GT2003 - STRATFORD MUNICIPAL TANK

County: KINGS
State: CALIFORNIA

PUBLISHED DATA
Lat: 36° 11.254
Long: 119° 49.452
Alt: 0
Designation: STRATFORD MUNICIPAL TANK
Marker Type: NGS Benchmark
Setting: setting not listed - see description
Stability:

Documented History (by the NGS)
1/1/1944 by CGS (MONUMENTED)
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1944 (JCS) STATION IS LOCATED IN THE S EDGE OF THE TOWN OF STRATFORD, 650 FEET S OF CENTER LINE OF STATE HIGHWAY 198, AND 232 FEET E OF THE E TRACK OF SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO. RAILROAD TRACKS. IT IS A SILVER-COLORED, ELEVATED, STEEL WATER TANK ABOUT 100 FEET HIGH. ITS APEX WAS THE POINT OF INTERSECTION.

1/1/1973 by NGS (MONUMENTED)
RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1973 (HGF) STATION RECOVERED, AS DESCRIBED, BY J.C.S. IN 1944


FOUND DATA
Lat: 36° 11.256
Long: 119° 49.460
Alt: NA

Found it at 17:00, 21 December 2002. Found it as described and in good condition.

WGS84 coordinates found by 2 minute occupation with 7 strong satellites and 0 WAAS satellites in the street adjacent to the tank.

The Stratford Municipal Tank at dusk.


The Stratford Municipal Tank from a distance.

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