AE1228 K1421 Pharr, TX
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
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
Web address of this benchmark's datasheet (optional): [Web Link]
NGS PID: AE1228
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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