USCGS&SS 211, Lexington, KY
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member wuja
N 37° 58.187 W 084° 25.334
16S E 726431 N 4205598
Placed in 1934 as part of the Civil Works Administration program to keep surveyors employed.
Waymark Code: WM1HKG
Location: Kentucky, United States
Date Posted: 05/12/2007
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Black Dog Trackers
Views: 37

The original description from 1934:

211 (Ky.Geod.S.) (Fayette County, D.V.Terrell, 1934).--About 6.5 miles southeast of Lexington, on Lexington-Richmond Road, 237 feet south of the J.M.Durbin north fence line, 234 feet north of Walnut Hill Pike, and 3 feet east of west right-of-way line. Station is a U.S.C.& G.S. and State Survey standard disk in concrete.

Elevation: 1,017.288 feet.

Plane coordinates (Third-Order): (S), x = 2,382,750.65 feet; y = 598,485.43 feet.
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: 211

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

Monumentation type: Disk (unspecified type)

County: Fayette, KY

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

Special category (optional): Not listed

Find type: Found by luck/skill/knowledge

Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed

Monumentation type (if other): 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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