KG0638 Osborne West Municipal Tank --Osborne KS
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N 39° 26.386 W 098° 42.113
14S E 525653 N 4365622
The Osborne West Muncipal tank is easily spotted from the county courthouse. It is designated NGS Benchmark KG0638.
Waymark Code: WMGXQZ
Location: Kansas, United States
Date Posted: 04/21/2013
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
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KG0638 DESIGNATION - OSBORNE WEST MUNICIPAL TANK
KG0638 PID - KG0638
KG0638 STATE/COUNTY- KS/OSBORNE
KG0638 COUNTRY - US
KG0638 USGS QUAD - OSBORNE (1979)
KG0638
KG0638 *CURRENT SURVEY CONTROL
KG0638 ______________________________________________________________________
KG0638* NAD 83 POS- 39 26 23.40224(N) 098 42 07.27092(W) ADJUSTED
KG0638* NAVD 88 ORTHO HEIGHT - **(meters) **(feet)
KG0638 ______________________________________________________________________
KG0638
KG0638_U.S. NATIONAL GRID SPATIAL ADDRESS: 14SNJ2564265629(NAD 83)
KG0638
KG0638_MARKER: 53 = ELEVATED TANK
KG0638
KG0638 HISTORY - Date Condition Report By
KG0638 HISTORY - 1950 FIRST OBSERVED CGS
KG0638
KG0638 STATION DESCRIPTION
KG0638
KG0638'DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1950 (RLE)
KG0638'THE STATION IS LOCATED IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF TOWN, 70
KG0638'FEET EAST OF NORTH-SOUTH STREET AND 50 FEET NORTH OF EAST-WEST
KG0638'STREET. IT IS A 4 LEGGED STEEL STRUCTURE SUPPORTING THE
KG0638'TANK PROPER WITH AN OVERALL HEIGHT OF 120 FEET. THE POINT
KG0638'OBSERVED UPON WAS THE BALL AT THE APEX OF THE TANK.
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: -blank-

Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey

Monumentation type: Elevated Tank

County: Osborne

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Osborne

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: KG0638

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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