HB1513 - Caney 1957 - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1957 (WNM) THE STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 3 MILES NORTH OF SMITHLAND, ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF BURNA AND ABOUT 1 MILE EAST OF THE OHIO RIVER. IT IS IN A SMALL TRIANGULAR PARK FORMED BY THE INTERSECTION OF U.S. HIGHWAY 60 AND STATE HIGHWAY 137 WHICH IS OWNED BY THE STATE. IT IS 300 FEET NORTHWEST OF THE CENTER OF THE INTERSECTION, 87 FEET SOUTHWEST OF THE CENTERLINE OF U.S. HIGHWAY 60, 76 FEET NORTHWEST OF THE LUCY JEFFERSON LEWIS MONUMENT, 75 FEET SOUTHEAST OF A WHITE WITNESS POST AND 45 FEET NORTHEAST OF THE CENTERLINE OF STATE HIGHWAY 137. THE MONUMENT IS FLUSH AND THE MARK IS STAMPED CANEY 1957. REFERENCE MARK 1 IS 30 FEET SOUTHWEST OF THE CENTERLINE OF HIGHWAY 137, 2 FEET NORTHWEST OF A POWER LINE POLE AND 1 FOOT NORTHEAST OF A FENCE. THE MONUMENT PROJECTS 1 INCH AND THE MARK IS STAMPED CANEY NO 1 1957. REFERENCE MARK 2 IS 44 FEET NORTHEAST OF THE CENTERLINE OF HIGHWAY 137, 4 FEET SOUTHWEST OF A WHITE WITNESS POST AND 1 FOOT SOUTHEAST OF A FENCE. THE MONUMENT IS FLUSH AND THE MARK IS STAMPED CANEY NO 2 1957. THE AZIMUTH MARK IS 29 FEET NORTHEAST OF THE CENTERLINE OF U.S. HIGHWAY 60, 15 FEET SOUTHEAST OF THE CENTERLINE OF A DRIVEWAY, 2 FEET SOUTH OF A FENCE ANCHOR POST, 2 FEET NORTHWEST OF A WHITE WITNESS POST AND 1 FOOT SOUTHWEST OF A FENCE. THE MONUMENT PROJECTS 2 INCHES AND THE MARK IS STAMPED CANEY 1957. TO REACH THE AZIMUTH MARK FROM THE STATION GO SOUTHEAST ON U.S. HIGHWAY 60 FOR 0.5 MILE TO THE MARK ON THE LEFT, NORTHEAST SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. PT 45 (USGS) IS 29 FEET NORTHEAST OF THE CENTERLINE OF U.S. HIGHWAY 60 AND 4 FEET SOUTHWEST OF A FENCE CORNER. THE MONUMENT IS A PRECASTE CONCRETE POST PROJECTING 12 INCHES WITH A U.S. GEOLOGICAL DISK IN THE CENTER WHICH IS STAMPED P.T. STA. NO. 45M. 1926. HEIGHT OF LIGHT ABOVE STATION MARK 30 METERS.

RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1997 (CSM) RECOVERED AS DESCRIBED WITH THE FOLLOWING CHANGES. THE STATION MARK IS 26.5 M (86.9 FT) WEST OF THE CENTERLINE OF U.S. HIGHWAY 60, 13.3 M (43.6 FT) WEST-NORTHWEST OF JOHN MONTGOMERYS HEADSTONE, 8.6 M (28.2 FT) SOUTH OF C.L. DUNNING DRIVE AND THE WHITE WITNESS POST IS GONE.

Condition: Mark found in good condition Designation: Caney 1957 Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey Monumentation type: TRIANGULATION STATION Disk County: Livingston USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Smithland Find type: Found by luck/skill/knowledge Web address of this benchmark's datasheet (optional): [Web Link] NGS PID: HB1513 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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