CD1867(HODGE AZ MK) - East Union Twp Wayne County OH - Azimuth Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1959 (WER) THE STATION IS ABOUT 4.0 MILES EAST OF WOOSTER, 0.2 MILE NORTH OF U.S. HIGHWAY 30, IN THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 5, T-16-N, R-12-W, ON PROPERTY OWNED BY MR. CLAYTON HODGE. TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE JUNCTION OF U.S. HIGHWAYS 250 AND 30 IN WOOSTER, GO EAST ON HIGHWAY 30 FOR 4.2 MILES TO SIDE ROAD ON THE LEFT. (TURN LEFT AND GO NORTH 0.25 MILE TO THE AZIMUTH MARK ON THE LEFT NEAR A TELEPHONE POLE.) CONTINUE STRAIGHT AHEAD ON HIGHWAY 30 FOR 0.1 MILE TO A PRIVATE DRIVEWAY ON THE LEFT. TURN LEFT AND GO NORTH, PASSING TO THE RIGHT OF A HOUSE, 0.1 MILE TO A BOARD GATE ON THE LEFT JUST BEFORE REACHING A BARN ON THE LEFT. TURN LEFT, PASS THROUGH GATE, AND GO WESTERLY ACROSS PASTURE 0.1 MILE TO THE HIGHEST PART OF THE HILL AND THE STATION JUST EAST OF A FENCELINE. STATION MARKS ARE STANDARD DISKS STAMPED HODGE 1959. THE SURFACE DISK IS SET IN A SQUARE CONCRETE POST FLUSH WITH THE SURFACE OF THE GROUND. IT IS 66 FEET SOUTH OF A T-FENCE CORNER POST, 30 FEET NORTHEAST OF A T-FENCE CORNER POST AND 16 FEET SOUTHWEST OF A 6-INCH TWIN-TRUNKED ELM TREE. A STANDARD METAL WITNESS POST WAS SET 14.8 FEET WEST OF THE MARK. THE UNDERGROUND DISK IS SET IN AN IRREGULAR MASS OF CONCRETE 20 INCHES BELOW THE SURFACE OF THE GROUND. REFERENCE MARK NO. 1, A STANDARD DISK STAMPED HODGE NO 1 1959, IS SET IN A SQUARE CONCRETE POST WHICH PROJECTS 6 INCHES. IT IS 80 FEET EAST OF THE T-FENCE CORNER POST AND 1 FOOT SOUTH OF AN EAST-WEST FENCELINE. REFERENCE MARK NO. 2, A STANDARD DISK STAMPED HODGE NO 2 1959, IS SET IN A SQUARE CONCRETE POST WHICH PROJECTS 6 INCHES. IT IS 63 FEET WEST OF THE T-FENCE CORNER POST AND 1 FOOT SOUTH OF AN EAST-WEST FENCELINE. AZIMUTH MARK IS A STANDARD DISK STAMPED HODGE 1959, SET IN A SQUARE CONCRETE POST WHICH PROJECTS 6 INCHES. IT IS 18 FEET WEST OF THE CENTERLINE OF THE BLACKTOP ROAD AND 1 FOOT SOUTH OF A TELEPHONE POLE. A STANDARD METAL POST WAS SET 1.2 FEET WEST OF THE MARK.

Azimuth Condition: Good Your Directions: From the intersection of Liberty Street and Market Street in Wooster, go east for 0.25 mile on Liberty Street to a fork. Take the right fork and go east for 3.9 miles on Pittsburgh Avenue, which becomes Lincoln Way East, to Eby Road on the left. Turn left and go north for 0.25 mile on Eby Road to the mark on the left. THE MARK IS 18 FT WEST OF THE CENTER LINE OF EBY ROAD AND 15 FT NORTHEAST OF POWER POLE 808B3-39 WITH A TRANSFORMER. Station Link: [Web Link] Parking Coords: Not Listed

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