CD2176(STATE AZ MK) - Wooster Twp Wayne County OH
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member shorbird
N 40° 46.872 W 081° 55.831
17T E 421483 N 4514885
This is the azimuth mark for USC&GS triangulation station STATE 2, in Wooster Township, Wayne County.
Waymark Code: WMN6VF
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 01/06/2015
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
Views: 4

DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1967 (LFS) STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 2 MILES SOUTH OF WOOSTER, 63 FEET NORTHWEST OF THE JUNCTION OF U.S. HIGHWAY 250 AND STATE HIGHWAY 76, AND ON ROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY. IT IS 51 FEET NORTH OF THE CENTERLINE OF A GRAVELED ROAD (GIFFEN ROAD), 35 FEET NORTH OF A TELEPHONE POLE, 24 FEET WEST OF THE CENTERLINE OF HIGHWAY 250 AND 76 AND 1 FOOT NORTH OF A METAL WITNESS POST. THE MONUMENT IS FLUSH AND THE DISK IS STAMPED STATE 2 1967. TO REACH THE AZIMUTH MARK FROM THE STATION, GO NORTH ON THE HIGHWAY FOR 0.2 MILE TO A DRIVEWAY RIGHT. TURN RIGHT AND GO EAST ON THE DRIVEWAY FOR .05 MILE TO A PAVED CROSS STREET. TURN LEFT ON THE PAVED STREET AND GO NORTH FOR ABOUT 200 FEET TO A GREEN HOUSE AND THE AZIMUTH MARK AS DESCRIBED. REFERENCE MARK 3 IS 62 FEET SOUTH OF THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF A CEMETERY, 24 FEET WEST OF THE CENTERLINE OF THE HIGHWAY AND 5 FEET SOUTH OF A TELEPHONE POLE. THE MONUMENT IS FLUSH AND THE DISK IS STAMPED STATE 2 NO 3 1967. REFERENCE MARK 4 IS 23 FEET WEST OF THE CENTERLINE OF HIGHWAY 76, 21 FEET NORTH OF THE CENTERLINE OF GIFFEN ROAD, 11 FEET EAST OF A 12 INCH MAPLE TREE AND 6 FEET NORTH OF A TELEPHONE POLE. THE MONUMENT IS FLUSH AND THE DISK IS STAMPED STATE 2 NO 4 1967. THE AZIMUTH MARK IS 24.5 FEET NORTH OF THE CENTERLINE OF A PAVED STREET, 2.5 FEET SOUTHEAST OF THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF A GREENHOUSE 1.1 FEET WEST OF A METAL WITNESS POST. THE MONUMENT PROJECTS 6 INCHES AND THE DISK IS STAMPED STATE 1959. HEIGHT OF LIGHT ABOVE STATION MARK 1 METER.
Azimuth Condition: Good

Your Directions:
To reach the azimuth mark from the station in the southwest angle of Highway 302 and Giffen Drive, go north on Highway 302 for about 400 feet to the entrance to the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center on the right. Turn right and go east on the entrance road for 400 feet to a crossroad. Turn left and go north for .15 mile on a paved street to a side road left. Turn left and go west on the side road for 250 feet to the azimuth mark on the right at the southwest corner of a greenhouse.


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