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AE1661 Roma Municipal Tank -- Roma TX - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com
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AE1661 Roma Municipal Tank -- Roma TX
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Benchmark Blasterz
N 26° 24.395 W 099° 01.162
14R E 498068 N 2920711
The Roma TX municipal tank is an NGS Benchmark
Waymark Code:
WMPGFE
Location:
Texas, United States
Date Posted:
08/28/2015
Published By:
Ernmark
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This cool old metal tank on a concrete tank is an NGS benchmark. It can be seen from all over the historic Texas border town of Roma.
From the NGS Datasheet:
AE1661 DESIGNATION - ROMA MUN TANK
AE1661 PID - AE1661
AE1661 STATE/COUNTY- TX/STARR
AE1661 COUNTRY - US
AE1661 USGS QUAD - ROMA-LOS SAENZ WEST (1965)
AE1661
AE1661 *CURRENT SURVEY CONTROL
AE1661 ______________________________________________________________________
AE1661* NAD 83(1993) POSITION- 26 24 23.72340(N) 099 01 09.73030(W) ADJUSTED
AE1661
AE1661_MARKER: 53 = ELEVATED TANK
AE1661
AE1661 HISTORY - Date Condition Report By
AE1661 HISTORY - 1974 FIRST OBSERVED NGS
AE1661
AE1661 STATION DESCRIPTION
AE1661
AE1661'DESCRIBED BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1974 (ILC)
AE1661'THE STATION, ROMA MUNICIPAL WATER TANK, IS THE CENTER OF THE TOP OF
AE1661'A SILVER TANK SETTING ON A WHITE CONCRETE PEDESTAL, OWNED BY THE
AE1661'CITY OF ROMA WITH A COMBINED HEIGHT OF 125 FEET.
AE1661'
AE1661'TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE POST OFFICE IN ROMA GO SOUTHEAST ON
AE1661'U.S. HIGHWAY 83 FOR 0.35 MILE TO A CROSSROAD, TURN RIGHT AND GO
AE1661'SOUTH ON A PAVED ROAD FOR 0.15 MILE TO THE STATION ON THE RIGHT.
Condition:
Mark found in good condition
Designation:
-blank-
Benchmark Agency:
National Geodetic Survey
Monumentation type:
Elevated Tank
County:
Starr Co TX
USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional):
Roma-Los Saenz West
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):
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NGS PID:
AE1661
Benchmark Agency (if other):
Not listed
Monumentation type (if other):
Not listed
Special category (optional):
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Special Category (if other):
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Local database's URL (optional):
Not listed
Visit Instructions:
A closeup photo of the mark taken by you is required.
A 'distant' photo including the mark in the view is highly recommended. Include the compass direction you faced when you took the picture.
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