CI0146 - BALL AZIMUTH RESET - Newton County, Missouri - Azimuth Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

This is the reset of the original 1935 BALL azimuth mark, which was found destroyed by road construction in 1954 and replaced in 1961.

(The following is from the datasheet for triangulation station BALL)

DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1935 (CAS)
STATION IS ABOUT 8 MILES NW OF GOODMAN, 10 MILES SW OF NEOSHO,
6 MILES SE OF SENECA, 7.5 MILES S OF RACINE, 5.3 MILES E OF
MISSOURI-OKLAHOMA STATE LINE, 2 MILES N OF THE MC DONALD-NEWTON
COUNTY LINE, AND IN THE SE 1/4 OF SEC. 19, T 24 N, R 33 W ON
LAND OWNED AND OCCUPIED BY CORBELL BALL. THE MARK IS SET ON
THE S EDGE OF A CULTIVATED FIELD, 2 FEET N OF N RIGHT-OF-WAY
FENCE OF E-W ROAD, 17 FEET N OF CENTER LINE OF SAME ROAD, AND 115
FEET W OF CENTER LINE OF N-S ROAD. MARK PROJECTS 12
INCHES.

SURFACE, UNDERGROUND, REFERENCE AND AZIMUTHS MARKS ARE STANDARD
BRONZE DISKS SET IN CONCRETE.

AZIMUTH MARK IS NE OF STATION ON E EDGE OF ROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY,
40 FEET E OF CENTER LINE OF SAME ROAD, 2 FEET W OF E CENTER
LINE OF SAME ROAD, AND 10 FEET S OF CORNER POST OF E RIGHT-OF-WAY
FENCE.

RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1954 (GCM)
STATION WAS RECOVERED AS DESCRIBED AND ALL MARKS WERE RECOVERED
IN GOOD CONDITION, EXCEPT THE AZIMUTH MARK AND REFERENCE
MARK NO. 1 WHICH WERE DESTROYED BY NEW ROAD CONSTRUCTION.
REFERENCE MARK NO. 3 WAS ESTABLISHED.

RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1961 (BRB)
THE STATION, REFERENCE MARKS 2 AND 3 WERE RECOVERED AND
FOUND IN GOOD CONDITION. TRAV. STA. NO. 7 WAS FOUND LEANING
AND HAD BEEN REINFORCED WITH CONCRETE BY SOME ONE. IT IS NOT
KNOWN AT THIS TIME BY WHOM. THE TOWER COULD NOT BE BUILT OVER
THE OLD STATION BECAUSE IT WAS TO NEAR THE ROAD. A NEW
REFERENCE MARK 4 WAS ESTABLISHED AND OCCUPIED AT THIS TIME. A
NEW AZIMUTH MARK WAS ALSO ESTABLISHED.

A NEW DESCRIPTION AND TO REACH FOLLOWS-

THE STATION IS ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEOSHO, 8 MILES
NORTHWEST OF GOODMAN, ON THE PROPERTY OF MR. CORBELL BALL, IN THE
SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 19, T. 24 N., R. 33 W., 115 FEET WEST OF
THE CENTERLINE OF COUNTY ROAD Y, 75 FEET WEST OF A FENCE CORNER,
18 FEET NORTH OF THE CENTERLINE OF A GRAVELED ROAD AND 1 FOOT
NORTH OF A WIRE FENCE. THE MONUMENT PROJECTS 4 INCHES AND THE
DISK IS STAMPED BALL 1935. NOTES 1A 7A.

TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE JUNCTION OF U.S. HIGHWAY 60 AND
U.S. HIGHWAY 71 ABOUT 2.5 MILES SOUTH OF NEOSHO, GO WEST ON
HIGHWAY 60 FOR 6.75 MILES TO A PAVED CROSSROAD. TURN LEFT AND GO
SOUTH ON COUNTY ROAD Y FOR 2.7 MILES TO THE STATION ON THE RIGHT.

TO REACH THE AZIMUTH MARK FROM THE STATION, GO WEST ON A GRAVELED
ROAD FOR 0.85 MILE TO A CROSSROAD. TURN RIGHT AND GO NORTH ON
A GRAVELED ROAD FOR 0.1 MILE TO THE MARK ON THE RIGHT.

THE AZIMUTH MARK IS 19 FEET EAST OF THE CENTERLINE OF A GRAVELED
ROAD, 6 INCHES WEST OF A WIRE FENCE AND 1 FOOT NORTH OF A WITNESS
POST. THE MONUMENT PROJECTS 6 INCHES AND THE DISK IS STAMPED
BALL 1935 RESET 1960.

Azimuth Condition: Marked/Scarred Your Directions: GO WEST ON COUNTY ROAD FROM BALL TRIANGULATION STATION 0.840 MILE TO COUNTY ROAD NORTH. TURN NORTH GO 0.136 MILE TO MARK ON RIGHT. Station Link: [Web Link] Parking Coords: Not Listed

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