Montgomery County AA4718 - Montgomery, AL
Posted by: xptwo
N 32° 23.238 W 086° 11.928
16S E 575358 N 3583648
This mark is located in the median strip in a neighborhood street on the east side of Montgomery, Alabama.
Waymark Code: WMG55Z
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 01/14/2013
Views: 3
The median is located on North Burbank Drive, between the railroad track and Eastdale Drive, to the east of Eastdale Mall. It was covered with grass, so we had to poke with a pole to find the spot. We dug out the grass a bit to uncover the mark.
The description from the datasheet reads:
01/01/1994 by CH2M (MONUMENTED)
DESCRIBED BY CH2M HILL INCORPORATED 1994 (JC) THE STATION IS LOCATED IN THE CITY OF MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA, WILLOW SPRINGS QUADRANGLE, SECTION 7, T16N, R19E. THE STATION IS LOCATED IN THE MEDIAN OF BURBANK DRIVE, APPROXIMATELY 0.35 MI (0.56 KM) NORTH OF ATLANTA HIGHWAY. THE STATION IS A MONTGOMERY COUNTY SURVEY DISK STAMPED STA. 5163 1994, AND SET IN THE TOP OF A 10 INCH DIAMETER CONCRETE MONUMENT MOUNTED FLUSH WITH THE GROUND. THE DISK IS LOCATED 27.2 FT (8.3 M) 191 DEGREES FROM A POWER POLE, 21.4 FT (6.5 M) 286 DEGREES FROM THE CENTERLINE OF BURBANK NORTHBOUND LANES, AND 25.2 FT (7.7 M) 106 DEGREES FROM THE CENTERLINE OF BURBANK SOUTHBOUND LANES.
Condition: Mark found in good condition
Designation: 5163
Benchmark Agency: other (not included below)
Benchmark Agency (if other): Montgomery AL County
Monumentation type: Survey Mark
County: Montgomery
USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Willow Springs
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: AA4718
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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