27-174W Control Station - Sparta, WI
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member mrjcanger
N 43° 55.155 W 090° 50.972
15T E 672647 N 4865152
Located between the Sparta-La Crosse Bike Trail and Iband Avenue, this disk was placed for the Wisconsin County GPS Network.
Waymark Code: WMT51T
Location: Wisconsin, United States
Date Posted: 09/27/2016
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
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Owned by the Wisconsin DOT, this disk was placed in its current location in 1996. It sits just North of Iband Avenue and South of the Sparta-La Crosse Bike Trail marked by three orange witness posts. One of the witness posts is almost invisible due to overgrowth.
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: 27-174W

Benchmark Agency: Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WI)

Monumentation type: Control Monument, Survey Control, Control Survey

County: Monroe

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): SPARTA

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: DH5379

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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