CF2690(BYLER AZ MK) - Green Twp Wayne County OH
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member shorbird
N 40° 52.876 W 081° 50.083
17T E 429672 N 4525912
This is the azimuth mark for USC&GS triangulation station BYLER, in Green Township, Wayne County.
Waymark Code: WMN4AJ
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 12/24/2014
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
Views: 2

DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1959 (WER) THE STATION IS ABOUT 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF SMITHVILLE, 350 FEET NORTH OF MR. EARL BYLER FARM HOME AND IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SECTION 9, T 17 N, R. 12 W. TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE STOP LIGHT AT THE INTERSECTION OF STATE HIGHWAY 585 AND MILTON STREET IN SMITHVILLE, GO NORTHEAST ON STATE HIGHWAY 585 FOR 0.55 MILE TO A RAILROAD CROSSING. CONTINUE NORTHEAST ON STATE HIGHWAY 585 FOR 1.4 MILES TO A SIDE ROAD ON THE LEFT. BEAR SHARP LEFT AND GO WEST ON HUTTON ROAD (WAYNE COUNTY ROUTE 78) FOR 0.2 MILE TO A FARM ROAD ON THE RIGHT AND THE AZIMUTH MARK ON THE RIGHT. TURN RIGHT AND GO NORTH ON THE FARM ROAD FOR 0.25 MILES TO THE FARM HOME OF MR. BYLER AND THE STATION AS DESCRIBED. STATION MARKS ARE STANDARD DISKS STAMPED BYLER 1959. THE SURFACE DISK IS SET IN A SQUARE CONCRETE POST WHICH IS 1 INCH BELOW THE SURFACE OF THE GROUND. IT IS 221 FEET NORTH OF THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF A CONCRETE BLOCK BUILDING, 207 FEET EAST OF A 28-INCH WILD CHERRY TREE, 177 FEET NORTHEAST OF THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF A BARN AND 22 FEET SOUTH OF AN EAST-WEST FENCELINE. A STANDARD METAL WITNESS POST WAS SET 22 FEET NORTH OF THE MARK. THE UNDERGROUND DISK IS SET IN AN IRREGULAR MASS OF CONCRETE 30 INCHES BELOW THE SURFACE OF THE GROUND. REFERENCE MARK NO 1, A STANDARD DISK STAMPED BYLER NO 1 1959, IS SET IN A SQUARE CONCRETE POST WHICH PROJECTS 6 INCHES. IT IS 118 FEET SOUTH OF THE EAST-WEST FENCELINE AND 1 FOOT NORTHWEST OF A POWERLINE POLE. REFERENCE MARK NO 2, A STANDARD DISK STAMPED BYLER NO 2 1959, IS SET IN A SQUARE CONCRETE POST WHICH PROJECTS 1 INCH. IT IS 120 FEET NORTH OF THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE BARN, 100 FEET EAST OF THE CHERRY TREE AND 9 FEET SOUTH OF THE EAST-WEST FENCELINE. AZIMUTH MARK, A STANDARD DISK STAMPED BYLER 1959, IS SET IN A SQUARE CONCRETE POST WHICH PROJECTS 6 INCHES. IT IS 28 FEET NORTH OF THE CENTERLINE OF THE GRAVEL ROAD, 19 FEET EAST OF THE CENTERLINE OF THE FARM ROAD AND 4 FEET SOUTHEAST OF POWER POLE 712-147 WITH A TRANSFORMER.
Azimuth Condition: Good

Your Directions:
TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE STOP LIGHT AT THE INTERSECTION OF STATE HIGHWAY 585 AND MILTON STREET IN SMITHVILLE, GO NORTHEAST ON STATE HIGHWAY 585 FOR 0.55 MILE TO A RAILROAD CROSSING. CONTINUE NORTHEAST ON STATE HIGHWAY 585 FOR 1.4 MILES TO A SIDE ROAD ON THE LEFT. BEAR SHARP LEFT AND GO WEST ON HUTTON ROAD (WAYNE COUNTY ROUTE 78) FOR 0.2 MILE TO A FARM ROAD ON THE RIGHT AND THE AZIMUTH MARK ON THE RIGHT.


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