NGS PID# MY3653 - MOUNT WARD RESET - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

MY3653'DESCRIBED BY MASSACHUSETTS GEODETIC SURVEY 1938
MY3653'THIS IS AN OCCUPIED SECOND-ORDER STATION MARKED BY A STATE
MY3653'SURVEY STANDARD TRIANGULATION DISK, STAMPED MOUNT WARD,
MY3653'1893-1938, SET IN SW END OF A 2-INCH BY 1-FOOT BOULDER 1 INCH
MY3653'HIGH IN ORIGINAL DRILL HOLE FORMERLY MARKING MASSACHUSETTS STATE
MY3653'STATION MOUNT WARD, 1893.
MY3653'
MY3653'LOCATED IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE TOWN OF MARLBORO ON THE
MY3653'SUMMIT OF A PARTLY WOODED HILL KNOWN AS MOUNT WARD, 300 YARDS N
MY3653'FROM THE BRICK GATEHOUSE OF THE MARLBORO SEWAGE FILTER BEDS, 160
MY3653'FEET S FROM AN E-W STONE WALL TRAVERSING THE SUMMIT OF THE HILL,
MY3653'64 FEET SSE FROM A 24-INCH ROCK MAPLE TREE, AND 29 FEET W FROM A
MY3653'6-INCH MAPLE TREE.
MY3653'
MY3653'REFERENCE MARKS ARE TWO STATE STANDARD REFERENCE DISKS, STAMPED
MY3653'MOUNT WARD, 1893-1938, MGS, R.M.NO.1 AND R.M.NO.2 RESPECTIVELY,
MY3653'LOCATED AS FOLLOWS--
MY3653'
MY3653'REFERENCE MARK NO.1, IN A 2-BY 2.5-FOOT BOULDER 6 INCHES HIGH,
MY3653'37.53 FEET, IN GEODETIC AZIMUTH 264 DEG 59 MIN 16 SEC FROM STATION.
MY3653'
MY3653'REFERENCE MARK NO. 2 IN A 2- BY 2-FOOT BOULDER 1 FOOT HIGH 20.64
MY3653'FEET, IN GEODETIC AZIMUTH 342 DEG 18 MIN 41 SEC FROM STATION.
MY3653'
MY3653'REFERENCE MARK NO.1 TO REFERENCE MARK NO.2, 38.66 FEET.
MY3653'
MY3653'TO REACH STATION FROM SUDBURY-FRAMINGHAM-MARLBORO TOWN CORNER
MY3653'ON HIGHWAY 20, GO W 0.7 MILE TO A ROADSIDE STAND AND FILLING
MY3653'STATION ON RIGHT, WITH SIGN MOUNT WARD FARM, TURN SHARP RIGHT
MY3653'ONTO DIRT ROAD BETWEEN HOUSE AND STAND, GO E 0.1 MILE AND TURN
MY3653'N WITH ROAD THROUGH FILTER BEDS FOR 0.2 MILE, TURN W FOR 0.1
MY3653'MILE TO BRICK GATEHOUSE TO BEDS. WALK THROUGH GATE W OF HOUSE
MY3653'THEN N 300 YARDS TO SUMMIT ADN STATION.
MY3653'
MY3653'VIEW FROM GROUND OBSTRUCTED BY SCATTERED TALL TREES ON THE
MY3653'SUMMIT, MAKING CLEARING OF LINES NECESSARY. A GROVE OF
MY3653'40-50-FOOT PINE TREES ON THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF SUMMIT COMPLETELY
MY3653'OBSTRUCTS VIEW TO THE S AND SW.
MY3653
MY3653 STATION RECOVERY (1981)
MY3653
MY3653'RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1981 (CLN)
MY3653'THE STATION MARK AND REFERENCE MARK 1 WERE RECOVERED IN GOOD
MY3653'CONDITION. THE STEM FOR REFERENCE MARK 2 WAS ALSO RECOVERED. A NEW
MY3653'DISK WAS SET HOLDING THE CENTER OF THE STEM AS PLUMB. THE DIRECTION
MY3653'BETWEEN THE MARKS FAILED TO CHECK BY A HIGHER VALUE OF 3 MINUTES AND
MY3653'24 SECONDS. A LONGER DISTANCE OF 0.04 FOOT TO REFERENCE MARK 1 AND A
MY3653'SHORTER DISTANCE OF 0.06 FEET TO REFERENCE MARK 2 WAS NOTED. A NEW
MY3653'DESCRIPTION FOLLOWS.
MY3653'THE STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 4.8 KM (3.00 MI) EAST OF DOWNTOWN
MY3653'MARLBORO, ON THE SUMMIT OF MOUNT WARD. IT IS ON A HIGH WOODED HILL TO
MY3653'THE NORTHWEST OF THE MARLBORO WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT.
MY3653'TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE CITY HALL BUILDING IN MARLBORO, GO EAST
MY3653'ON US ROUTE 20 FOR 4.8 KM (3.00 MI) TO A FORK. TAKE THE LEFT FORK AND
MY3653'GO EAST ON A PAVED ROAD FOR 0.2 KM (0.10 MI) TO A SIDE ROAD LEFT. TURN
MY3653'LEFT AND GO NORTH ON A PAVED ROAD FOR 0.1 KM (0.05 MI) TO A TRACK ROAD
MY3653'ON THE LEFT. TURN LEFT AND GO WEST AND NORTH ON THE TRACK ROAD FOR 0.2
MY3653'KM (0.10 MI) TO A WOODS ROAD ON THE RIGHT. TURN RIGHT AND GO
MY3653'NORTHEAST, UPHILL THROUGH THE WOODS FOR 0.3 KM (0.20 MI) TO THE TOP OF
MY3653'THE HILL AND THE STATION.
MY3653'THE STATION IS A DISK SET IN A DRILL HOLE IN A ROCK OUTCROP AND IS
MY3653'19.8 M (65.0 FT) SOUTH OF A 42-INCH MAPLE TREE, 5.8 M (19.0 FT) WEST
MY3653'OF A 24-INCH MAPLE TREE, 3.0 M (9.8 FT) EAST OF A METAL WITNESS POST
MY3653'AND 0.5 M (1.6 FT) EAST OF THE CENTER OF THE TRACK ROAD.
MY3653'
MY3653'REFERENCE MARK NO 1, IS A STANDARD NGS DISK STAMPED---MT WARD 1893
MY3653'1938 RM 1 M.G.S---, SET INTO ROCK OUTCROP, 2.0 FT, (0.6 M) 0.6 METERS
MY3653'(2.0 FT) LARGEST DIMENSION. THE STATION IS LOCATED 11.6 METERS
MY3653'(38.1 FT) EAST FROM THE CENTER OF THE TRACK ROAD, 7.0 METERS
MY3653'(23.0 FT) SOUTHWEST FROM A 12-INCH PINE TREE, 5.8 METERS (19.0 FT)
MY3653'EAST-SOUTHEAST FROM THE 24-INCH MAPLE TREE, AND 0.9 METERS (3.0 FT)
MY3653'LOWER THAN THE STATION. REFERENCE MARK NO 2, IS A STANDARD NGS
MY3653'DISK STAMPED---MOUNT WARD 1893 NO 2 1981---, SET INTO ROCK OUTCROP,
MY3653'2.0 FT, (0.6 M) 0.6 METERS (2.0 FT) LARGEST DIMENSION. THE STATION
MY3653'IS LOCATED 8.5 METERS (27.9 FT) SOUTHWEST FROM THE 24-INCH MAPLE
MY3653'TREE, 7.3 METERS (24.0 FT) SOUTHEAST FROM THE METAL WITNESS POST, 1.2
MY3653'METERS (3.9 FT) EAST FROM THE CENTER OF THE TRACK ROAD.

Condition: Mark found in good condition Designation: MT WARD - 1893-1938 Benchmark Agency: Not listed Monumentation type: TRIANGULATION STATION Disk County: MIDDLESEX USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): FRAMINGHAM 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] Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed Monumentation type (if other): Not listed Special category (optional): Not listed Special Category (if other): Not listed NGS PID: Not listed Local database's URL (optional): Not listed

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