USGS '41 HLZ 1966 1420' BM - West Virginia
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member frex3wv
N 37° 33.369 W 081° 24.054
17S E 464590 N 4156646
Found using online topo map.
Waymark Code: WMK762
Location: West Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 02/22/2014
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member NW_history_buff
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First to log in 48 years!

Found this one while in the area delivering water to locals who have been without usable tap water for over 5 months with NO gov't help.

"To Reach" description below (obtained after the fact from Keith in the USGS Rollo office) is still good. Disc and setting in great shape!

Alpoca, 2.0 mi NW of Post Office, along state highway 10; 77 ft NW of,and about level with centerline of rd. at junction of T-rd. E; in W end of N abutment of bridge; standard tablet stamped "41 HLZ 1966 1420", painted "BM 1420.3" WL = 1404 ft.
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: 41 HLZ 1666

Benchmark Agency: U.S. Department of Interior Geological Survey

Benchmark Agency (if other): U.S. Department of Interior Geological Survey

Monumentation type: TRIANGULATION STATION Disk

County: Wyoming

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Wyoming/Mullens

Find type: Searched @ "BM" on a topographic map

Monumentation type (if other): Not listed

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