KG0664 Lebanon Municipal tank -- Lebanon KS
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N 39° 48.616 W 098° 33.256
14S E 538152 N 4406794
The Lebanon Municipal tank serves the water needs of this snmall KS town. It is also NGS benchmark KG0664.
Waymark Code: WMGXHX
Location: Kansas, United States
Date Posted: 04/20/2013
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
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The 1920s-vintage Lebanon Municipal tank is in good condition and serves as a landmark in this tiny rural KS town very near the Nebraska border.

It is an NGS benchmark intersection station under PID KG0664. (visit link)

KG0664 DESIGNATION - LEBANON MUNICIPAL TANK
KG0664 PID - KG0664
KG0664 STATE/COUNTY- KS/SMITH
KG0664 COUNTRY - US
KG0664 USGS QUAD - LEBANON (1973)
KG0664
KG0664 *CURRENT SURVEY CONTROL
KG0664 ______________________________________________________________________
KG0664 NAD 83 POS - 39 48 37.05461(N) 098 33 15.95093(W) ADJUSTED
KG0664* NAVD 88 ORTHO HEIGHT - **(meters) **(feet)
KG0664 ______________________________________________________________________
KG0664_MARKER: 53 = ELEVATED TANK
KG0664
KG0664 HISTORY - Date Condition Report By
KG0664 HISTORY - 1950 FIRST OBSERVED CGS
KG0664
KG0664 STATION DESCRIPTION
KG0664
KG0664'DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1950 (RLE)
KG0664'THE STATION IS LOCATED NEAR THE CENTER OF TOWN, 150 FEET NORTH
KG0664'OF U.S. HIGHWAY 281 AND 118 FEET WEST OF A NORTH-SOUTH STREET.
KG0664'
KG0664'AN ELEVATED TANK SUPPORTED BY A FOUR-LEGGED STEEL STRUCTURE
KG0664'AND HAS AN OVERALL HEIGHT OF 110 FEET. THE LETTERS LEBANON
KG0664'ARE PAINTED ON THE NORTH AND SOUTH SIDE OF THE TANK.
KG0664'
KG0664'THE TOP AND CENTER OF THE TANK WAS OBSERVED.
Condition: Mark found in good condition

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Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey

Monumentation type: Elevated Tank

County: Smith

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Lebanon

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: KG0664

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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