DM8498(R 734) - Englewood FL
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member shorbird
N 26° 57.727 W 082° 20.452
17R E 366913 N 2982945
This is a Florida Department of Environmental Protection survey disk in Englewood, Sarasota County.
Waymark Code: WMZWMY
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 01/14/2019
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
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The mark is a Florida Department of Environmental Protection survey disk stamped ---R 734 2009---. It is set flush in the top of the northeast concrete bridge curb of the Dearborn Avenue bridge over Gottfried Creek, about 0.5 foot above the level of Dearborn Avenue.

TO REACH THE MARK FROM THE INTERSECTION OF STATE ROAD 777 (DEARBORN
AVENUE) AND STATE ROAD 776 (INDIANA AVENUE) IN ENGLEWOOD, GO EAST ON
STATE ROAD 777 (EAST DEARBORN AVENUE) FOR 0.75 MI (1.2 KM) TO THE EAST
END OF THE GOTTFRIED CREEK BRIDGE AND THE JUNCTION OF OXFORD DRIVE ON
THE LEFT AND THE MARK ON THE LEFT.

THE MARK IS LOCATED 66.3 FT (20.2 M) EAST OF A METAL STREET LIGHT NUMBER 37AA10, 54.3 FT (16.6 M) WEST OF A POWER POLE NUMBER 17528, 37.1 FT (11.3 M) WEST OF THE APPROXIMATE CENTERLINE OF OXFORD DRIVE, 26.2 FT (8.0 M) NORTH OF THE APPROXIMATE CENTERLINE OF STATE ROAD 777 (EAST DEARBORN AVENUE), 7.8 FT (2.4 M) WEST OF A CARSONITE WITNESS POST AND 0.9 FT (27 CM) SOUTH OF A METAL HANDRAIL.
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: R 734

Benchmark Agency: other (not included below)

Benchmark Agency (if other): Florida Department of Environmental Protection

Monumentation type: Survey Mark

County: Sarasota

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Englewood

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: DM8498

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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  2. A 'distant' photo including the mark in the view is highly recommended. Include the compass direction you faced when you took the picture.
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