AE1010 FR33 IBWC -- Falcon Heights TX
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Benchmark Blasterz
N 26° 33.964 W 099° 07.522
14R E 487513 N 2938381
An IBWC disk on a culvert on FM2098 on the way to Lake Falcon State Park
Waymark Code: WMPFBY
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 08/22/2015
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
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Blasterz are not above culvert-hopping, especially when an International Boundary and Water Commission benchmark awaits.

From the NGS Datasheet: (visit link)

"AE1010 DESIGNATION - FR 33 IBWC
AE1010 PID - AE1010
AE1010 STATE/COUNTY- TX/STARR
AE1010 USGS QUAD - FALCON VILLAGE (1968)
AE1010
AE1010 *CURRENT SURVEY CONTROL
AE1010 ___________________________________________________________________
AE1010* NAD 83(1986)- 26 33 56(N) 099 07 31 (W) SCALED
AE1010 __________________________________________________________________
AE1010
AE1010_MARKER: DD = SURVEY DISK
AE1010_SETTING: 30 = CULVERT
AE1010_STAMPING: F - R 33 1956
AE1010_STABILITY: D = MARK OF QUESTIONABLE OR UNKNOWN STABILITY
AE1010
AE1010 HISTORY - Date Condition Recov. By
AE1010 HISTORY - 1956 MONUMENTED IBWC
AE1010 HISTORY - 1956 GOOD NGS
AE1010 HISTORY - 1981 GOOD NGS
AE1010
AE1010 STATION DESCRIPTION
AE1010
AE1010''DESCRIBED BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1956
AE1010''0.15 MI N FROM FALCON HIGHTS.
AE1010''0.1 MILE NORTH ALONG FARM ROAD 2098 FROM THE POST OFFICE AT FALCON
AE1010''HEIGHTS, THENCE 0.05 MILE NORTH ALONG OLD U.S. HIGHWAY 83, 114 FEET
AE1010''NORTH OF A WOODEN GATE WHICH IS ACROSS THE OLD HIGHWAY, 18 FEET WEST
AE1010''OF THE CENTER LINE OF THE OLD HIGHWAY, SET IN THE TOP OF THE SOUTH END
AE1010''OF THE WEST HEADWALL OF A SMALL CULVERT.
AE1010
AE1010 STATION RECOVERY (1981)
AE1010
AE1010''RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1981
AE1010''RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: FR-33

Benchmark Agency: other (not included below)

Benchmark Agency (if other): International Boundary and Water Commission/Comision Internacional de Limites Y Aguas

Monumentation type: BENCH MARK (or B.M.) Disk

County: Starr County TX

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Falcon Village

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: AE1010

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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