WAKEMAN AZ MK - Ohio - Azimuth Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1975 (CLN) THE STATION MARK AND REFERENCE MARKS WERE FOUND IN GOOD CONDITION. 50 LLB (USGS) AZIMUTH MARK WAS FOUND PARTIALLY UPROOTED AND LEANING TO THE SOUTHEAST. THE DIRECTION BETWEEN THE REFERENCE MARKS CHECKED AS DID THE DISTANCE TO REFERENCE MARK 1. THE DISTANCE TO REFERENCE MARK 2 WAS FOUND TO BE IN ERROR BY 0.07 OF A FOOT. A NEW AZIMUTH MARK WAS SET AND A NEW DESCRIPTION FOLLOWS-- THE STATION IS LOCATED AT THE SOUTHWEST EDGE OF WAKEMAN, IN A GRASSY TRIANGLE FORMED BY THE INTERSECTION OF HYDE ROAD, STATE HIGHWAY 303 AND OLD U.S. HIGHWAY 20, 0.1 MILE EAST OF THE NEW JUNCTION OF U.S. HIGHWAY 20 AND STATE HIGHWAY 303, 1 FOOT NORTH OF A METAL WITNESS POST, 124 FEET WEST OF THE CENTERLINE OF HYDE STREET, 53 FEET SOUTHEAST OF THE CENTERLINE OF OLD HIGHWAY 20 AND 35 FEET NORTHWEST OF THE CENTERLINE OF HIGHWAY 303. THE MONUMENT IS FLUSH AND THE DISK IS STAMPED WAKEMAN 1959. REFERENCE MARK 1 IS 69 FEET WEST OF THE CENTERLINE OF HYDE STREET AND 25 FEET SOUTHEAST OF THE CENTERLINE OF OLD HIGHWAY 20. THE MONUMENT IS FLUSH AND THE DISK IS STAMPED WAKEMAN NO 1 1959. REFERENCE MARK 2 IS 29 FEET WEST OF A POWER POLE AND 19 FEET SOUTH OF THE CENTERLINE OF HIGHWAY 303. THE MONUMENT IS FLUSH AND THE DISK IS STAMPED WAKEMAN NO 2 1959. THE AZIMUTH MARK IS A STANDARD PRE CAST ALUMINUM REFERENCE MARK MONUMENT, FLUSH WITH THE GROUND AND STAMPED WAKEMAN 1959 AZ 1975, 25 FEET SOUTH OF THE CENTERLINE OF U.S. HIGHWAY 20, 30 FEET WEST OF THE CENTERLINE OF A DRIVEWAY, 2 FEET EAST OF A POWER POLE, 25 FEET NORTHEAST OF A 12 INCH APPLE TREE, 1 FOOT WEST OF A METAL WITNESS POST AND 0.55 MILE WEST ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 20 FROM THE STATION. AIRLINE DISTANCE AND DIRECTION FROM NEAREST TOWN--AT WAKEMEN. HEIGHT OF LIGHT ABOVE STATION MARK 5 FEET.

Azimuth Condition: Good Your Directions: THE AZIMUTH MARK IS A STANDARD PRE CAST ALUMINUM REFERENCE MARK MONUMENT, FLUSH WITH THE GROUND AND STAMPED WAKEMAN 1959 AZ 1975, 25 FEET SOUTH OF THE CENTERLINE OF U.S. HIGHWAY 20, 30 FEET WEST OF THE CENTERLINE OF A DRIVEWAY, 2 FEET EAST OF POWER POLE 52DS-8, 25 FEET NORTHEAST OF A 12 INCH APPLE TREE, 1 FOOT WEST OF A METAL WITNESS POST AND 0.55 MILE WEST ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 20 FROM THE STATION. Station Link: [Web Link] Parking Coords: Not Listed

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