US Benchmark B 328 ~ PID - GA1326 ~ Harlan County, Kentucky - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

DESIGNATION - B 328
PID - GA1326
STATE/COUNTY- KY/HARLAN
USGS QUAD - BENHAM (1979)

01/01/1956 by NGS (GOOD) DESCRIBED BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1956 12.4 MI E FROM LOUELLEN. 12.45 MILES NORTHEAST AND EAST ALONG ROAD FOLLOWING FUGITT CREEK AND UP WEST SLOPE AND OVER TOP OF BLACK MOUNTAIN FROM THE JUNCTION OF STATE HIGHWAY 38 AND SCHOOL AT LOUELLEN, 0.55 MILE WEST OF A ROCK FORMATION LOCALLY KNOWN AS ROCKHOUSE, 0.2 MILE SOUTHEAST AND UPHILL FROM JUNCTION OF A ROAD SOUTH AND DOWNHILL, SET IN THE TOP AND NEAR THE NORTHEAST CORNER AND THE HIGHEST POINT OF A 4 1/2-FOOT HIGH AND 25 BY 20-FOOT OUTCROP, 85 FEET SOUTHEAST OF SMOOTH FLAT ROCK IN ROAD, 65 FEET SOUTH AND ACROSS ROAD FROM A 2-FOOT OAK TREE WITH BARK PEELED ON THE EAST FACE, 46 FEET SOUTHWEST OF CENTER OF ROAD, 2 FEET SOUTHWEST OF HIGHEST POINT OF OUTCROP AND ABOUT 3 FEET ABOVE LEVEL OF ROAD.


Benchmark was covered under decades of moss and dirt, but located as described from it's data base on the geocaching.com site.

The area has recently been clear cut, but there is a wild cherry tree about 1.5 foot thick standing 10 feet South of the Benchmark.
There was another old rusted item that looked like a rifle barrel that I found next to the Benchmark, I left it there and covered the Benchmark back under the roots and vegetation.

Condition: Mark found in good condition Designation: B 328 Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey Monumentation type: BENCH MARK (or B.M.) Disk County: Harlan County Find type: Coordinates and/or to-reach information from the NGS database (or Geocaching's copy of it) were used NGS PID: PID - GA1326 Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed Monumentation type (if other): Not listed USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Not listed Special category (optional): Not listed Special Category (if other): Not listed Web address of this benchmark's datasheet (optional): Not listed Local database's URL (optional): Not listed

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