NCGS - Roger (DM5422) - Apex, NC
N 35° 44.696 W 078° 54.926
17S E 688493 N 3957662
2009 Horizontal Control disk located at the Citgo gas station along Highway 64 in Apex, NC
Waymark Code: WM12T94
Location: North Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 07/11/2020
Views: 4
I located this benchmark near the Citgo gas station at the intersection of Jenks Rd and HWY64.
I located the BM from a photograph (link on NGS datasheet) and the information from the NGS datasheet:
DESCRIBED BY NORTH CAROLINA GEODETIC SURVEY 2009 (WMK)
THE STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 3.7 MI (6.0 KM) WEST-NORTHWEST OF APEX,
3.3 MI (5.3 KM) NORTH-NORTHWEST OF FRIENDSHIP AND 2.4 MI (3.9 KM)
SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF GREEN LEVEL.
ALONG US 64 FOR 2.20 MI (3.5 KM) WEST FROM NC 55 OVERPASS TO SR 1601
(JENKS ROAD), STATION IN NORTHEAST QUADRANT.
MARK IS ABOUT 1.0 FT (0.3 M) LOWER THAN US 64 WESTBOUND AND IS FLUSH
WITH THE GROUND. MARK IS LOCATED 56.2 FT (17.1 M) NORTH OF THE
CENTERLINE OF US 64 WESTBOUND, 101.2 FT (30.8 M) EAST-NORTHEAST OF THE
CENTERLINE OF SR 1601 (JENKS RD.), 80.2 FT (24.4 M) WEST OF CENTER OF
YARD INLET, 56.9 FT (17.3 M) SOUTH OF THE WEST END OF A 15 INCH (38 cm) CONCRETE PIPE, 39.0 FT (11.9 M) SOUTH OF A STEEL SIGN POST, AND CM). 28.3 FT (8.6 M) SOUTHWEST OF A WOODEN RIGHT-OF-WAY FENCE POST WITHREFERENCE TAG.
Condition: Mark found in good condition
Designation: Roger
Benchmark Agency: other (not included below)
Benchmark Agency (if other): NC Geodetic Survey
Monumentation type: HORIZONTAL CONTROL Disk
County: Wake County
USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): New Hill (2019)
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: DM5422
Local database's URL (optional): [Web Link]
Monumentation type (if other): Not listed
Special category (optional): Not listed
Special Category (if other): Not listed
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