AJ5247: GCY D04 2001 (FL-085/NGS, Indiantown, FL)
Posted by: NH2beers
N 27° 01.314 W 080° 28.103
17R E 552734 N 2988972
A standard disk, located in Indiantown, FL.
The NGS PID# is AJ5247.
Waymark Code: WMKQTT
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 05/18/2014
Views: 6
This station is a Martin County, FL (FL-085) standard disk, located in Indiantown, FL. It is set in a concrete post, and flush with the ground, at the southwest corner of a small park, at the junction of Southwest Warfield Boulevard (FL S.R. 710), and Washington Avenue. It is also across Washington Avenue from a Circle-K gas station. It is northeast from a wooden fence and witness post.
The NGS datasheet description is as follows:
THE STATION IS LOCATED IN INDIANTOWN, SECTION 6, TOWNSHIP 40 SOUTH,
RANGE 39 EAST.
TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE TOP OF THE OVERPASS AT THE INTERSECTION
OF STATE ROAD 710 AND STATE ROAD 76, GO NORTHWEST ALONG STATE ROAD
710, 1.78 KM (1.11 MI)TO THE STATION ON THE RIGHT.
THE STATION IS LOCATED 10.79 M (35.4 FT) NORTHEAST OF THE NORTHEAST
EDGE OF PAVEMENT OF STATE ROAD 710 (WARFIELD BLVD) AND 13.1 M (43.0 FT)
SOUTHEAST OF WASHINGTON AVENUE AND 0.94 METERS SOUTHWEST OF A
CARSONITE WITNESS POST.
The witness post as noted here may have been moved, but is still present.
The mark is very easy to access; there is parking nearby.
This station has adjusted horizontal and vertical measurements; it's published numbers are of very high accuracy.
Because this station was monumented in 2001, it is not in the Geocaching database. There are many marks in Florida that are like this.
Condition: Mark found in good condition
Designation: GCY D04 2001
Benchmark Agency: other (not included below)
Benchmark Agency (if other): Martin County, FL (FL-085)
Monumentation type: Disk (unspecified type)
County: Martin
USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Indiantown
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: AJ5247
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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