GA0515 - A 144 RESET - TriCities Regional Airport
Posted by: vhasler
N 36° 28.916 W 082° 24.449
17S E 373919 N 4038324
Benchmark at TriCities Regional Airport takes a bit of figuring out how to approach around the building and fence
Waymark Code: WM5742
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 11/22/2008
Views: 5
Official description: THE MARK IS LOCATED ON THE TRI-CITY AIRPORT, SULLIVAN COUNTY, TENNESSEE. IT IS A STANDARD DISK CEMENTED IN A DRILL HOLE IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE 5 FOOT BY 6 FOOT DECK OF ELECTRIC CABLE HANDHOLE DESIGNATED H.H. 22, 59.7 FEET NW OF A FIRE HYDRANT, 47.7 FEET NW OF THE SW CORNER OF THE FAA AND WEATHER BUREAU BUILDING, 15.5 FEET SOUTH OF THE SOUTH CORNER OF THE ENTRANCE STEPS TO THIS BUILDING, 6 FEET NNE OF THE CENTER OF A SIDEWALK, 3.3 FEET NORTH OF THE CENTER OF THE METAL HANDHOLE COVER, 0.4 FOOT ESE OF THE NW EDGE OF THE CONCRETE DECK, AND 0.4 FOOT SSW OF THE NE EDGE OF THE CONCRETE DECK.
Last found 7/5/04. You have to circle the building to get to the actual cache outside the airport perimeter fence. NWS building still exists as does the hydrant. BM shares the concrete deck with a manhole cover.
Condition: Mark found in good condition
Designation: A 144 RESET 1967
Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey
Monumentation type: BENCH MARK (or B.M.) Disk
County: Sullivan County
Find type: Coordinates and/or to-reach information from the NGS database (or Geocaching's copy of it) were used
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NGS PID: GA0515
Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed
Monumentation type (if other): Not listed
USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Not listed
Special category (optional): Not listed
Special Category (if other): Not listed
Local database's URL (optional): Not listed
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