MF1092 - USCGS SAPP 2 - IL
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N 41° 23.644 W 089° 34.102
16T E 285278 N 4585687
USCGS Benchmark SAPP 2 At Interstate 80 Rest area - Illinois
Waymark Code: WM3KWB
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 04/17/2008
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Volcanoguy
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DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1963 (VRS) ABOUT 1.6 MILES N ALONG WEST ROAD FROM ITS INTERSECTION WITH NO. 6 U.S. HWY. IN W EDGE OF WYANET AND TURN RIGHT AT GRAVEL CROSS ROAD, THENCE 1.3 MILES E TO CROSSROADS AND TURN LEFT, THENCE 0.6 MILE NORTHERLY ALONG GRAVEL ROAD TO DEAD-END AT NO. 80 INTERSTATE HWY., THENCE ABOUT 0.2 MILE ALONG THE R.O.W. FENCE OF HWY. TO THE MARK OR 1.0 MILES E ALONG NO. 80 HWY. FROM THE BRIDGE OF WEST ROAD OVER SAME (THE NEAREST ACCESS POINT ONTO THE INTERSTATE HWY. NOT KNOWN) OR AN ESTIMATED 0.3 E OF E ONE OF TWO HALF-MILE-APART BRIDGES TO THE STATION ON CREST OF RIDGE, 10 FEET ENE OF STONE MARKING SW CORNER OF SEC. 10, T 16 N, R 8 E, AND THE S R.O.W. BOUNDARY OF THE HWY., 4 FEET N OF THE FENCE, 2.3 FEET E OF STEEL WITNESS POST, AND FLUSH WITH THE GROUND, BOTH DISKS STAMPED SAPP 2 1963. REFERENCE MARK NO. 1 IS FLUSH, 31 FEET W OF FENCE T-INTERSECTION AT THE SECTION CORNER, AND 1.3 FEET N OF THE FENCE. REFERENCE MARK NO. 2 IS FLUSH, 54.5 FEET E OF SECTION CORNER, AND 2 FEET N OF FENCE. THE AZIMUTH MARK IS ABOUT 22 YARDS E OF CREOSOTED POWER POLE, 2.4 FEET SSE OF IRON-PIPE BRACED FENCE POST IN NORTH R.O.W. FENCE, AND 1.7 FEET S OF STEEL WITNESS POST.

At the Rest Stop, seek the Westernmost picnic table. Go westnorthwest about 40 feet. You will find this disc below the survey marker sign.

Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: SAPP 2

Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey

Monumentation type: TRIANGULATION STATION Disk

County: Bureau

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Find type: Found by luck/skill/knowledge

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NGS PID: MF1092

Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed

Monumentation type (if other): Not listed

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