Harris County Flood Control District RM 160230 - Baytown, TX
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Raven
N 29° 47.871 W 094° 57.603
15R E 310556 N 3297996
A reference benchmark brass disc embedded in a concrete culvert on the NW side of a bridge across a drainage ditch on Crosby Cedar Bayou Rd (about .7mi South of IH-10), Baytown, TX.
Waymark Code: WM10GK8
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 05/05/2019
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
Views: 2

This Harris County Flood Control District's Floodplain Reference Mark is embedded in a concrete culvert on the NW side of a road bridge crossing one of Cary Bayou's drainage ditches on Crosby Cedar Bayou Road, just .7mi South of IH-10 and 150 feet North of its intersection with Barkaloo Road. The disk is a few inches south of the culvert's protective wall.

Unlike some other floodplain reference marks maintained by the Harris County Flood Control District, this station does not have a "Q 112" stamping, which would stand for "Stream# Q112-05-00". The station does, however, include its own unique stamping for identification: "160230".

Per the (Harris County Floodplain Reference Marks) online database, this BM's full record can be found here: "RM 160230". Below are some salient datapoints:

Floodplain RM No.: 160230
Latitude: 29° 47' 52.30537" N
Longitude: 94° 57' 36.15614" W
Elevation: 31.87 feet
Established By: Baseline Corporation
Date Established: 11/24/2002
Reference Mark Status:
*** Date: 6/4/2013
*** Condition: Recovered
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: 160230

Benchmark Agency: other (not included below)

Benchmark Agency (if other): Harris County Flood Control District

Monumentation type: REFERENCE MARK Disk

County: Harris County

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Mont Belvieu

Special Category (if other): Floodplain marks

Find type: Coordinates and/or to-reach information from an online local database were used

Web address of this benchmark's datasheet (optional): [Web Link]

Local database's URL (optional): [Web Link]

Monumentation type (if other): Not listed

Special category (optional): Not listed

NGS PID: Not listed

Visit Instructions:
  1. A closeup photo of the mark taken by you is required.
  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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