Benchmark CM0649 - Opelika, AL - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

At the time of my visit, the fire hydrant was painted red with a blue top. There was a concrete pad near the hydrant, with the mark located between them. I used my coordinates for this post.

The 1968 description from the datasheet reads:

01/01/1968 by CGS (MONUMENTED)
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1968 AT OPELIKA. AT OPELIKA, ABOUT 0.15 MILE SOUTHEAST ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 280 FROM THE NEW POST OFFICE, 65 FEET SOUTH OF THE CENTER OF THE INTERSECTION OF U.S. HIGHWAY 280, STATE HIGHWAYS 37 AND 169 AND TORBERT BOULEVARD, 12.7 FEET SOUTHWEST OF THE CIRCULAR CURB CONNECTING STATE HIGHWAY 37 AND THE BOULEVARD, 1 1/2 FEET SOUTH OF A FIREPLUG, 0.4 FOOT NORTHWEST OF THE NORTH CORNER OF A 4-FOOT SQUARE CONCRETE CATCH BASIN AND ABOUT LEVEL WITH THE HIGHWAYS AND IS A DISK ON THE TOP OF A COPPER COATED STEEL ROD 1 INCH BELOW THE LEVEL OF THE GROUND AND PROTECTED BY A 5-INCH METAL PIPE THAT IS FLUSH WITH THE LEVEL OF THE GROUND. THE ROD WAS DRIVEN TO A DEPTH OF 24 FEET.

Condition: Mark found in good condition Designation: K 430 Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey Monumentation type: BENCH MARK (or B.M.) Disk County: Lee USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Opelika East 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: CM0649 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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