STONE
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member PFF
N 36° 03.566 W 079° 29.072
17S E 636488 N 3991602
Height Modernization Station in Alamance County, NC. Set in 2003.
Waymark Code: WMMCB
Location: North Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 08/16/2006
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Black Dog Trackers
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Coordinates and description by monumenting agency.

DESCRIBED BY NORTH CAROLINA GEODETIC SURVEY 2003 (WLL)

STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 1.5 MI (2.4 KM) NORTH OF ALAMANCE, IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF BURLINGTON, AT THE INTERSECTION OF GRAND OAKS BOULEVARD AND ARDMORE STREET. PROCEED ALONG NC 62-ALAMANCE ROAD FOR 0.7 MI (1.1 KM) SOUTH FROM I-40/I-85 (EXIT 143), THENCE NORTHWEST ALONG GRAND OAKS BOULEVARD FOR 0.6 MI (1.0 KM) TO ARDMORE STREET AND THE STATION IN THE NORTHEAST QUADRANT, NEAR THE END OF THE CONCRETE SIDEWALK, IN THE YARD OF HOUSE 3340. MARK IS ABOUT 1-FOOT HIGHER THAN THE CENTERLINE INTERSECTION AND FLUSH WITH THE GROUND. LOCATED 24.0 FT (7.3 M) EAST OF THE CENTERLINE OF ARDMORE STREET, 36.5 FT (11.1 M) NORTH OF THE CENTERLINE OF GRAND OAKS BOULEVARD, 1.9 FT (0.6 M) NORTH OF THE NORTH CORNER OF THE END OF THE CONCRETE SIDEWALK, 41.4 FT (12.6 M) NORTH-NORTHEAST OF A SEWER MANHOLE, 40.8 FT (12.4 M) WEST-NORTHWEST OF A STORM DRAIN MANHOLE AND 57.6 FT (17.6 M) NORTH OF A LIGHT POLE WITH REFERENCE TAG.

An update on this station has been submitted to NGS.

Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: STONE 2003

Benchmark Agency: Not listed

Monumentation type: HORIZONTAL CONTROL Disk

County: Alamance

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Burlington

Find type: Coordinates and/or to-reach information from an online local database were used

Web address of this benchmark's datasheet (optional): [Web Link]

NGS PID: DG7083

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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