FC0057 (N 259) USC&GS Bench Mark - Lenoir City, TN
N 35° 46.304 W 084° 17.936
16S E 744169 N 3961996
Prepare for a 3 to 4 mile hike down RR tracks to find this USGS benchmark.
Waymark Code: WM13GPM
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 12/11/2020
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Prepare for a 3 to 4 mile hike down RR tracks to find this USGS benchmark. We parked a car at each end of our little hike. I'll provide those paring coordinates later in the description. We found a total of 4 benchmarks on this hike; FC0054, FC0057, FC0062, & FC0063. We DNF'd 2 and found 1 other destroyed.
Parking #1 coords: N35° 45.439 W84° 19.186
Parking #2 coords: N35° 47.258 W84° 16.233
USGS description below:
Documented History (by the NGS)
01/01/1968 by CGS (MONUMENTED)
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1968 2.2 MI SW FROM LENOIR CITY. ABOUT 2.2 MILES SOUTHWEST ALONG THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY FROM THE STATION AT LENOIR CITY, ALSO ABOUT 3.2 MILES NORTHEAST ALONG THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY FROM THE STATION AT LOUDON, ABOUT 0.3 MILE SOUTHWEST OF MILEPOST 156, SET IN THE TOP OF A VERY NARROW LEDGE AT THE BASE OF A ROCK CUT THAT IS ABOUT 45 FEET LONG BY 20 FEET HIGH AND IS PART OF A LARGE ROCK BLUFF ALONG THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF THE TENNESSEE RIVER, 8.2 FEET SOUTH OF THE SOUTH RAIL, 8 FEET EAST OF THE EAST END OF AN OVERHANGING ROCK AT THE TOP OF THE WEST END OF THE CUT AND ABOUT 1/2 FOOT ABOVE THE LEVEL OF THE TRACK.
Designation:
N 259
Marker Type:
bench mark disk
Setting:
in rock outcrop
Stability:
Most reliable and expected to hold position/elevation well.
Condition: Mark found in good condition
Designation: N 259
Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey
Monumentation type: BENCH MARK (or B.M.) Disk
County: Lenoir City, Loudon County
USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Lenoir City
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: FC0057
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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