DD0054 - GAR 2 RESET
Posted by: NCDaywalker
N 33° 55.064 W 078° 01.020
17S E 775786 N 3757042
Location: In BRUNSWICK county, NC
Designation: GAR 2 RESET
Marker Type: triangulation station disk
Setting: surrounded by a mass of concrete
Stability: Mark of questionable or unknown stability.
Waymark Code: WMT458
Location: North Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 09/22/2016
Views: 2
The last two found entries related to this benchmark by professional surveyors are as follows:
01/01/1986 by NGS (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1986 (MRM) THE STATION WAS RECOVERED AT THIS DATE, IN GOOD CONDITION. REFERENCE MARKS WERE NOT SEARCHED FOR AT THIS DATE. THE STATION IS LOCATED IN THE SOUTHEAST SECTION OF SOUTHPORT AND ON FORT JOHNSON MILITARY RESERVATION. OWNERSHIP--U.S. GOVERNMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY. TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE JUNCTION OF STATE HIGHWAYS 87 AND 211 AT THE NORTH SIDE OF SOUTHPORT, GO SOUTH FOR 2.3 KM (1.45 MI) ON HIGHWAY 211 (N HOWE ST) TO A CROSSROAD. TURN LEFT AND GO EAST FOR 0.2 KM (0.15 MI) ON E MOORE ST TO A SIDE ROAD RIGHT. TURN RIGHT AND GO SOUTH THEN WEST FOR 0.2 KM (0.1 MI) ON FT JOHNSON PL TO A DIRT PARKING AREA ON THE LEFT, END OF TRUCK TRAVEL AND THE STATION SITE TO THE SOUTHWEST. THE STATION IS A STANDARD USE DISK STAMPED---GAR 2 21.48 1939 1962---, SET INTO THE TOP OF AN IRREGULAR MASS OF CONCRETE FLUSH WITH GROUND. LOCATED 38.25 METERS (125.5 FT) SOUTHEAST FROM THE SOUTHWESTERNMOST CORNER OF A BRICK HOUSE, 30.94 METERS (101.5 FT) SOUTHWEST FROM THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF A WHITE WOOD HOUSE, 30.48 METERS (100.0 FT) EAST-NORTHEAST FROM A LARGE BOULDER WITH A TABLET BY NORTH CAROLINA SOCIETY OF COLONIAL DAMES, 24.38 METERS (80.0 FT) WEST-SOUTHWEST FROM A LARGE BOULDER WITH A TABLET BY NATIONAL SOCIETY UNITED STATES DAUGHTERS, 23.77 METERS (78.0 FT) NORTH-NORTHWEST FROM THE APPROXIMATE CENTER OF E BAY ST, 17.80 METERS (58.4 FT) SOUTHEAST FROM AN OAK TREE 61 CM IN DIAMETER AND 5.94 METERS (19.5 FT) SOUTH FROM A GUYED TREE 10 CM IN DIAMETER. TI 4100 GPS SURVEY OF FAA AIRPORT SITES IN NORTH CAROLINA-FEBRUARY, MARCH 1986. THIS STATION SUITABLE FOR GPS SURVEYS. DESCRIBED BY D.F. CALLAHAN.
06/21/1997 by USPSQD (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY US POWER SQUADRON 1997 RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.
Condition: Mark found in good condition
Designation: GAR 2 RESET
Benchmark Agency: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Monumentation type: TRIANGULATION STATION Disk
County: BRUNSWICK county
USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Southport
Find type: Found by luck/skill/knowledge
Web address of this benchmark's datasheet (optional): [Web Link]
NGS PID: DD0054
Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed
Monumentation type (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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