USCGS&SS 106, Lexington, KY
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member wuja
N 37° 58.871 W 084° 25.460
16S E 726213 N 4206857
Shown as a horizontal control station BM 1047 on the Coletown, KY 7.5' topo quad.
Waymark Code: WM18HV
Location: Kentucky, United States
Date Posted: 02/23/2007
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Black Dog Trackers
Views: 16

The original description from 1934 (located after discovering the mark):

106 (Ky. Geod. S.) (Fayette County, D. V. Terrell, 1934).--Approximately 6.2 miles east of Lexington, on Athens-Boonesboro Road, 350 feet north of intersection of Athens-Boonesboro Road with Richmond Road, 175 feet north of west entrance gate to Walnut Hill schoolgrounds, and 1 foot west of east right-of-way line. Station is a U.S.C.& G.S. and State Survey standard disk in concrete.

Elevation; 1,047.421 feet.

Plane coordinates: (S), x = 2,382,086.23 feet; y = 602,627.69 feet.
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: 106

Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey and State Survey

Monumentation type: Disk (unspecified type)

County: Fayette

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Coletown, KY

Find type: Searched @ "BM" on a topographic map

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

NGS PID: Not listed

Local database's URL (optional): Not listed

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