PID# DF3844 - CATHERINE
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member gpsblake
N 34° 05.856 W 081° 24.995
17S E 461573 N 3773056
PID #DF3844 - CATHERINE - Dreher Island State Park, SC
Waymark Code: WMQXM
Location: South Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 09/19/2006
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member seventhings
Views: 15

Found as described. Photos of BM and area taken.

DESCRIBED BY SOUTH CAROLINA GEODETIC SURVEY 2002 (DDW)
STATION IS LOCATED 6.0 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHAPIN, 16.8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEWBERRY. OWNERSHIP--SCDOT, DIRECTOR OF PRECONSTRUCTION, P.O. BOX 191, COLUMBIA, SC 29202, PHONE 803-737-1350.
TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE JUNCTION OF U.S. HIGHWAY 76 (MAIN STREET), STATE HIGHWAY 202 (POMARIA STREET) AND STATE ROAD 133 (POMARIA STREET) IN LITTLE MOUNTAIN, GO WEST SOUTHWEST ON HIGHWAY 76 FOR 0.55 MILE TO THE
JUNCTION OF STATE ROAD 20 (WHEELAND ROAD), TURN LEFT ON ROAD 20 FOR 6.0 MILES TO THE JUNCTION OF STATE ROAD 26 (MACEDONIA CHURCH ROAD), TURN LEFT ON ROAD 26 FOR 1.3 MILES TO THE JUNCTION OF STATE ROAD 15 (DREHER ISLAND ROAD), TURN LEFT ON ROAD 15 FOR 0.6 MILE TO THE JUNCTION OF STATE ROAD 571 (STATE PARK ROAD), TURN RIGHT ON ROAD 571 FOR 2.55 MILES TO THE STATION ON THE LEFT ON A CAUSEWAY AT THE ENTRANCE TO DREHER ISLAND STATE PARK.
STATION IS A CONCRETE POST FLUSH WITH THE GROUND AND LEVEL WITH THE ROAD, 16.0 FEET NORTHEAST OF THE CENTER OF THE ROAD, 47.5 FEET SOUTHEAST OF A POWER POLE NUMBER 432425, 66.0 FEET NORTH NORTHWEST OF THE NORTHEAST LEG OF A WOODEN SIGN (GATE AHEAD), 35.0 FEET NORTHEAST OF A 2.0-FOOT CONCRETE PIPE CULVERT BENEATH THE ROAD, 225.3 FEET NORTHWEST OF A POWER POLE NUMBER 432426.
NOTE-STATION IS INTERVISIBLE WITH SURVEY STATION MADELINE. DESCRIBED BY R.P. MCKEOWN.
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: CATHERINE 2002

Benchmark Agency: other (not included below)

Benchmark Agency (if other): South Carolina Geodetic Survey

Monumentation type: Survey Mark

County: Newberry

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): LAKE MURRAY WEST (1971)

Find type: Coordinates and/or to-reach information from an online local database were used

Web address of this benchmark's datasheet (optional): [Web Link]

NGS PID: DF3844

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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