EB2940 HILL RM 2 1970
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NCDaywalker
N 34° 38.856 W 079° 55.169
17S E 599021 N 3834496
One of three in an approx 20-foot circle, the marker quite the challenge to find as its witness post was long gone and it was covered by lots of pine straw. Lucky alignment of photos from geocaching page allowed eventual find.
Waymark Code: WMZR0X
Location: South Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 12/25/2018
Views: 1
Hill RM 2
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1970
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.
TO REACH STATION HILL 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 1.1 MILE TO THE MARK ON LEFT.
THE STATION MARK 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 STATION HILL.
STATION RECOVERY (1970)
RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1970
RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.
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 RECESSED 0.1 FOOT (3.0 CM) AND 4.0 FEET
(1.2 M) ABOVE THE HIGHWAY, 54.0 FEET (16.5 M) SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF THE
CENTER OF THE HIGHWAY, 91.0 FEET (27.7 M) SOUTH OF THE SOUTHWEST END
OF A 1.5-FOOT CONCRETE PIPE CULVERT BENEATH A SAND ROAD (SULLIVAN
ROAD) LEADING NORTH, 77.6 FEET (23.7 M) SOUTHWEST OF THE STUB POLE,
133.8 FEET (40.8 M) EAST SOUTHEAST OF A POWER POLE BR10/153 WITH GUY
WIRE AND TRANSFORMER, 17.2 FEET (5.2 M) SOUTH OF TRIANGULATION
STATION HILL, 15.1 FEET (4.6 M) SOUTHWEST OF A WITNESS POST.
RECOVERED BY D.D. WOODS.
Condition: Mark found in good condition
Designation: Hill RM 2 1970
Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey
Monumentation type: REFERENCE MARK 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: EB2940
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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