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Billys Creek: Description of Range B-1

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(East) Billys Creek Range B-1 (originally EB-1)

Length 843 feet
Bearing S 27°15' W

BM EB-1-R 4/20/40 Elev. 100.00. New pipe set 7/28/41 Elev. 100.44. Up 2 feet in 120 feet; up 15 feet in 300 feet from floodplain.
In small gum thicket on hillside 25 feet from cultivated field.
6 inch elm (blazed) N 12° E 62 feet
26 inch elm (blazed) N 61°30' W 89 feet
23 inch blackjack oak (blazed) N 84° E 80 feet
TBM on elm tree root to R of BM - elev. 99.00.


Pipe B-1-L (new BM) set 1941 Elev. 97.23.
In woods on hillside, 10 feet from fence, 100 feet from cultivated field.
16 inch red oak (blazed) S 29° E 45 feet
14 inch red oak (blazed) S 65° W 35 feet
3 foot white oak (blazed) N 45° W 74 feet
TBM on root red oak by BM - elev. 93.94. Up 9 feet in 40 feet from floodplain.

Note: It appears this range may be on Simpson Creek, as shown on the topographic map of Water Valley quadrangle.

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