Benchmark "RCK 28" - Flat Rock, NC
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member CuriousBM
N 35° 16.380 W 082° 26.512
17S E 368861 N 3904271
Benchmark "RCK 28" - Flat Rock, NC
Waymark Code: WMVWYN
Location: North Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 06/05/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
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DESCRIBED BY NORTH CAROLINA GEODETIC SURVEY 1988 (PAC) STATION IS LOCATED 3.1 MI (5.0 KM) SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF HENDERSONVILLE, IN FLAT ROCK, AT 2680 GREENVILLE HIGHWAY (US 25). ALONG US 25 FOR 2.6 MI (4.2 KM) SOUTHEAST FROM US 176, AT SR 1123 (LITTLE RIVER ROAD), IN LARGE SURFACE ROCK. MARK IS ABOUT 2 FEET HIGHER THAN THE HIGHWAY. LOCATED 36.5 FT (11.1 M) EAST-NORTHEAST OF THE CENTERLINE OF US 25, 94.0 FT (28.7 M) NORTH-NORTHEAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF SR 1123, AND 17.0 FT (5.2 M) EAST-NORTHEAST OF A UTILITY POLE WITH REFERENCE TAG.
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: RCK 28

Benchmark Agency: other (not included below)

Benchmark Agency (if other): Tennessee Valley Authority

Monumentation type: Survey Mark

County: Flat Rock, NC

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Hendersonville (1990)

Special category (optional): Not listed

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: AH2467

Local database's URL (optional): [Web Link]

Monumentation type (if other): Not listed

Special Category (if other): Not listed

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