6th PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN - Public Land Survey Marks on Waymarking.com

AS DESCRIBED BY THE NGS: BENCHMARK AB4130:
http://www.geocaching.com/mark/details.aspx?PID=AB4130 1/1/1987 by BLM (MONUMENTED) DESCRIBED BY BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT 1987 THE MARK IS LOCATED AT THE KANSAS-NEBRASKA STATE LINE AND AT THE COMMON CORNERS OF THAYER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES, IN NEBRASKA, WITH REPUBLIC AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES IN KANSAS AND IN A BLADED ROAD INTERSECTION. TO REACH THE MARK FROM MAHASKA, KANSAS, GO WEST ON COUNTY ROAD 702 FOR 0.6 MI (1.0 KM) TO A CROSSROAD. TURN RIGHT AND GO NORTH ON AVENUE 558 FOR 1.0 MI (1.6 KM) TO THE NEBRASKA-KANSAS STATE LINE AND THE MARK IN THE CENTER OF A ROAD INTERSECTION. THE MARK IS A U.S. BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT BRASS CAP, CEMENTED INTO A DRILLED HOLE IN THE CENTER OF THE OLD, ORIGINAL, 8 BY 14 INCH BLOCK OF SANDSTONE. THE CAP BEARS THE COMPLETE STAMPING OF--6TH PM T1N R1W R1E S 36 S 31 S 1 S 6 T1S INITIAL POINT 1987. THE BLOCK OF SANDSTONE IS ONE FOOT BELOW THE TOP OF A 24-INCH MANHOLE COVER AT THE CENTER OF A 24 BY 24 FOOT (7.3 M) CONCRETE SLAB. THE MANHOLE BEARS THE LETTERING OF--6TH PM NEBRASKA KANSAS 11 JUNE 1856 11 JUNE 1987 36-1N-1W 31-1N-1E 1-1S 1W 6-1S 1E 40 N. LAT. THE MARK IS 1 CHAIN WEST OF A MEMORIAL MONUMENT WHICH CONSISTS OF A 4-FT. SPIRE OF POLISHED RED GRANITE FROM COLORADO, SET ONTO A 3-FOOT PILE OF CEMENT RUBBLE STONES FROM WYOMING AND WESTERN NEBRASKA. OVER THE STONES, AND AROUND THE BASE OF THE SPIRE, ARE SLABS OF POLISHED RED GRANITE ENGRAVED WITH THE STATE SEALS OF EACH OF THE STATES. THE MARK IS ALSO 43.61 FT (13.29 M) SOUTHEAST OF TRIANGULATION STATION MERIDIAN, 10 FT (3.0 M) SOUTH OF A BRASS CAP STAMPED SIXTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN NORTH, 10 FT (3.0 M) NORTH OF A BRASS CAP STAMPED SIXTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN SOUTH, 10 FT (3.0 M) WEST OF A BRASS CAP STAMPED BASE LINE NEBRASKA KANSAS 1987 AND 10 FT (3.0 M) EAST OF ANOTHER BRASS CAP STAMPED BASE LINE NEBRASKA KANSAS 1987. THE MARK MAY ALSO BE REACHED FROM REYNOLDS, NEBRASKA, BY GOING WEST ON STATE HIGHWAY 8 FOR 1.5 MI (2.4 KM) TO A CROSSROAD. TURN LEFT AND GO SOUTH ON A DIRT ROAD FOR 4.0 MI (6.4 KM) TO THE MARK. THIS DIRT ROAD IS IMPASSABLE WHEN WET. FOR MORE ON THE NEBRASKA- KANSAS ACT: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas-Nebraska_Act http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/kanneb.htm AS ALWAYS HAVE FUN BE SAFE AND HAPPY..................................WAYMARKING

Type of survey mark: BENCHMARK SET IN RED SANDSTONE What indicators are near the mark to help people identify where it is located?: THE BLOCK OF SANDSTONE IS ONE FOOT BELOW THE TOP OF A 24-INCH MANHOLE COVER AT THE CENTER OF A 24 BY 24 FOOT (7.3 M) CONCRETE SLAB. THE MARK IS ALSO 43.61 FT (13.29 M) SOUTHEAST OF TRIANGULATION STATION MERIDIAN, 10 FT (3.0 M) SOUTH OF A BRASS CAP STAMPED SIXTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN NORTH, 10 FT (3.0 M) NORTH OF A BRASS CAP STAMPED SIXTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN SOUTH, 10 FT (3.0 M) WEST OF A BRASS CAP STAMPED BASE LINE NEBRASKA KANSAS 1987 AND 10 FT (3.0 M) EAST OF ANOTHER BRASS CAP STAMPED BASE LINE NEBRASKA KANSAS 1987. What property is this mark defining?: THE INITIAL POINT FOR NEBRASKA AND KANSAS PUBLIC LANDS.

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