MOUNDSVILLE CBL 100 - Marshall County WV - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

DESCRIBED BY WV DEPT TRANS 1984
A TAPE CALIBRATION MONUMENT IS SET 100 FEET FROM THE 1094-METER POINT.

THE BASE LINE IS LOCATED ABOUT 12.8 MI SOUTH OF WHEELING,
9.9 MI NORTHWEST OF CAMERON, AND 2.8 MI SOUTH OF
MOUNDSVILLE AT THE MARSHALL COUNTY AIRPORT.THE BASE LINE RUNS ALONG AND IS APPROXIMATELY PARALLEL WITH THE SOUTHEASTERN EDGE OF RUNWAY 4-26. --NOTE-- MR. DAVID BOARD, AIRPORT MANAGER, MOUNTAIN STATE AVIATION, MARSHALL COUNTY AIRPORT, RD 2 BOX 322A, MOUNDSVILLE, WV 26041, MUST BE NOTIFIED 24-HOURS PRIOR TO WORK ON THE BASE LINE AND CAN PROVIDE AIRPORT ACCESS INFORMATION, TELEPHONE (304) 845-0200.

THE BASE LINE IS A NORTHEAST-SOUTHWEST LINE WITH THE 0-METER POINT ON THE NORTHEAST END. IT CONSISTS OF THE 0, 150, 430, AND 1094 METER POINTS WITH A 100-FOOT TAPE CALIBRATION STATION LOCATED ON LINE AND NORTHEAST OF THE 1094 METER POINT.

TO REACH THE 0-METER POINT FROM THE SOUTHERN JUNCTION OF STATE HIGHWAY 2 AND U.S. HIGHWAY 250 (SEVENTH STREET), LOCATED IN DOWNTOWN MOUNDSVILLE JUST EAST OF THE MOUNDSVILLE FEDERAL OFFICE BUILDING, GO SOUTH ON STATE HIGHWAY 2 FOR 1.2 MI TO THE INTERSECTION OF STATE HIGHWAY 2 ALTERNATE ON THE LEFT. TURN LEFT AND GO SOUTH ON STATE HIGHWAY 2 ALTERNATE FOR 0.03 MI TO THE INTERSECTION OF STATE HIGHWAY 2 EMERGENCY (ROBERTS RIDGE ROAD) ON THE LEFT. TURN LEFT AND MEANDER SOUTHEASTERLY UP STATE HIGHWAY 2 EMERGENCY FOR 2.1 MI TO THE INTERSECTION OF KULL LANE (COUNTY ROAD 88/6) ON THE LEFT.
TURN LEFT AND GO SOUTHEASTERLY ON KULL LANE FOR 0.9 MI TO A
PAVED INTERSECTION ON THE RIGHT AND A LARGE WHITE HOUSE TO THE
SOUTHEAST. TURN RIGHT AND GO SOUTH ON THE PAVED ROAD FOR 0.06
MI TO A LOCKED GATE AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE AIRPORT. PASS THROUGH
GATE AND CONTINUE SOUTHERLY ACROSS THE AIRCRAFT PARKING AREA CURVING TO SOUTHEAST ON THE TAXIWAY FOR 0.1 MI TO THE SOUTHWEST
CORNER OF RUNWAY 4-26. TURN LEFT AND GO NORTHEAST CROSS-COUNTRY
PARALLELING THE SOUTHEAST EDGE OF RUNWAY 4-26 FOR O.65 MI
TO THE 0- METER POINT NORTHEAST OF THE SOUTHEASTERN EDGE OF THE RUNWAY NEAR THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF A STEEP DOWNSLOPE.

THE 1094-METER POINT IS A STANDARD NGS CALIBRATION BASE LINE DISK
STAMPED--1094 M--, SET IN THE TOP OF A 12 IN DIAMETER CONCRETE
POST FLUSH WITH THE SURFACE OF THE GROUND. IT IS 157.2 FT
SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHWESTERN CORNER OF RUNWAY 4-26, 79.1
FT SOUTHEAST OF REFERENCE MARK NO. 2, 64.6 FT SOUTHWEST OF
REFERENCE MARK NO. 1, 18.4 FT SOUTHEAST OF THE EXTENDED
SOUTHEASTERN EDGE OF RUNWAY 4-26, AND 14.8 FT
NORTH-NORTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF A STEEP DOWNSLOPE.

Condition: Mark found in good condition Designation: 100 Benchmark Agency: National Geodetic Survey Monumentation type: Calibration Baseline Disk County: Marshall USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Moundsville Find type: Coordinates and/or to-reach information from the NGS database (or Geocaching's copy of it) were used NGS PID: none Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed Monumentation type (if other): Not listed Special category (optional): Not listed Special Category (if other): Not listed Web address of this benchmark's datasheet (optional): Not listed Local database's URL (optional): Not listed

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