0.85 MILE NORTHEAST ALONG A ROCK ROAD LEADING TO OAK LAWN CEMETERY, 0.25 MILE SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTH GATE OF THE CEMETERY, 32 FEET SOUTHEAST OF THE CENTER LINE OF THE ROAD, 0.6 FOOT SOUTHEAST OF A FENCE, 2 FEET SOUTH OF A WITNESS POST, SET IN THE TOP OF A CONCRETE POST WHICH PROJECTS 0.4 FOOT ABOVE THE GROUND, 0.4 MILE SOUTHWEST OF TRIANGULATION STATION DECATUR MAGNETIC 1935.
1/1/1984 by NGS (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1984 RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION, BUT NOT LEVELED TO DURING THIS PROJECT.
Condition: Mark found in good condition
Designation: DECATUR MAGNETIC AZ MK
Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey
Benchmark Agency (if other): USCG Benchmark
Monumentation type: AZIMUTH MARK Disk
Monumentation type (if other): Disc mounted in a concrete pillar projecting several inches along the fence and tree line.
County: Wise
USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Pecan Creek
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: DN0767
Special category (optional): Not listed
Special Category (if other): Not listed
Local database's URL (optional): Not listed
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