AX1456 U 824 -- Muldoon TX - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

Blasterz suspected as soon as we saw these 2 cemeteries, one with a fine brick entry and the other with a more humble metal arch gateway that we were looking at segregated cemeteries.

This benchmark is located in the cemetery set aside for the black residents of the formerly bustling railroad town of Muldoon in Fayette County, Texas.

From the Dadtasheet: (visit link)

"AX1456 DESIGNATION - U 824
AX1456 PID - AX1456
AX1456 STATE/COUNTY- TX/FAYETTE
AX1456 USGS QUAD - MULDOON (1982)
AX1456
AX1456 *CURRENT SURVEY CONTROL
AX1456 ___________________________________________________________________
AX1456* NAD 83(1986)- 29 49 40. (N) 097 05 13. (W) SCALED
AX1456* NAVD 88 - 106.46 (+/-2cm) 349.3 (feet) VERTCON
AX1456 __________________________________________________________________
AX1456
AX1456_MARKER: DB = BENCH MARK DISK
AX1456_SETTING: 7 = SET IN TOP OF CONCRETE MONUMENT
AX1456_STAMPING: U 824 1943
AX1456_STABILITY: C = MAY HOLD, BUT OF TYPE COMMONLY SUBJECT TO
AX1456+STABILITY: SURFACE MOTION
AX1456
AX1456 HISTORY - Date Condition Recov. By
AX1456 HISTORY - 1943 MONUMENTED CGS
AX1456 HISTORY - 19970607 GOOD USPSQD
AX1456
AX1456 STATION DESCRIPTION
AX1456
AX1456''DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1943
AX1456''1.5 MI NW FROM MULDOON.
AX1456''1.5 MILES NORTHWEST ALONG A GRADED DIRT ROAD FROM THE GRADE SCHOOL AT
AX1456''MULDOON, FAYETTE COUNTY, AT AN OLD CEMETERY, 33 FEET NORTH OF THE
AX1456''CENTERLINE OF THE ROAD, 15 FEET EAST OF THE CENTER OF THE ENTRANCE
AX1456''GATE TO THE CEMETERY, 1 FOOT SOUTH OF THE FENCE, 3 FEET WEST OF A
AX1456''WHITE WOODEN WITNESS POST, AND LEVEL WITH THE ROAD. A STANDARD DISK,
AX1456''STAMPED U 824 1943 AND SET IN THE TOP OF A CONCRETE POST PROJECTING
AX1456''0.5 FOOT ABOVE GROUND.
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AX1456 STATION RECOVERY (1997)
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AX1456''RECOVERY NOTE BY US POWER SQUADRON 1997
AX1456''RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION."

Condition: Mark found in good condition Designation: U 824 Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey Monumentation type: BENCH MARK (or B.M.) Disk County: Fayette USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Muldoon 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: AX1456 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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