NGS PID# MY6402 - CROWL WEST RESET
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Ganuman
N 42° 11.805 W 071° 52.520
19T E 262596 N 4675624
NGS PID# MY6402 - CROWL WEST RESET
Waymark Code: WMCKX6
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 09/18/2011
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
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MY6402'DESCRIBED BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1983 (CLN)
MY6402'A 12-INCH BY 12-INCH CONCRETE MONUMENT WAS FOUND WITH THE TOP BROKEN
MY6402'OFF INTO NUMEROUS PIECES AT THE DESCRIBED LOCATION OF THE STATION
MY6402'MARK. A NEW SURFACE MARK DISK WAS SET AT THE EXACT CENTER OF THE TOP
MY6402'OF THE CONCRETE MONUMENT. A NEW DESCRIPTION FOLLOWS.
MY6402'THE STATION IS LOCATED ON THE SUMMIT OF A HIGH HILL LOCALLY KNOWN AS
MY6402'CROWL WEST. IT IS ABOUT 3.2 KM (2.00 MI) WEST OF AUBURN AND 0.4 KM
MY6402'(0.25 MI) EAST OF ROCHDALE STREET.
MY6402'TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE JUNCTION OF US ROUTE 20 AND STATE ROUTE
MY6402'12 IN THE WESTERN PART OF AUBURN, GO NORTHEAST ON ROUTE 12 FOR 0.5 KM
MY6402'(0.30 MI) TO WEST STREET. TURN LEFT AND GO NORTHWEST ON WEST STREET
MY6402'FOR 1.9 KM (1.20 MI) TO ROCHDALE STREET. TURN RIGHT AND GO NORTHEAST
MY6402'ON ROCHDALE STREET FOR 0.6 KM (0.35 MI) TO A DIRT ROAD ON THE RIGHT.
MY6402'TURN RIGHT AND GO EASTERLY ON THE DIRT ROAD FOR 0.2 KM (0.1 MI) TO A
MY6402'WASHED OUT ROAD AND THE END OF TRUCK TRAVEL. PACK EAST ALONG A WASHED
MY6402'OUT ROAD FOR 440 YARDS TO THE TOP OF A KNOLL. GO NORTHEAST THROUGH
MY6402'THICK BRUSH FOR 210 YARDS TO THE STATION AS DESCRIBED.
MY6402'THE STATION IS A DISK SET IN THE TOP OF A SQUARE CONCRETE POST THAT
MY6402'PROJECTS 6 INCHES AND IS 18.3 M (60.0 FT) EAST OF A STONE WALL RUNNING
MY6402'NORTH-SOUTH, 2.7 M (8.9 FT) SOUTH OF A 9-INCH POPLAR TREE AND 1.3 M
MY6402'(4.3 FT) EAST-SOUTHEAST OF A CARSONITE WITNESS POST AND SIGN.
MY6402
MY6402 STATION RECOVERY (2004)
MY6402
MY6402'RECOVERY NOTE BY GEOCACHING 2004 (DKA)
MY6402'RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.
MY6402
MY6402 STATION RECOVERY (2011)
MY6402
MY6402'RECOVERY NOTE BY GEOCACHING 2011 (JU)
MY6402'DISC IS GONE, TOP OF CEMENT POST IS BROKEN JUST LIKE THE 1983 (CLN)
MY6402'DESCRIPTION SAYS. IT LOOKS LIKE IT NEVER GOT RESET.
Condition: Mark found in poor condition

Designation: DISC IS MISSING

Benchmark Agency: National Geodetic Survey

Monumentation type: HORIZONTAL CONTROL Disk

County: WORCESTER

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): WORCESTER SOUTH

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

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Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed

Monumentation type (if other): Not listed

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