U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Benchmark DN0699 - Northlake, TX
N 33° 06.086 W 097° 16.262
14S E 661338 N 3663862
U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Benchmark DN0699, located atop a small concrete block near a fence gate on the west side of Smith Rd, just off of FM 407 in Northlake, TX, approaching Justin.
Waymark Code: WMG6MJ
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 01/20/2013
Views: 4
While the datasheet and the coordinates should be enough to get you into the general area, as you turn onto Smith Rd, you'll see a white metal fence gate which is the only gate here on a barbed wire fence. To the west, you're looking at gas lease property, but your focus is on that gate and its northern post: The benchmark is at the ground, about two feet from that post, and there are a couple of wooden slats protecting it.
Documented History (by the NGS)
01/01/1946 by CGS (MONUMENTED)
01/01/1960 by NGS (GOOD)
DESCRIBED BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1960 2.1 MI NE FROM JUSTIN. 2.1 MILES EAST AND NORTH ALONG F.M.ROAD 407, FROM JUSTIN, ABOUT 50 YARDS NORTHWEST OF THE CENTERLINE OF THE CURVE IN THE HIGHWAY, AND 50 YARDS SOUTHWEST FROM A WHITE FARM HOUSE, 2 FEET EAST OF THE NORTH-SOUTH FENCE LINE WHICH IS THE WEST RIGHT-OF-WAY FENCE OF THE HIGHWAY TO THE SOUTH, 9 YARDS NORTHWEST OF THE CENTERLINE OF THE FARM LANE, IN RANGE WITH THE NORTH GUTTER LINE OF THE HIGHWAY TO THE EAST AND 1 FOOT NORTH OF A 4 X 4 WITNESS POST. A STANDARD DISK STAMPED N 945 1946 IN A CONCRETE POST WHICH PROJECTS ABOUT 3 INCHES.
01/01/1985 by NGS (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1985 3.36 KM (2.1 MI) NORTHEAST ALONG FM 407 FROM THE JUNCTION OF FM 407 AND STATE HIGHWAY 156 IN JUSTIN, AT A CURVE IN THE ROAD, 48.77 METERS (160 FT) NORTHWEST OF THE CENTER OF FM 407, 9.14 METERS (30.0 FT) NORTHWEST OF THE CENTER OF A DRIVEWAY AND 0.61 METER (2.0 FT) EAST OF A FENCE. THE MARK IS IN THE PROPERTY LINE AT A POWERLINE CROSSING.
09/07/1992 by USPSQD (MARK NOT FOUND)
RECOVERY NOTE BY US POWER SQUADRON 1992 (HLO) MARK NOT FOUND.
06/29/1995 by USPSQD (MARK NOT FOUND)
RECOVERY NOTE BY US POWER SQUADRON 1995 MARK NOT FOUND.
02/14/1998 by USPSQD (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY US POWER SQUADRON 1998 RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.
Condition: Mark found in good condition
Designation: N 945
Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey
Monumentation type: BENCH MARK (or B.M.) Disk
County: Denton
USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Justin
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: DN0699
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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