AE1228 K1421 Pharr, TX
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member 8Nuts MotherGoose
N 26° 10.253 W 098° 11.272
14R E 581160 N 2894861
Located along busy US Hwy 281.
Waymark Code: WM9E6E
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 08/09/2010
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
Views: 3

You will have to dig under the grass to find it.
The power line pole is gone.
The chain link fence is gone at this point but you can still tell where the fence line was.
DESCRIBED BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1981 2.7 KM (1.65 MI) SOUTH FROM PHARR. 2.7 KM (1.65 MI) SOUTH ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 281 FROM THE JUNCTION OF U.S. HIGHWAY 83 BUSINESS AT PHARR, AT A SEWAGE DISPOSAL SITE, 16.2 METERS (53.0 FT) EAST OF THE CENTERLINE OF THE HIGHWAY, 72.3 METERS (237.2 FT) SOUTH OF THE CENTER OF THE NORTH ENTRANCE TO THE SITE, 13.4 METERS (44.0 FT) NORTH OF THE CENTER OF THE SOUTH ENTRANCE TO THE SITE, 31.1 METERS (102.0 FT) NORTH OF A NATURAL GAS PIPELINE CROSSING, 84.4 METERS (277.0 FT) NORTH NORTHEAST OF THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF A SMALL BRIDGE OVER A CREEK, 4.5 (14.6 FT) NORTH OF A POWERLINE POLE, AND 0.61 METERS (2.0 FT) WEST OF A CHAIN LINK FENCE LINE. THE MARK IS 0.31 METERS W FROM A WITNESS POST. THE MARK IS 0.6 M BELOW HIGHWAY.
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: K1421

Benchmark Agency: National Geodetic Survey

Monumentation type: Vertical Control Mark

County: Hidalgo

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Pharr

Find type: Coordinates and/or to-reach information from the NGS database (or Geocaching's copy of it) were used

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NGS PID: AE1228

Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed

Monumentation type (if other): Not listed

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