EZ3493 BALDWIN NCGS 1972
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member NCDaywalker
N 35° 14.953 W 079° 28.482
17S E 638768 N 3901747
One of a series of benchmark along NC 73 in Moore County.
Waymark Code: WMZWX4
Location: North Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 01/15/2019
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
Views: 3

01/01/1972 by NCGS (MONUMENTED)
DESCRIBED BY NORTH CAROLINA GEODETIC SURVEY 1972 (JWC) BALDWIN IS A N. C. GEODETIC SURVEY TRAVERSE STATION ESTABLISHED IN THE VICINITY OF EASTWOOD, NORTH CAROLINA. BALDWIN IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 2.0 MILES WSW OF THE COMMUNITY OF EASTWOOD AND 4.0 MILES NORTH OF PINEHURST. TO REACH STATION FROM THE INTERSECTION OF US 15-501 AND NC 73 IN EASTWOOD, PROCEED WEST ALONG NC 73 FOR 1.9 MILES TO STATION ON LEFT BANK, 0.05 MILE EAST OF INTERSECTION WITH SR 1209, AND APPROXIMATELY 175 FEET ESE OF C. L. BALDWIN RESIDENCE. STATION MARK IS A STANDARD N. C. BRASS TRAVERSE DISK, STAMPED BALDWIN 1972, SET IN THE TOP OF A CONCRETE CYLINDER, THE TOP OF WHICH IS 1 INCH BELOW THE GROUND. MARK IS 26.5 FEET S OF C/L OF NC 73. 121.6 FEET SE OF INTERSECTION OF C/L OF NC 73 AND E END OF LOOP DRIVE TO BALDWIN RESIDENCE. 9.7 FEET NNE OF 6 INCH PINE WITH ALUMINUM REF. TAG. 92.8 FEET W OF 12 INCH PINE WITH ALUMINUM REF. TAG. 32.0 FEET E OF 5 INCH PINE WITH ALUMINUM REF. TAG.
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: BALDWIN NCGS 1972

Benchmark Agency: other (not included below)

Benchmark Agency (if other): North Carolina Geodetic Survey

Monumentation type: TRAVERSE STATION Disk

County: Moore

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: https://www.geocaching.com/mark/details.aspx?PID=EZ3493

Monumentation type (if other): Not listed

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Not listed

Special category (optional): Not listed

Special Category (if other): Not listed

Local database's URL (optional): Not listed

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