AZ0628 -- Fort Clark Flagpole, Brackettville TX
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Benchmark Blasterz
N 29° 18.342 W 100° 25.278
14R E 361967 N 3242693
The flagpole on the parade ground at the former Fort Clark Army post, now the Fort Clark Springs resort, in Brackettville, Texas
Waymark Code: WMPMXN
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 09/23/2015
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
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The day Blasterz visited, AZ0628 was doing its thing -- being visible for miles around.

From the NGS Datasheet: (visit link)

"AZ0628 DESIGNATION - FORT CLARK FLAGPOLE
AZ0628 PID - AZ0628
AZ0628 STATE/COUNTY- TX/KINNEY
AZ0628 USGS QUAD - BRACKETTVILLE (1977)
AZ0628
AZ0628 *CURRENT SURVEY CONTROL
AZ0628 ___________________________________________________________________
AZ0628* NAD 83(1993)- 29 18 20.52098(N) 100 25 16.69425(W) ADJUSTED
AZ0628* NAVD 88 -
AZ0628 __________________________________________________________________AZ0628
AZ0628_MARKER: 62 = FLAGPOLE
AZ0628
AZ0628 HISTORY - Date Condition Recov. By
AZ0628 HISTORY - 1935 FIRST OBSERVED CGS
AZ0628 HISTORY - 19960524 GOOD USPSQD
AZ0628
AZ0628 STATION DESCRIPTION
AZ0628
AZ0628''DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1935 (CIA)
AZ0628''POINT OBSERVED UPON IS TOP OF FLAGPOLE ON 100 FOOT HIGH FLAGPOLE
AZ0628''(METAL) LOCATED ON PARADE GROUNDS AT FORT CLARK, 200 FEET E OF
AZ0628''STREET CALLED OFFICERS ROW, AND 200 FEET W OF THE POST THEATER,
AZ0628''AND IS 50 FEET N OF THE E-W STREET PASSING THE POST THEATER.
AZ0628
AZ0628 STATION RECOVERY (1996)
AZ0628
AZ0628''RECOVERY NOTE BY US POWER SQUADRON 1996
AZ0628''RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION."
Condition: Mark found in good condition

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Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey

Monumentation type: other (not any of the below)

Monumentation type (if other): Flagpole

County: Kinney County TX

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Brackettville

Find type: Coordinates and/or to-reach information from the NGS database (or Geocaching's copy of it) were used

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NGS PID: AZ0628

Benchmark Agency (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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