L 203 (GB1086) - Fentress County, TN
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Team Geologynut
N 36° 33.206 W 084° 50.968
16S E 692472 N 4047486
An easy to spot benchmark disk at the beginning of a driveway. This is on a forest road between Pickett State Park & Pogue Creek Canyon State Natural Area.
Waymark Code: WM17HBZ
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 02/22/2023
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
Views: 1

An easy to spot benchmark disk at the beginning of a driveway. This is on a forest road between Pickett State Park & Pogue Creek Canyon State Natural Area.

USGS description below:

Documented History (by the NGS)

1951 by CGS (MONUMENTED)

DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1951 9.4 MI N FROM EAST JAMESTOWN. ABOUT 6.15 MILES NORTHEAST ALONG A GRAVEL ROAD FROM THE SCHOOL AT EAST JAMESTOWN, THENCE ABOUT 3.3 MILES NORTHWEST ALONG A GRAVEL ROAD, ABOUT 0.4 MILE SOUTHEAST OF PICKETT-FENTRESS COUNTY LINE, AT A DIM ROAD SOUTH, 35 FEET SOUTHWEST AND ACROSS DIM ROAD SOUTH FROM CENTER LINE OF ROAD, 16 FEET WEST OF CENTER LINE OF DIM ROAD SOUTH, 57 FEET SOUTH-SOUTHWEST AND ACROSS ROADS FROM A TRIANGULAR BLAZED 8-INCH PINE TREE, 36 FEET SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF CENTER OF JUNCTION, 46 FEET WEST AND ACROSS DIM ROAD SOUTH FROM A 16-INCH SLASH BLAZED PINE TREE, 1 1/2 FEET SOUTH OF A WHITE WOODEN WITNESS POST, ABOUT 2 1/2 FEET ABOVE ROAD AND SET IN THE TOP OF A CONCRETE POST PROJECTING 3 INCHES.

Designation:
L 203

Marker Type:
BENCH MARK DISK

Setting:
SET IN TOP OF CONCRETE MONUMENT

Stability:
MAY HOLD, BUT OF TYPE COMMONLY SUBJECT TO STABILITY: SURFACE MOTION
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: L 203

Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey

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

County: Fentress County

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Sharp Place

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: GB1086

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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