SIGNAL AZ MK - Ohio
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member shorbird
N 40° 47.913 W 080° 38.563
17T E 530139 N 4516455
This is the azimuth mark for station SIGNAL, in Elkrun Township, Columbiana County.
Waymark Code: WM4E1W
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 08/11/2008
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member GEO*Trailblazer 1
Views: 17

DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1949 (PLB) STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 1-1/2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROGERS ON A LOW TIMBERED HILL WITH AN OPEN FIELD ON ITS SUMMIT. THE STATION IS NEAR THE SOUTHEASTERN LIMITS OF THE FIELD, 42 FEET NORTHEAST OF A WILD CHERRY TREE AND ABOUT 12 PACES WEST OF A BRUSHY AREA TO THE EAST. IT PROJECTS 6 INCHES ABOVE THE SURFACE AND IS STAMPED SIGNAL 1949. THE MARK IS 3.2 FT NE OF A WHITE WITNESS POST. REFERENCE MARK NO. 1 IS 79 FEET EAST OF THE CENTERLINE OF A TRACK ROAD LEADING TO THE STATION AND ABOUT 5 FEET WEST OF A GROUP OF SMALL TREES. THE MARK IS STAMPED SIGNAL NO 1 1949. REFERENCE MARK NO. 2 IS ON THE EDGE OF A BRUSHY AREA JUST SOUTH OF THE STATION. IT IS 8 INCHES ABOVE THE SURFACE AND IS STAMPED SIGNAL NO 2 1949. THE AZIMUTH MARK IS A STANDARD DISK SET IN A 12 INCH SQUARE CONCRETE POST, 47 FEET NORTHWEST OF THE CENTERLINE OF STATE ROUTE NO 154, 26-1/2 FEET WEST OF A 14 INCH ELM TREE, 24 FEET NORTHWEST OF THE CENTER OF A Y-INTERSECTION AND 6-1/2 FEET SOUTHEAST OF AN OVERHEAD GUY WIRE POLE NO 2921 B. THE MARK IS STAMPED SIGNAL 1949. IT IS 2.1 FEET SOUTH OF A WHITE WITNESS POST. TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE INTERSECTION OF STATE ROUTES NO 7 AND NO 154 IN ROGERS, GO SOUTH ON NO 7 FOR 0.7 MILE TO A GRAVELED ROAD RIGHT, TURN RIGHT AND GO 1-1/4 MILES TO A GRADED FARM ROAD RIGHT, THENCE RIGHT FOR 0.3 MILE TO A TRACK ROAD LEFT, TURN LEFT, UP GRADE TO THE SUMMIT OF HILL AND THE STATION MARK. TO REACH THE AZIMUTH MARK FROM THE SAME INTERSECTION IN ROGERS, GO WEST ON NO 154 FOR 1.1 MILE TO A Y-INTERSECTION AND CURVE. THE MARK IS ON THE CURVE AND ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY.
Azimuth Condition: Good

Your Directions:
To reach the azimuth mark from the intersection of State Routes 7 and 154 in Rogers, go west on State Route 154 for 0.4 mile to a side road right. Turn right and go north and west on Old 154 for 0.5 mile to a Y-intersection and the mark on the right. The azimuth mark is 50.4 feet south of Pole 646N-4 with a guy wire, 47.0 feet northeast of the centerline of Old 154, 26.5 feet west of a 16-inch elm tree, and 12.2 feet east-southeast of the centerline of a gravel road.


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