EB2941 Hill 1970 - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1970 (CAA)
THE STATION IS ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF PATRICK, 11-1/2 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF CHESTERFIELD, 4 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF CHERAW,
9-1/2 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF SOCIETY HILL AND ON THE RIGHT-OF-WAY
OF U. S. HIGHWAY 1.

TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE POST OFFICE IN CHERAW, GO SOUTHWEST
ON U. S. HIGHWAY 1 FOR 0.8 MILE TO THE JUNCTION OF STATE HIGHWAY 9.
BEAR LEFT AND CONTINUE SOUTH ON HIGHWAY 1 FOR 2.4 MILES TO THE
JUNCTION OF U. S. HIGHWAY 52. BEAR RIGHT AND CONTINUE
SOUTH-SOUTHWEST ON HIGHWAY 1 FOR 0.1 MILE TO AZIMUTH MARK ON THE
LEFT. CONTINUE AHEAD SOUTHWEST ON HIGHWAY 1 FOR 1.0 MILE TO THE
STATION ON LEFT.

THE STATION MARK IS A STANDARD DISK, STAMPED HILL 1970, SET IN THE
TOP OF A ROUND CONCRETE POST, 12 INCHES IN DIAMETER, THAT IS FLUSH
WITH THE GROUND SURFACE. IT IS 39.9 FEET SOUTHEAST OF THE
CENTERLINE OF U. S. HIGHWAY 1, 14.6 FEET WEST OF A WITNESS POST,
20.3 FEET NORTHWEST OF A FENCE LINE AND 67.3 FEET SOUTHWEST OF
A POWER-LINE GUY POLE NUMBERED 14-1. THE UNDERGROUND MARK IS 40
INCHES BELOW THE GROUND SURFACE.

REFERENCE MARK 1 IS A STANDARD DISK, STAMPED HILL NO 1 1970, SET IN
THE TOP OF A ROUND CONCRETE POST, 12 INCHES IN DIAMETER, THAT IS
FLUSH WITH THE GROUND SURFACE. IT IS 10.0 FEET NORTHWEST OF A
FENCE LINE, 15.4 FEET NORTHEAST OF A WITNESS POST, 47.4 FEET
SOUTHWEST OF THE POWER-LINE GUY POLE NUMBERED 14-1, 51.0 FEET
SOUTHEAST OF THE CENTERLINE OF U. S. HIGHWAY 1 AND ABOUT THE
SAME ELEVATION AS THE STATION.

REFERENCE MARK 2 IS A STANDARD DISK, STAMPED HILL NO 2 1970, SET
IN THE TOP OF A ROUND CONCRETE POST, 12 INCHES IN DIAMETER, THAT IS
FLUSH WITH THE GROUND SURFACE. IT IS 5.6 FEET NORTHWEST OF THE
FENCE LINE, 15.0 FEET SOUTHWEST OF A WITNESS POST, 54.7 FEET
SOUTHEAST OF U. S. HIGHWAY 1, 78.0 FEET SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF A
POWER-LINE GUY POLE NUMBERED 14-1 AND ABOUT THE SAME ELEVATION
AS THE STATION.

THE AZIMUTH MARK IS A STANDARD DISK, STAMPED HILL 1970, SET IN THE
TOP OF A ROUND CONCRETE POST, 12 INCHES IN DIAMETER, THAT IS FLUSH
WITH THE GROUND SURFACE. IT IS 3.4 FEET NORTHWEST OF A 24-INCH
PINE TREE WITH A WITNESS POST SIGN NAILED TO IT, 38.0 FEET
SOUTHEAST OF THE CENTERLINE OF U. S. HIGHWAY 1 AND 56.0 FEET
WEST-SOUTHWEST OF A POWER-LINE POLE NUMBERED 1-2.

RM 2 RESULTS OF A SECOND ORDER TRAVERSE.

STATION RECOVERY (1970)

RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1970
RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.

STATION RECOVERY (1980)

RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1980 (CLN)
THE STATION MARK, REFERENCE MARKS 1 AND 2 AND THE AZIMUTH MARK WERE
RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION. A METAL WITNESS POST WAS SET 1-FOOT
SOUTH OF THE AZIMUTH MARK. THE 1970 DESCRIPTION IS ADEQUATE FOR
RECOVERING THE STATION.

DESCRIBED BY ALFRED BAUGH.

STATION RECOVERY (1993)

RECOVERY NOTE BY SOUTH CAROLINA GEODETIC SURVEY 1993
STATION IS LOCATED 4.1 MILES (6.6 KM) SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF CHERAW, 8.65
MILES (13.92 KM) EAST NORTHEAST OF PATRICK. OWNERSHIP--SCDHPT,
DIRECTOR OF PRECONSTRUCTION, P.O. BOX 191, COLUMBIA, SC 29202, PHONE
803-737-1350. TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE FORK JUNCTION OF U.S.
HIGHWAYS 1 AND 52, 3.0 MILES (4.8 KM) SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF CHERAW, GO
SOUTH SOUTHWEST ON HIGHWAY 1 FOR 1.05 MILES (1.69 KM) TO THE STATION
ON THE LEFT NEAR A POWER LINE STUB POLE 14-1/BP96 WITH GUY WIRE.
STATION IS A CONCRETE POST FLUSH WITH THE GROUND AND 3.5 FEET
(1.1 M) ABOVE THE HIGHWAY, 39.7 FEET (12.1 M) SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF THE
CENTER OF THE HIGHWAY, 73.8 FEET (22.5 M) SOUTH OF THE SOUTHWEST END
OF A 1.5-FOOT CONCRETE PIPE CULVERT BENEATH A SAND ROAD (SULLIVAN
ROAD)LEADING NORTH, 67.2 FEET (20.5 M) WEST SOUTHWEST OF THE STUB
POLE, 131.3 FEET (40.0 M) EAST OF A POWER POLE BR10/153 WITH GUY WIRE
AND TRANSFORMER, 23.3 FEET (7.1 M) WEST OF REFERENCE MARK HILL RM 1,
17.2 FEET (5.2 M) NORTH OF REFERENCE MARK HILL RM 2, 14.5 NORTHWEST
OF A WITNESS POST, 1.2 FEET (0.4 M) SOUTHEAST OF A WITNESS POST.
NOTE-STATION IS NOT INTERVISIBLE WITH AZIMUTH MARK HILL AZ MK.
RECOVERED BY D.D. WOODS.

Condition: Mark found in good condition Designation: Hill 1970 Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey Monumentation type: TRIANGULATION STATION Disk County: Chesterfield USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Cheraw 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: EB2941 Local database's URL (optional): [Web Link] Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed Monumentation type (if other): Not listed Special category (optional): Not listed Special Category (if other): Not listed

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