1 FG Bench Mark Disk RESET - Fort McCoy, WI
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member mrjcanger
N 44° 00.417 W 090° 39.150
15T E 688188 N 4875323
This disk is a USGS RESET of an original disk placed in 1946. USGS falls under the Department of Interior
Waymark Code: WMT1X5
Location: Wisconsin, United States
Date Posted: 09/11/2016
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member NW_history_buff
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This park of Fort McCoy is just off of Hwy 21 and is open to the public. This is a quick park and find and is very well marked. There is both a metal witness post and white fiberglass post near to the disk. There is a dirt road just to the South of Hwy 21 opposite of the gate 20 turn off to the North. Disk is in very nice shape and is set in concrete rimmed by white piping. Agency of original disk was NGS. RESET disk was placed in 1994.
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: 1 FG

Benchmark Agency: U.S. Geological Survey

Monumentation type: Disk (unspecified type)

County: Monroe

Find type: Coordinates and/or to-reach information from the NGS database (or Geocaching's copy of it) were used

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NGS PID: PO0464

Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed

Monumentation type (if other): Not listed

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Not listed

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Special Category (if other): Not listed

Local database's URL (optional): Not listed
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