AW0756 - "A 660" bench mark disk - Baytown, TX
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Raven
N 29° 47.882 W 094° 57.597
15R E 310566 N 3298016
This benchmark is located on the NE side of an old/unused culvert on Crosby Cedar Bayou Rd (about .7mi South of IH-10) in Baytown, TX.
Waymark Code: WM10GKY
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 05/05/2019
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
Views: 2

As described by the NGS in 1963 (although already monumented by the CGS in 1942):

"3.15 MI N FROM CEDAR BAYOU. ABOUT 3.15 MILES NORTH ALONG THE CROSBY-CEDAR BAYOU ROAD FROM THE ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH AT CEDAR BAYOU, 200 FEET NORTH OF THE CENTER OF THE JUNCTION OF BARKALOW ROAD, 12 1/2 FEET EAST OF THE CENTER LINE OF THE CROSBY-CEDAR BAYOU ROAD, SET IN THE TOP OF THE NORTH END OF THE EAST CONCRETE HEAD WALL OF A CULVERT, AND ABOUT 15 INCHES ABOVE THE LEVEL OF THE ROAD."

Save for the reference of the Assembly of God Church (which is no longer there, or has been renamed since then), the NGS description is still very accurate. The BM is embedded in an old / no-longer needed concrete culvert several yards North of one of Cary Bayou's drainage ditches on Crosby Cedar Bayou Road, just .7mi South of IH-10 and ~150 feet North of the road's intersection with Barkaloo Road. The disk is on the northern end of the culvert, a few inches south of the culvert's protective wall.

The NGS' currently posted coordinates ("N 29 47 52.92 W 094 57 35.82", or "N 29° 47.882 W 94° 57.597") were spot on: my measurements were the same, based on readings within 10' accuracy and 10+ reading averages..

The station was recovered in good condition.

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Below are some basic additional facts, per the NGS database (with some editing for length): (visit link)

AW0756 ***********************************************************************
AW0756 DESIGNATION - A 660
AW0756 PID - AW0756
AW0756 STATE/COUNTY- TX/HARRIS
AW0756 COUNTRY - US
AW0756 USGS QUAD - MONT BELVIEU (1994)
AW0756
AW0756 *CURRENT SURVEY CONTROL
AW0756 ______________________________________________________________________
AW0756* NAD 83(1986) POSITION- 29 47 52.92 (N) 094 57 35.82 (W) HD_HELD1
AW0756* NAVD 88 ORTHO HEIGHT - 9.558 (meters) 31.36 (feet) ADJUSTED
AW0756 ______________________________________________________________________
AW0756
AW0756.Photographs are available for this station.
AW0756
AW0756_MARKER: DB = BENCH MARK DISK
AW0756_SETTING: 32 = SET IN A RETAINING WALL OR CONCRETE LEDGE
AW0756_SP_SET: HEADWALL
AW0756_STAMPING: A 660 1942
AW0756_MARK LOGO: CGS
AW0756_STABILITY: C = MAY HOLD, BUT OF TYPE COMMONLY SUBJECT TO
AW0756+STABILITY: SURFACE MOTION
AW0756_SATELLITE: THE SITE LOCATION WAS REPORTED AS SUITABLE FOR
AW0756+SATELLITE: SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS - January 29, 2015
AW0756
AW0756 HISTORY - Date Condition Report By
AW0756 HISTORY - 1942 MONUMENTED CGS
AW0756 HISTORY - 1963 GOOD CGS
AW0756 HISTORY - 1978 GOOD NGS
AW0756 HISTORY - 1978 GOOD DOD
AW0756 HISTORY - 1987 GOOD NGS
AW0756 HISTORY - 1989 GOOD USPSQD
AW0756 HISTORY - 1989 GOOD USPSQD
AW0756 HISTORY - 1990 GOOD USPSQD
AW0756 HISTORY - 19940722 GOOD USPSQD
AW0756 HISTORY - 20150129 GOOD GEOCAC
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: A 660 - 1942

Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey

Monumentation type: BENCH MARK (or B.M.) Disk

County: Harris County

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

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: AW0756

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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