K 1464 - 1982 (AY1642) Flange w/Metal Rod, San Antonio, Texas USA - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

The Old Highway 90 runs past The Candlewook Suites and the Country Inn and Suites on the right side of the Old Highway 90 while driving Northward. There are several curb cuts to use to turn off the Old Highway 90 and enter the entrances to either motel of your choice. There is a common entrance road that runs parallel to Hwy 90 but is on the connecting road to the motels. When facing the motels with your back toward Old Hwy 90, the Country Inn and Suites is on your right and the Candlewood Suites is toward your left.

The yard in front of the motels contain a few clusters of landscaping. One of the landscaped areas closer to the left side motel has a tall telephone pole rising high over the cactus plants near it. About a yard or so from the edge of the access roadway and between the telephone pole and some landscaping is the location of a vertical control mark flange and lid that covers the buried rod that is the benchmark of this quest. The coordinates place the control mark close to the Candlewood Suites. Once in the general area of the telephone pole near the landscaping, it should be easy to spot the gray metal lid that covers the benchmark you are seeking.

The lid is still with the matching flange but the hinge has been broken. To see the metal rod inside the flange, carefully lift up the round lid and look into the flange to see the metal rod inside.

Around the edge were the lid rests are three sections of text that are integral with the flange.
The three parts of the text read as follows:

Left side text:
VERTICAL CONTROL MARK
UNLAWFUL TO DISTRURB

Middle text:
K1464
1982

Right side text:
FOR INFORMATION OR TO REPORT DAMAGE WRITE
THE DIRECTOR NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY WASHINGTON D.C.

Please return the lid to its correct position before leaving.

Condition: Mark found in good condition Designation: K1464 1982 Benchmark Agency: National Geodetic Survey Monumentation type: Vertical Control Mark County: San Antonio is a major city within Bexar County, Texas USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): San Antonio West (2019) 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: AY1642 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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