KE1507 - Leavenworth, Ks.
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member iconions
N 39° 16.929 W 094° 53.411
15S E 336971 N 4349790
This water tower is located on the grounds of the Eisenhouer VA Hospital - the elevated tank is on the east side of the grounds on Water Street.
Waymark Code: WMRN3Y
Location: Kansas, United States
Date Posted: 07/11/2016
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
Views: 3

This water tower is located on the grounds of the Eisenhouer VA Hospital - the elevated tank is on the east side of the grounds on Water Street. The tank has a commanding location on a hill overlooking the Leavenworth National Cemetery.

Here is the datasheet from geocaching.com (state and county listed in the original datasheet are incorrect)-
(visit link)

KE1507 ***********************************************************************
KE1507 DESIGNATION - LEAVENWORTH VA HOSP WATER TK
KE1507 PID - KE1507
KE1507 STATE/COUNTY- MO/LAFAYETTE
KE1507 USGS QUAD - LEAVENWORTH (1984)
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KE1507 *CURRENT SURVEY CONTROL
KE1507 ___________________________________________________________________
KE1507* NAD 83(1997)- 39 16 55.74640(N) 094 53 24.63645(W) ADJUSTED
KE1507* NAVD 88 -
KE1507 ___________________________________________________________________
KE1507 LAPLACE CORR- -2.28 (seconds) DEFLEC99
KE1507 GEOID HEIGHT- -32.29 (meters) GEOID99
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KE1507 HORZ ORDER - THIRD
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KE1507.The horizontal coordinates were established by classical geodetic methods
KE1507.and adjusted by the National Geodetic Survey in February 2000.
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KE1507.The Laplace correction was computed from DEFLEC99 derived deflections.
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KE1507.The geoid height was determined by GEOID99.
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KE1507; North East Units Scale Converg.
KE1507;SPC MO W - 345,844.096 816,336.965 MT 0.99995512 -0 14 49.3
KE1507;UTM 15 - 4,349,790.963 336,972.383 MT 0.99992725 -1 11 49.2
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KE1507 SUPERSEDED SURVEY CONTROL
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KE1507 NAD 83(1997)- 39 16 55.74590(N) 094 53 24.63592(W) AD( ) 4
KE1507 NAD 83(1997)- 39 16 55.75482(N) 094 53 24.62932(W) AD( ) 4
KE1507 NAD 83(1986)- 39 16 55.75534(N) 094 53 24.62911(W) AD( ) 4
KE1507 NAD 27 - 39 16 55.75571(N) 094 53 23.76951(W) AD( ) 3
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KE1507.Superseded values are not recommended for survey control.
KE1507.NGS no longer adjusts projects to the NAD 27 or NGVD 29 datums.
KE1507.See file dsdata.txt to determine how the superseded data were derived.
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KE1507_MARKER: 51 = TANK
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KE1507 HISTORY - Date Condition Recov. By
KE1507 HISTORY - 1974 FIRST OBSERVED USE
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KE1507 STATION DESCRIPTION
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KE1507''NO DESCRIPTIVE TEXT AVAILABLE.
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: PID=KE1507

Benchmark Agency: National Geodetic Survey

Monumentation type: Elevated Tank

County: Leavenworth

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Leavenworth

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: PID=KE1507

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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  2. A 'distant' photo including the mark in the view is highly recommended. Include the compass direction you faced when you took the picture.
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