National Geodetic Survey, Retrieval Date = AUGUST 20, 1997 DG3595 *********************************************************************** DG3595 DESIGNATION - CHEEHAHAW 1886 DG3595 PID - DG3595 DG3595 STATE/COUNTY- AL/CLEBURNE DG3595 USGS QUAD - CHEAHA MOUNTAIN (1974) DG3595 DG3595 *CURRENT SURVEY CONTROL DG3595 ___________________________________________________________________ DG3595* NAD 83(1992)- 33 29 07.84060(N) 085 48 31.18698(W) ADJUSTED DG3595* NAVD 88 - 735.5 (meters) 2413. (feet) VERTCON DG3595 ___________________________________________________________________ DG3595 LAPLACE CORR- -0.03 (seconds) DEFLEC96 DG3595 GEOID HEIGHT- -28.58 (meters) GEOID96 DG3595 DG3595 HORZ ORDER - FIRST DG3595 DG3595 DG3595 DG3595.The horizontal coordinates were established by classical geodetic methods DG3595.and adjusted by the National Geodetic Survey in December 1992. DG3595 DG3595.The NAVD 88 height was computed by applying the VERTCON shift value to DG3595.the NGVD 29 height (displayed under SUPERSEDED SURVEY CONTROL.) DG3595 DG3595.The Laplace correction was computed from DEFLEC96 derived deflections. DG3595 DG3595.The geoid height was determined by GEOID96. DG3595 DG3595; North East Units Scale Converg. DG3595;SPC AL E - 331,040.807 202,292.716 MT 0.99996006 +0 00 49.0 DG3595;UTM 16 - 3,705,747.779 610,679.356 MT 0.99975102 +0 39 26.5 DG3595 DG3595: Primary Azimuth Mark Grid Az DG3595:SPC AL E - HORN 229 59 53.6 DG3595:UTM 16 - HORN 229 21 16.1 DG3595 DG3595|---------------------------------------------------------------------| DG3595| PID Reference Object Distance Geod. Az | DG3595| dddmmss.s | DG3595| DH2440 HORN APPROX.32.3 KM 2300042.6 | DG3595| DH2435 TALLADEGA NEGRO COLL FLAGPOLE APPROX.28.9 KM 2583725.3 | DG3595| DH2439 TALLADEGA LEWIS HOUSE CUPOLA APPROX.26.7 KM 2591415.9 | DG3595| DH2431 BACKBONE MT OF BALD ROCK APPROX.58.4 KM 2831044.8 | DG3595| DH2432 LITTLE PEAK SOUTHERN OF 2 APPROX.57.0 KM 2855025.9 | DG3595|---------------------------------------------------------------------| DG3595 DG3595 SUPERSEDED SURVEY CONTROL DG3595 DG3595 NAD 83(1986)- 33 29 07.84568(N) 085 48 31.18202(W) ADJUSTED DG3595 NAD 27 - 33 29 07.45400(N) 085 48 31.31600(W) ADJUSTED DG3595 NGVD 29 - 735.4 (meters) 2413. (feet) VERT ANG DG3595 DG3595.Superseded values are not recommended for survey control. DG3595.NGS no longer adjusts projects to the NAD 27 or NGVD 29 datums. DG3595.See file format.dat to determine how the superseded data were derived. DG3595 DG3595_MARKER: X = CHISELED CROSS DG3595_SETTING: 80 = SET IN A BOULDER DG3595_STABILITY: C = MAY HOLD, BUT OF TYPE COMMONLY SUBJECT TO DG3595+STABILITY: SURFACE MOTION DG3595 DG3595 HISTORY - Date Condition Recov. By DG3595 HISTORY - 1886 MONUMENTED CGS DG3595 HISTORY - 1941 SEE DESCRIPTION CGS DG3595 HISTORY - 1971 GOOD USE DG3595 DG3595 STATION DESCRIPTION DG3595 DG3595'DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1886 (OHT) DG3595'STATION IS ON THE HIGHEST PART OF THE MOUNTAINS AMONG ROCKY DG3595'OUTCROPPINGS, ABOUT 9 MILES S OF OXFORD. THERE IS A PRECIPITOUS DG3595'BLUFF ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN KNOWN AS THE PULPIT. DG3595'THE STATION IS ON A TURNING POINT OF THE BOUNDARY LINE BETWEEN DG3595'TALLADEGA AND CLAY COUNTIES. DG3595' DG3595'THE STATION WAS MARKED BY A CROSS CUT ON A STONE BURIED ABOUT DG3595'1 FOOT BELOW THE SURFACE IN A CLEFT BETWEEN THE LEDGES. ANOTHER DG3595'STONE WITH A CROSS CUT ON TOP WAS SET OVER THIS AND PROJECTS 1 DG3595'FOOT ABOVE THE SURFACE. TO THE EASTWARD AND SOUTHWARD SHALLOW DG3595'HOLES WERE DRILLED INTO THE CENTERS OF TRIANGLES CUT INTO DG3595'OUTCROPPING ROCKS. THE S MARK BEARS S 30-1/2 DEG. W AND IS DG3595'DISTANT FROM THE CENTER OF THE STATION 4.17 FEET (1.27 METERS). DG3595'THE E MARK BEARS N 101-1/2 DEG. E AND IS DISTANT FROM THE DG3595'CENTER OF THE STATION 5.48 FEET (1.67 METERS). DG3595 DG3595 STATION RECOVERY (1941) DG3595 DG3595'RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1941 (GWL) DG3595'THE OLD STATION COULD NOT BE RECOVERED BECAUSE A LOOKOUT TOWER DG3595'HAS BEEN BUILT OVER THE SITE OF THE STATION. THE ENGINEER IN DG3595'CHARGE OF CONSTRUCTING THE LOOKOUT TOWER WAS CONTACTED AND HE SAID DG3595'THAT HE RECOVERED THE OLD SURFACE AND UNDERGROUND MARKS (CROSSES DG3595'CUT IN ROCKS) AT THE TIME THE TOWER WAS BUILT AND THAT HE PLUMBED DG3595'IN A POINT OVER THE OLD UNDERGROUND MARK AND MARKED IT IN THE DG3595'CONCRETE FLOOR OF THE TOWER BY A CROSS. THE POSITION OF THIS DG3595'CROSS WAS COMPUTED AND IT IS BELIEVED THAT IT IS DIRECTLY OVER DG3595'THE OLD STATION. DG3595' DG3595'THE STATION IS NOW MARKED BY A CROSS IN THE CENTER OF THE DG3595'CONCRETE FLOOR OF THE LOOKOUT TOWER AT THE GROUND LEVEL. THE DG3595'LOOKOUT TOWER IS OF STONE AND CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION ABOUT 50 DG3595'FEET HIGH AND HAS A GLASSED-IN OBSERVATION ROOM AT THE TOP. IT IS DG3595'LOCATED ON THE HIGHEST PART OF CHEAHA MOUNTAIN (THE HIGHEST POINT DG3595'IN ALABAMA) IN CHEAHA STATE PARK AND IS ABOUT 9 MILES S OF DG3595'OXFORD. DG3595' DG3595'LOCAL INQUIRY WILL DISCLOSE THE BEST ROUTE TO THE STATION. DG3595' DG3595'CHEEHAHAW 2 WAS ESTABLISHED 47.71 FEET SE OF THIS STATION. DG3595 DG3595 STATION RECOVERY (1971) DG3595 DG3595'RECOVERY NOTE BY US ENGINEERS 1971 DG3595'THE STATION MARK IS IN GOOD CONDITION. IT IS LOCATED ON THE CONCRETE DG3595'FLOOR OF THE LOOKOUT TOWER IN CHEAHA STATE PARK. National Geodetic Survey, Retrieval Date = AUGUST 20, 1997 DG1675 *********************************************************************** DG1675 DESIGNATION - CHEEHAHAW 2 DG1675 PID - DG1675 DG1675 STATE/COUNTY- AL/CLEBURNE DG1675 USGS QUAD - CHEAHA MOUNTAIN (1974) DG1675 DG1675 *CURRENT SURVEY CONTROL DG1675 ___________________________________________________________________ DG1675* NAD 83(1992)- 33 29 07.48213(N) 085 48 30.82064(W) ADJUSTED DG1675* NAVD 88 - 733.204 (meters) 2405.52 (feet) ADJUSTED DG1675 ___________________________________________________________________ DG1675 LAPLACE CORR- -0.03 (seconds) DEFLEC96 DG1675 GEOID HEIGHT- -28.58 (meters) GEOID96 DG1675 DYNAMIC HT - 732.397 (meters) 2402.87 (feet) COMP DG1675 MODELED GRAV- 979,510.1 (mgal) NAVD 88 DG1675 DG1675 HORZ ORDER - FIRST DG1675 VERT ORDER - SECOND CLASS 0 DG1675 DG1675 DG1675 DG1675.The horizontal coordinates were established by classical geodetic methods DG1675.and adjusted by the National Geodetic Survey in December 1992. DG1675 DG1675.The orthometric height was determined by differential leveling DG1675.and adjusted by the National Geodetic Survey in June 1991. DG1675 DG1675.The Laplace correction was computed from DEFLEC96 derived deflections. DG1675 DG1675.The geoid height was determined by GEOID96. DG1675 DG1675.The dynamic height is computed by dividing the NAVD 88 DG1675.geopotential number by the normal gravity value computed on the DG1675.Geodetic Reference System of 1980 (GRS 80) ellipsoid at 45 DG1675.degrees latitude (G = 980.6199 gals.). DG1675 DG1675.The modeled gravity was interpolated from observed gravity values. DG1675 DG1675; North East Units Scale Converg. DG1675;SPC AL E - 331,029.766 202,302.175 MT 0.99996007 +0 00 49.2 DG1675;UTM 16 - 3,705,736.846 610,688.937 MT 0.99975105 +0 39 26.7 DG1675 DG1675: Primary Azimuth Mark Grid Az DG1675:SPC AL E - OXANNA 000 19 37.4 DG1675:UTM 16 - OXANNA 359 40 59.9 DG1675 DG1675|---------------------------------------------------------------------| DG1675| PID Reference Object Distance Geod. Az | DG1675| dddmmss.s | DG1675| DG3620 OXANNA APPROX.17.7 KM 0002026.6 | DG1675| DG1678 CHEEHAHAW 2 AZ MK 1442923.8 | DG1675| DG3597 QUARTER CORNER GLO 1941 161.190 METERS 19545 | DG1675| DG1674 CHEEHAHAW 2 RM 1 16.370 METERS 20428 | DG1675| DG1676 CHEEHAHAW 2 RM 2 17.130 METERS 28044 | DG1675| DH2430 FORT WORTH ATLANTA AWY BCN 68 APPROX.26.6 KM 2913306.8 | DG1675| DG3595 CHEEHAHAW 1886 14.540 METERS 31926 | DG1675|---------------------------------------------------------------------| DG1675 DG1675 SUPERSEDED SURVEY CONTROL DG1675 DG1675 NAD 83(1986)- 33 29 07.48718(N) 085 48 30.81564(W) ADJUSTED DG1675 NAD 27 - 33 29 07.09600(N) 085 48 30.95000(W) ADJUSTED DG1675 NGVD 29 - 733.142 (meters) 2405.32 (feet) ADJ UNCH DG1675 DG1675.Superseded values are not recommended for survey control. DG1675.NGS no longer adjusts projects to the NAD 27 or NGVD 29 datums. DG1675.See file format.dat to determine how the superseded data were derived. DG1675 DG1675_MARKER: DS = TRIANGULATION STATION DISK DG1675_SETTING: 30 = SET IN A LIGHT STRUCTURE DG1675_STAMPING: CHEEHAHAW NO 2 1941 DG1675_STABILITY: D = MARK OF QUESTIONABLE OR UNKNOWN STABILITY DG1675 DG1675 HISTORY - Date Condition Recov. By DG1675 HISTORY - 1941 MONUMENTED CGS DG1675 HISTORY - 1948 GOOD NGS DG1675 HISTORY - 1971 GOOD USE DG1675 HISTORY - 1972 GOOD ALHD DG1675 DG1675 STATION DESCRIPTION DG1675 DG1675'DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1941 (GWL) DG1675'STATION IS 47.71 FEET SE OF THE CENTER OF THE CHEAHA STATE PARK DG1675'LOOKOUT TOWER, 48 FEET W OF THE CENTER OF THE DRIVEWAY IN FRONT DG1675'OF THE LOOKOUT TOWER. THIS POINT IS KNOWN AS THE HIGHEST IN THE DG1675'STATE OF ALABAMA. THE MARK IS SET IN THE CENTER OF THE ROCK WALK DG1675'AND THE DISK IS STAMPED CHEEHAHAW 2 1941. DG1675' DG1675'SURFACE AND UNDERGROUND MARKS ARE STANDARD BRONZE DISKS SET DG1675'IN CONCRETE. DG1675' DG1675'REFERENCE MARK NO. 1 IS A STANDARD BRONZE DISK SET IN A DRILL DG1675'HOLE IN OUTCROPPING BEDROCK, 18 FEET W OF THE CENTER OF THE DG1675'DRIVEWAY. THE DISK IS STAMPED CHEEHAHAW 2, NO. 1, 1941. DG1675' DG1675'REFERENCE MARK NO. 2 IS A STANDARD BRONZE DISK SET IN A DRILL DG1675'HOLE IN A BOULDER THAT PROJECTS FROM UNDER THE S END OF THE DG1675'LOOKOUT TOWER. THE DISK IS STAMPED CHEEHAHAW 2, NO. 2, 1941. DG1675' DG1675'AZIMUTH MARK IS A STANDARD BRONZE DISK SET IN A DRILL HOLE IN DG1675'A BOULDER, ABOUT 1 MILE AIRLINE FROM THE STATION. IT IS 52 DG1675'FEET S OF THE SKYLINE DRIVE ENROUTE TO THE STATION AND IT IS DG1675'0.6 MILE E OF THE INFORMATION BOOTH. THE DISK IS STAMPED DG1675'CHEEHAHAW 2, 1941. DG1675' DG1675'HEIGHT OF LIGHT ABOVE STATION MARK - 23 METERS. DG1675 DG1675 STATION RECOVERY (1948) DG1675 DG1675'RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1948 DG1675'7.7 MI NW FROM UNION. DG1675'ABOUT 3.75 MILES NORTH ALONG A ROAD FROM THE BAPTIST CHURCH AND DG1675'CEMETERY AT UNION, THENCE ABOUT 3.95 MILES SOUTHWEST ALONG THE DG1675'SKYLINE MOTORWAY AND A ROAD TO CHEAHA LOOKOUT TOWER, AT THE LOOKOUT DG1675'TOWER, IN THE CENTER OF THE WALK TO THE SOUTHEAST ENTRANCE TO THE DG1675'STONE BUILDING, 24 FEET SOUTHEAST OF THE CENTER OF THE ENTRANCE DG1675'DOORWAY, 53.7 FEET NORTH OF R.M. NO. 1, 56.2 FEET EAST OF R.M. 2, DG1675'AND FLUSH WITH THE WALK. DG1675 DG1675 STATION RECOVERY (1971) DG1675 DG1675'RECOVERY NOTE BY US ENGINEERS 1971 DG1675'STATION, RM NO. 1, AND RM NO. 2 WERE RECOVERED AS DESCRIBED IN GOOD DG1675'CONDITION. DG1675 DG1675 STATION RECOVERY (1972) DG1675 DG1675'RECOVERY NOTE BY ALABAMA HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT 1972 (JDS) DG1675'CHEEHAHAW 2 1941 RECOVERED GOOD. DG1675' DG1675'CHEEHAHAW 2 NO. 1 1941 RECOVERED GOOD. DG1675' DG1675'CHEEHAHAW 2 NO. 2 1941 RECOVERED GOOD. DG1675' DG1675'CHEEHAHAW 2 AZIMUTH NOT FOUND. DG1675' DG1675'SOME CONSTRUCTION WORK HAS BEEN DONE IN THE AREA AND THE AZIMUTH MARK DG1675'MAY HAVE BEEN DESTROYED.