FC0054 (T 130) USC&GS Bench Mark - Lenoir City, TN - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

As stated in the quick description, this one is a little rough. On the map it looks easy but the terrain is steep, tons or overgrowth (couldn't stand completely up) and if you go in the Summer, massive poison ivy growth!

When using the description, the "second pier" of the overpass is for the old overpass (which is no longer there except for the "piers"), not the new (current) overpass. You will understand the meaning of this when you get there.

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 NGS (GOOD)
DESCRIBED BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1968 1.4 MI NE FROM LOUDON. ABOUT 1.4 MILES NORTHEAST ALONG THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY FROM THE STATION AT LOUDON, ABOUT 0.1 MILE SOUTHWEST OF MILEPOST 158, 55 FEET NORTH OF THE EAST CORNER OF U.S. HIGHWAY 11 OVERPASS OVER THE TRACK, 37.6 FEET SOUTHEAST OF THE SOUTHEAST RAIL, 19 1/2 FEET EAST OF THE EAST END OF THE SECOND PIER OF THE OVERPASS THAT IS SOUTHEAST OF THE TRACK, 7 FEET WEST OF A FENCE LINE, 1.1 FEET SOUTHWEST OF A METAL WITNESS POST, ABOUT 11 FEET ABOVE THE LEVEL OF THE TRACK AND SET IN THE TOP OF A CONCRETE POST PROJECTING 2 INCHES ABOVE THE LEVEL OF THE GROUND.

Designation:
T 130

Marker Type:
bench mark disk

Setting:
set into the top of a round concrete monument

Stability:
May hold, but of type commonly subject to surface motion.

Condition: Mark found in good condition Designation: T 130 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: FC0054 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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