FC0054 (T 130) USC&GS Bench Mark - Lenoir City, TN
N 35° 45.408 W 084° 19.124
16S E 742424 N 3960290
A USGS bench mark located near the RR tracks. Terrain here is a little rough, kind of steep and a lot of thick growth!
Waymark Code: WM13GPV
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 12/11/2020
Views: 2
As stated in the quick description, this one is a little rough. On the map it looks easy but the terrain is steep, tons or overgrowth (couldn't stand completely up) and if you go in the Summer, massive poison ivy growth!
When using the description, the "second pier" of the overpass is for the old overpass (which is no longer there except for the "piers"), not the new (current) overpass. You will understand the meaning of this when you get there.
Prepare for a 3 to 4 mile hike down RR tracks to find this USGS benchmark. We parked a car at each end of our little hike. I'll provide those paring coordinates later in the description. We found a total of 4 benchmarks on this hike; FC0054, FC0057, FC0062, & FC0063. We DNF'd 2 and found 1 other destroyed.
Parking #1 coords: N35° 45.439 W84° 19.186
Parking #2 coords: N35° 47.258 W84° 16.233
USGS description below:
Documented History (by the NGS)
01/01/1968 by NGS (GOOD)
DESCRIBED BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1968 1.4 MI NE FROM LOUDON. ABOUT 1.4 MILES NORTHEAST ALONG THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY FROM THE STATION AT LOUDON, ABOUT 0.1 MILE SOUTHWEST OF MILEPOST 158, 55 FEET NORTH OF THE EAST CORNER OF U.S. HIGHWAY 11 OVERPASS OVER THE TRACK, 37.6 FEET SOUTHEAST OF THE SOUTHEAST RAIL, 19 1/2 FEET EAST OF THE EAST END OF THE SECOND PIER OF THE OVERPASS THAT IS SOUTHEAST OF THE TRACK, 7 FEET WEST OF A FENCE LINE, 1.1 FEET SOUTHWEST OF A METAL WITNESS POST, ABOUT 11 FEET ABOVE THE LEVEL OF THE TRACK AND SET IN THE TOP OF A CONCRETE POST PROJECTING 2 INCHES ABOVE THE LEVEL OF THE GROUND.
Designation:
T 130
Marker Type:
bench mark disk
Setting:
set into the top of a round concrete monument
Stability:
May hold, but of type commonly subject to surface motion.
Condition: Mark found in good condition
Designation: T 130
Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey
Monumentation type: BENCH MARK (or B.M.) Disk
County: Lenoir City, Loudon County
USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Lenoir City
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: FC0054
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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