National Geodetic Survey, Retrieval Date = JULY 16, 2000 GA3599 *********************************************************************** GA3599 DESIGNATION - VIRGINIA CORNER 2 RESET GA3599 PID - GA3599 GA3599 STATE/COUNTY- VA/LEE GA3599 USGS QUAD - MIDDLESBORO SOUTH (1991) GA3599 GA3599 *CURRENT SURVEY CONTROL GA3599 ___________________________________________________________________ GA3599* NAD 83(1993)- 36 36 02.76462(N) 083 40 31.24242(W) ADJUSTED GA3599* NAVD 88 - 605.5 (meters) 1987. (feet) VERTCON GA3599 ___________________________________________________________________ GA3599 LAPLACE CORR- -1.42 (seconds) DEFLEC99 GA3599 GEOID HEIGHT- -30.47 (meters) GEOID99 GA3599 GA3599 HORZ ORDER - THIRD GA3599 GA3599.The horizontal coordinates were established by classical geodetic methods GA3599.and adjusted by the National Geodetic Survey in December 1995. GA3599 GA3599.The NAVD 88 height was computed by applying the VERTCON shift value to GA3599.the NGVD 29 height (displayed under SUPERSEDED SURVEY CONTROL.) GA3599 GA3599.The Laplace correction was computed from DEFLEC99 derived deflections. GA3599 GA3599.The geoid height was determined by GEOID99. GA3599 GA3599; North East Units Scale Converg. GA3599;SPC TN - 833,491.58 2,650,869.08 sFT 1.00003784 +1 21 39.4 GA3599;SPC VA S - 1,042,368.830 3,037,152.710 MT 1.00003425 -3 08 27.8 GA3599;SPC TN - 254,048.742 807,986.513 MT 1.00003784 +1 21 39.4 GA3599;SPC KY S - 531,716.536 685,619.522 MT 1.00002671 +1 15 29.5 GA3599;UTM 17 - 4,053,918.331 260,694.229 MT 1.00030560 -1 35 45.2 GA3599 GA3599: Primary Azimuth Mark Grid Az GA3599:SPC VA S - TEVA 094 50 14.1 GA3599:SPC TN - TEVA 090 20 06.9 GA3599:SPC KY S - TEVA 090 26 16.8 GA3599:UTM 17 - TEVA 093 17 31.5 GA3599 GA3599|---------------------------------------------------------------------| GA3599| PID Reference Object Distance Geod. Az | GA3599| dddmmss.s | GA3599| GA3598 VIRGINIA CORNER 1893 26.449 METERS 00828 | GA3599| VIRGINIA CORNER 2 RM 7 25.193 METERS 00900 | GA3599| VIRGINIA CORNER 2 RM 2 7.324 METERS 02931 | GA3599| VIRGINIA CORNER 2 RM 3 2.740 METERS 07719 | GA3599| GA3027 TEVA APPROX. 1.2 KM 0914146.3 | GA3599| VIRGINIA CORNER 2 RM 4 3.615 METERS 16920 | GA3599| VIRGINIA CORNER 2 RM 8 10.053 METERS 20420 | GA3599| VIRGINIA CORNER 2 RM 1 6.084 METERS 29334 | GA3599| VIRGINIA CORNER 2 RM 6 9.373 METERS 31709 | GA3599|---------------------------------------------------------------------| GA3599 GA3599 SUPERSEDED SURVEY CONTROL GA3599 GA3599 NAD 83(1993)- 36 36 02.75717(N) 083 40 31.24758(W) AD( ) 3 GA3599 NAD 83(1986)- 36 36 02.77350(N) 083 40 31.24290(W) AD( ) 3 GA3599 NAD 27 - 36 36 02.48930(N) 083 40 31.55320(W) AD( ) 3 GA3599 NGVD 29 - 605.6 (m) 1987. (f) VERT ANG GA3599 GA3599.Superseded values are not recommended for survey control. GA3599.NGS no longer adjusts projects to the NAD 27 or NGVD 29 datums. GA3599.See file dsdata.txt to determine how the superseded data were derived. GA3599 GA3599_MARKER: DS = TRIANGULATION STATION DISK GA3599_SETTING: 7 = SET IN TOP OF CONCRETE MONUMENT GA3599 GA3599 HISTORY - Date Condition Recov. By GA3599 HISTORY - 1934 MONUMENTED CGS GA3599 HISTORY - 1962 GOOD NPS GA3599 HISTORY - 1963 GOOD TNHD GA3599 HISTORY - 1966 GOOD CGS GA3599 HISTORY - 1976 GOOD NGS GA3599 GA3599 STATION DESCRIPTION GA3599 GA3599'DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1934 (MAH) GA3599'AT CORNER COMMON TO STATES OF KENTUCKY, VIRGINIA AND TENNESSEE, GA3599'ON BACKBONE OF RIDGE, IN CENTER OF SADDLE, ABOUT 60 FEET E GA3599'OF POWER LINE, 11.4 FEET NE OF 10-INCH OAK WITH TRIANGULAR GA3599'BLAZE, AND 12.2 FEET ESE OF TRIANGULAR INCLINED ROCK. GA3599' GA3599'STATION IS MARKED BY STANDARD BRONZE DISK SET IN CONCRETE GA3599'FRUSTUM OF PYRAMID, 12 BY 12 BY 4 INCHES, WHICH NOW MARKS GA3599'CORNER OF STATES. GA3599' GA3599'REFERENCE MARKS ARE STANDARD BRONZE DISKS IN ROCK OUTCROPS. GA3599' GA3599'REFERENCE MARK NO. 1 IS FLUSH WITH SURFACE OF GROUND, ON GA3599'DOWNWARD SLOPE OF SIDE OF RIDGE, 7.8 FEET W OF WESTERN TIP GA3599'OF TRIANGULAR INCLINED ROCK, AND 19.96 FEET FROM STATION IN GA3599'AZIMUTH 113 DEG 34 MIN. GA3599' GA3599'REFERENCE MARK NO. 2 IS SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN STATION, 9 FEET GA3599'ESE OF BLACK OAK WHICH IS ON CREST OF RIDGE, AND 24.03 FEET GA3599'FROM STATION IN AZIMUTH 209 DEG 31 MIN. STATION VIRGINIA GA3599'CORNER IS 26.470 METERS (86.84 FEET) FROM STATION IN AZIMUTH GA3599'188 DEG 28 MIN. GA3599' GA3599'STATION PINNACLE (U.S.G.S.) IS VISIBLE FROM GROUND. GA3599' GA3599'TO REACH FROM MIDDLESBORO, KENTUCKY, GO E ABOUT 4 MILES ON GA3599'U.S. HIGHWAY 25 E TO CUMBERLAND GAP AND END OF TRUCK TRAVEL. GA3599'FOLLOW TRAIL UP RIDGE TO S ABOUT 1/2 MILE TO STATION SITE. GA3599 GA3599 STATION RECOVERY (1962) GA3599 GA3599'RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 1962 (LAA) GA3599'STATION WAS FOUND IN GOOD CONDITION. THE STATION DISK IS SET GA3599'IN A TAPERED 17-INCH CONCRETE MONUMENT WHICH IS TAPERED TO GA3599'A FLAT 9X11 1/2-INCH MOUNTING SURFACE 6 INCHES ABOVE GROUND GA3599'LEVEL. THE LETTERS T ON THE SOUTH FACE, V ON THE EAST AND K GA3599'ON THE NORTHWEST WERE APPARENTLY PRESSED INTO THE FACE WHILE GA3599'CONCRETE WAS SETTING. GA3599 GA3599 STATION RECOVERY (1963) GA3599 GA3599'RECOVERY NOTE BY TN HIGHWAY DEPT 1963 (JAG) GA3599'THE STATION MARK WAS RECOVERED AND FOUND IN GOOD CONDITION. GA3599'REFERENCE MARK NO. 1, REFERENCE MARK NO. 2 AND THE AZIMUTH GA3599'MARK WERE SEARCHED FOR BUT NOT FOUND. A DISCREPANCY WAS FOUND GA3599'IN THE STAMPING AND A 2 WAS ADDED TO THE STAMPING OF VIRGINIA GA3599'CORNER 2 1934. REFERENCE MARKS NO. 3 AND 4 WERE ESTABLISHED GA3599'BY THIS PARTY. A NEW AND COMPLETE DESCRIPTION IS AS FOLLOWS. GA3599' GA3599'THE STATION IS ABOUT 4 MILES EAST OF MIDDLESBORO, KENTUCKY GA3599'AT THE CORNER COMMON TO THE STATES KENTUCKY, TENNESSEE, AND GA3599'VIRGINIA ON THE BACKBONE OF THE RIDGE IN THE CENTER OF A SADDLE GA3599'OF THE CUMBERLAND MOUNTAIN RIDGE. GA3599' GA3599'TO REACH THE STATION FROM A POINT ON U.S. HIGHWAY 25E AT GA3599'CUMBERLAND GAP (END OF TRUCK TRAVEL), FOLLOW GRAVELED PARK GA3599'TRAIL UP THE RIDGE FOR 1/2 MILE SOUTH TO THE STATION SITE. GA3599' GA3599'THE STATION IS ABOUT 60 FEET EAST OF A POWER POLE. IT IS A GA3599'STANDARD USC AND GS DISK SET IN A 12-INCH SQUARE CONCRETE GA3599'MONUMENT, WHICH PROJECTS 4 INCHES, AND THE DISK IS STAMPED GA3599'VIRGINIA CORNER 2 1934. GA3599' GA3599'REFERENCE MARK NO. 3 IS 7 FEET SOUTH OF THE GRAVELED PARK TRAIL GA3599'AND 7 FEET NORTHEAST OF A WOODEN PARK SIGN. IT IS A STANDARD GA3599'USC AND GS REFERENCE MARK DISK CEMENTED FLUSH IN A DRILLED GA3599'HOLE IN OUTCROPPING BEDROCK AND THE DISK IS STAMPED VIRGINIA GA3599'CORNER 2 NO 3 1934. GA3599' GA3599'REFERENCE MARK NO. 4 IS 56 FEET EAST OF A POWER POLE, 38 GA3599'FEET NORTHWEST OF A 14-INCH OAK TREE, 9 FEET SOUTH OF A WOODEN GA3599'PARK SIGN, 7 FEET NORTHEAST OF THE GRAVELED PARK TRAIL AND GA3599'4 FEET NORTH-NORTHWEST OF A 4-INCH PINE TREE. IT IS A STANDARD GA3599'USC AND GS REFERENCE MARK DISK CEMENTED FLUSH IN A DRILLED GA3599'HOLE IN OUTCROPPING BEDROCK, AND THE DISK IS STAMPED VIRGINIA GA3599'CORNER 2 NO 4 1934. GA3599' GA3599'THE TRAVERSE GROUND STATION TEVA WILL SERVE AS AN AZIMUTH GA3599'MARK. GA3599' GA3599'ALL OBSERVATIONS WERE MADE FROM A TRIPOD. GA3599 GA3599 STATION RECOVERY (1966) GA3599 GA3599'RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1966 (WAZ) GA3599'IN JUNE OF 1964 THIS STATION WAS LOWERED IN ITS EXACT ORIGINAL GA3599'POSITION AND IS NOW FLUSH WITH THE FLAGSTONE FLOOR OF THE GA3599'TRI-STATE SHELTER ERECTED BY THE CUMBERLAND GAP HISTORICAL GA3599'PARK ENGINEERS. TO ACCOMPLISH THIS THE STATION WAS GA3599'CROSS-REFERENCED IN FOUR DIRECTIONS AND THE POINTS HELD UNTIL THE GA3599'AREA WAS CLEARED, AFTER WHICH THE STATION WAS RELOCATED TO GRADE GA3599'AND LEFT PROJECTING ABOUT 4 INCHES TO PERMIT IT TO BE BROUGHT GA3599'FLUSH WITH THE FINISHED DECK OF THE SHELTER. TWO NEW GA3599'REFERENCE MARKS NO. 5 AND NO. 6 WERE ESTABLISHED AT THIS GA3599'TIME. HOWEVER, BEFORE THE WORK WAS COMPLETED ON THE GA3599'STRUCTURE, REFERENCE MARK NO. 5 WAS DESTROYED. A NEW GA3599'REFERENCE MARK NO. 7 WAS SET THIS DATE. GA3599' GA3599'FOLLOWING IS A NEW AND COMPLETE DESCRIPTION. GA3599' GA3599'STATION IS LOCATED NEAR THE CENTER OF THE FLAGSTONE DECK OF GA3599'THE TRI-STATE SHELTER ALONG THE BACKBONE OF A LONG NORTH-SOUTH GA3599'RIDGE IN CUMBERLAND GAP NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK ABOUT 4 GA3599'MILES EAST OF MIDDLESBORO, KY. AND 0.75 MILE WEST-NORTHWEST GA3599'OF CUMBERLAND GAP, TENNESSEE. GA3599' GA3599'TO REACH FROM MILLESBORO, KY. GO EASTERLY ON U.S. HIGHWAY GA3599'25 E FOR ABOUT 4 MILES TO THE SUMMIT OF CUMBERLAND GAP AND GA3599'A CABLED GATE ON THE RIGHT. FROM THIS POINT PACK ALONG TRAIL GA3599'FOR ABOUT 1/2 MILE TO THE SHELTER AS DESCRIBED. THIS STATION GA3599'CAN BE DRIVEN TO BY USING FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE EQUIPMENT. GA3599' GA3599'THE MARK IS FLUSH WITH THE EXISTING, FLAGSTONE DECK OF THE GA3599'SHELTER, 12.8 FEET SOUTHWEST OF THE STATE OF VIRGINIA NAMEPLATE, GA3599'12.3 FEET NORTHWEST OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE NAMEPLATE, AND GA3599'9.1 FEET EAST OF THE STATE OF KENTUCKY NAMEPLATE. THE UNDERGROUND GA3599'STATION MARK IS SET IN SOLID BEDROCK ABOUT 3-1/2 FEET BELOW GA3599'THE DECK OF THE SHELTER. THE SURFACE MARK IS A STANDARD DISK GA3599'BRAZED TO THE TOP OF A LENGTH OF BRASS PIPE WHICH IS IN TURN GA3599'SET IN A MASSIVE, IRREGULAR MASS OF CONCRETE BELOW THE GA3599'FINISHED FLAGSTONE DECK OF THE SHELTER. THE DISKS ARE STAMPED GA3599'VIRGINIA CORNER 2 1934 1964. NO NOTES. GA3599' GA3599'REFERENCE MARK NO. 6 IS A STANDARD DISK CEMENTED IN A DRILL GA3599'HOLE IN OUTCROPPING BEDROCK ON THE WEST SLOPE OF THE RIDGE GA3599'ABOUT 2 FEET BELOW THE ELEVATION OF THE STATION AND THE DISK GA3599'IS STAMPED VIRGINIA CORNER 2 NO 6 1934. GA3599' GA3599'REFERENCE MARK NO. 7 IS A STANDARD DISK CEMENTED IN A DRILL GA3599'HOLE IN A LARGE OUTCROPPING OF BEDROCK ON THE BACKBONE OF GA3599'THE RIDGE NORTH OF THE STATION AND IS ABOUT 4 FEET SOUTH OF GA3599'THE DRILLHOLE WHICH MARKS THE ORIGINAL STATION VIRGINIA CORNER GA3599'1893. IT IS A STANDARD DISK CEMENTED IN A DRILL HOLE IN THE GA3599'OUTCROPPING BEDROCK AND THE DISK IS STAMPED VIRGINIA CORNER GA3599'2 NO 7 1934. GA3599' GA3599'BECAUSE OF TREES ON LINE BETWEEN THEM, NO EFFORT WAS MADE TO GA3599'MEASURE BETWEEN THE REFERENCE MARKS. GA3599' GA3599'VIRGINIA CORNER 1893 IS A RATHER WORN DRILL HOLE IN A LARGE GA3599'OUTCROPPING OF BEDROCK ON THE BACKBONE OF THE RIDGE NORTH OF GA3599'THE STATION. IT IS 4 FEET NORTH OF REFERENCE MARK NO. 7 AND GA3599'ABOUT 4 FEET ABOVE THE ELEVATION OF THE EXISTING STATION. GA3599'NO NOTE. GA3599' GA3599'TRAVERSE STATION TEVA (THD) 1963 NOW SERVES AS THE AZIMUTH GA3599'MARK FOR THIS STATION. GA3599 GA3599 STATION RECOVERY (1976) GA3599 GA3599'RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1976 (CLN) GA3599'THE STATION MARK WAS FOUND AS DESCRIBED AND IN GOOD CONDITION. GA3599'REFERENCE MARK 7 WAS FOUND IN GOOD CONDITION. REFERENCE MARK 6 WAS GA3599'NOT FOUND AND THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN DESTROYED. THE LINE OF SIGHT TO GA3599'TEVA (TNHD) 1963 WAS OBSTRUCTED BY BRUSH AND WAS NOT TAKEN. GA3599'REFERENCE MARK 8 WAS SET. THE 1966 RECOVERY NOTE IS GOOD WITH GA3599'THE DELETION OF REFERENCE MARK 6 AND THE ADDITION OF REFERENCE GA3599'MARK 8 AS BELOW. GA3599' GA3599'REFERENCE MARK 8 IS A STANDARD PRE-CAST ALUMINUM MONUMENT, STAMPED GA3599'VIRGINIA CORNER 2 1934 NO 8 1976, PROJECTING 2 INCHES, WITH GA3599'MAGNETS, 34 FEET SOUTHWEST OF THE CENTER OF THE SHELTER AND 13 FEET GA3599'WEST OF A SMALL STONE WALL RUNNING ALONG THE TENN. STATE LINE. GA3599' GA3599'AIRLINE DISTANCE AND DIRECTION FROM NEAREST TOWN--ABOUT 4 MILES GA3599'EAST OF MIDDLESBORO. GA3599' GA3599'HEIGHT OF LIGHT ABOVE STATION MARK 5 FEET.