AO0687 Cotulla Cthse Square Water Tank -- Cotulla TX
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N 28° 26.095 W 099° 14.207
14R E 476813 N 3145404
The benchmark Cotulla Courthouse Square Water Tank has been a fixture on the La Salle County courthouse square since the 1930s
Waymark Code: WMPGZW
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 08/30/2015
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
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NGS benchmark AO0687 Cotulla Cthse Square Tank is located on the southwest corner of the courthouse square across the street from the La Salle County Courthouse.

From the NGS Datasheet:

AO0687 DESIGNATION - COTULLA CTHSE SQUARE WATER TK
AO0687 PID - AO0687
AO0687 STATE/COUNTY- TX/LA SALLE
AO0687 USGS QUAD - COTULLA (1977)
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AO0687 *CURRENT SURVEY CONTROL
AO0687 ___________________________________________________________________
AO0687* NAD 83(1993)- 28 26 05.82713(N) 099 14 12.45041(W) ADJUSTED
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AO0687_MARKER: 53 = ELEVATED TANK
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AO0687 HISTORY - Date Condition Recov. By
AO0687 HISTORY - 1935 FIRST OBSERVED CGS
AO0687 HISTORY - 1972 GOOD NGS
AO0687 HISTORY - 19970816 GOOD USPSQD
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AO0687 STATION DESCRIPTION
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AO0687''DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1935 (CIA)
AO0687''POINT OBSERVED IS THE FINIAL OF THE MUNICIPAL WATER TANK LOCATED
AO0687''IN THE CENTRAL PART OF TOWN AT THE SW CORNER OF THE COURTHOUSE
AO0687''SQUARE. TANK IS ABOUT 125 FEET HIGH.
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AO0687''STATION WAS OBSERVED UPON FROM TRIANGULATION STATIONS COTULLA,
AO0687''KELLI AND FITCH.
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AO0687 STATION RECOVERY (1972)
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AO0687''RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1972 (ILC)
AO0687''THE STATION WAS RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION AND AS DESCRIBED IN
AO0687''1935. THE STATION WAS ALSO KNOWN AS. COTULLA COURTHOUSE SQUARE
AO0687''WATER TANK 1935 AN COTULLA TANK 1935. A MEASUREMENT WAS MADE FROM
AO0687''TRIANGULATION STATION COTULLA 1935, THE DISTANCE BEING 212.80
AO0687''FEET, (64.861) METERS. THE STATION WAS PREVIOUSLY LOCATED BY
AO0687''INTERSECTION.
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AO0687 STATION RECOVERY (1997)
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AO0687''RECOVERY NOTE BY US POWER SQUADRON 1997
AO0687''RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.
Condition: Mark found in good condition

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Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey

Monumentation type: Elevated Tank

County: La Salle County Texas

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Cotulla

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NGS PID: AO0687

Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed

Monumentation type (if other): Not listed

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