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Details for Benchmark: AW1573

N 29° 35.317 W 095° 01.867 (NAD 83)

Altitude: 12.21

Coordinates may not be exact. Altitude is ADJUSTED and location is SCALED. (more info)

Location:
In HARRIS county, TX View Original Datasheet
Designation:
R 1201
Marker Type:
bench mark disk
Setting:
a metal rod driven into the ground
Stability:
Mark of questionable or unknown stability.

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Found it 1/19/2013 HoustonControl found AW1573   Visit Log
N 29° 35.315 W 095° 01.851
Came armed with a metal detector, but was able to find it using the witness post. Well, if you call a wooden stake with a ribbon on it a witness post. Dug around in the weeds with my garden trowel and uncovered the marker.

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[Photos:]
photoAW1573 - R 1201
photo"Witness Post"
photoMarker and post
photoWide view
Didn't find it 9/27/2012 Thot couldn't find AW1573   Visit Log
I measured from the middle of where I think the gate once was. And, checked against where it appears the fence once was. That location is at the junction between well mowed grass and deep weeds. If it had been in the mowed area and visible from the surface it would have been obvious. I poked around in the deep weeds and struck nothing solid. The witness post is gone so, if this one's still there, it's is going to be difficult to find.

Documented History (by the NGS)

1/1/1973 by NGS (MONUMENTED)
DESCRIBED BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1973 1.8 MI N FROM SEABROOK. ABOUT 1.7 MILES NORTH ALONG STATE HWY. 146 FROM THE INTERSECTION OF NASA RD. 1 AT SEABROOK, THENCE 0.1 MILE WEST ALONG A PAVED ROAD, 173 FEET WEST OF THE WEST RAIL OF THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD, ABOUT 66 FEET SOUTH OF THE CENTER LINE OF A PAVED ROAD, 51 FEET WEST-SOUTHWEST OF A MOBIL CHEMICAL CO. HIGH-PRESSURE GAS LINE, 21 FEET EAST OF THE CENTER LINE OF A METAL GATE AND ENTRANCE TO A DOUBLE ROW OF POWER LINE TOWERS, 1 FOOT NORTH OF A FENCE, ABOUT 0.5 FOOT WEST OF A METAL WITNESS POST, AND ABOUT 1 FOOT BELOW THE LEVEL OF THE ROAD, AND IS A DISK SET ON TOP OF A 4-FOOT LENGTH OF 5/8-INCH COPPER COATED STEEL ROD WHICH PROJECTS 1 INCH BELOW THE SURFACE OF THE GROUND, AND IS PROTECTED BY A 6-INCH IRON PIPE FLUSH WITH THE GROUND.
1/1/1974 by (GOOD)
RECOVERED 1974 RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.
1/1/1978 by DOD (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY US DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 1978 RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.
1/1/1978 by NGS (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1978 RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.
1/1/1983 by NGS (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1983 RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.
1/1/1987 by USPSQD (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY US POWER SQUADRON 1987 (BB) RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.
1/1/1987 by USPSQD (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY US POWER SQUADRON 1987 (CCC) RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.
1/1/1987 by USPSQD (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY US POWER SQUADRON 1987 (GAR) RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.
1/1/1987 by USPSQD (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY US POWER SQUADRON 1987 (GWS) RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.
1/1/1987 by USPSQD (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY US POWER SQUADRON 1987 (CWT) RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.
1/1/1987 by USPSQD (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY US POWER SQUADRON 1987 (JRM) RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.
1/1/1987 by USPSQD (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY US POWER SQUADRON 1987 (MBS) RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.
1/1/1987 by USPSQD (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY US POWER SQUADRON 1987 (WMR) RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.
1/1/1987 by USPSQD (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY US POWER SQUADRON 1987 (RLB) RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.
1/1/1987 by USPSQD (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY US POWER SQUADRON 1987 (GPB) RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.
1/1/1987 by USPSQD (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY US POWER SQUADRON 1987 (LT) RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.
1/1/1987 by NGS (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1987 RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION, THE DESCRIPTION IS ADEQUATE EXCEPT THE GATE MENTIONED THEREIN NO LONGER EXISTS, AND THE PAVED ROAD HAS BEEN NAMED RED BLUFF ROAD.
1/1/1988 by USPSQD (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY US POWER SQUADRON 1988 (JLS) RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.
1/1/1988 by USPSQD (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY US POWER SQUADRON 1988 (HS) RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.
1/1/1988 by USPSQD (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY US POWER SQUADRON 1988 (BP) RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.
1/1/1988 by USPSQD (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY US POWER SQUADRON 1988 (PT) RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.
1/1/1988 by USPSQD (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY US POWER SQUADRON 1988 (BB) RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.
1/1/1988 by USPSQD (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY US POWER SQUADRON 1988 (JHB) RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.
1/1/1988 by USPSQD (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY US POWER SQUADRON 1988 (MGB) RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.
1/1/1988 by USPSQD (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY US POWER SQUADRON 1988 (GWS) RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.
1/1/1988 by USPSQD (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY US POWER SQUADRON 1988 (BMS) RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.
1/1/1988 by USPSQD (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY US POWER SQUADRON 1988 (KHR) RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.
1/1/1988 by USPSQD (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY US POWER SQUADRON 1988 (LGS) RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.
1/1/1989 by USPSQD (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY US POWER SQUADRON 1989 (JDA) RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.
1/1/1989 by USPSQD (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY US POWER SQUADRON 1989 (JE) RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.
1/1/1989 by USPSQD (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY US POWER SQUADRON 1989 (BP) RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.
1/1/1989 by USPSQD (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY US POWER SQUADRON 1989 (GWS) RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.
1/1/1990 by USPSQD (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY US POWER SQUADRON 1990 (MRS) RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.
1/1/1990 by USPSQD (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY US POWER SQUADRON 1990 (LD) RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.
2/16/1991 by USPSQD (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY US POWER SQUADRON 1991 (JJ) RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.
11/22/1993 by USPSQD (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY US POWER SQUADRON 1993 RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.

Control Text

  • The horizontal coordinates were scaled from a topographic map and have an estimated accuracy of +/- 6 seconds.
  • The orthometric height was determined by differential leveling and adjusted by the National Geodetic Survey in June 1991.
  • The geoid height was determined by GEOID99.
  • The dynamic height is computed by dividing the NAVD 88 geopotential number by the normal gravity value computed on the Geodetic Reference System of 1980 (GRS 80) ellipsoid at 45 degrees latitude (G = 980.6199 gals.).
  • The modeled gravity was interpolated from observed gravity values.

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