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Billys Creek: Description of Range B-3

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Billys Creek Range B-3 (originally B-2)

Length 1640 feet
Bearing S 40° W

BM B-2-R (4/26/40) Elev. 100.00. New elev. (pipe?) Elev. 100.39. Up 12 feet in 280 feet from floodplain, 600 feet from creek.
Iron pipe set and marked B-2-R 1940. In hillside pasture by line fence, small red oak and large walnut.
16 inch walnut (blazed) N 51°30' W 4 feet
26 inch sweet gum N 74°30' E 265 feet
14 inch hickory (blazed) S 83°15' W 71 feet
TBM1 on hickory tree on line fence - elev. 96.73.


BM B-2-L (4/26/40) Elev. 93.32. New elev. (on pipe?) 93.77. Up 6 feet in 120 feet from floodplain.
Iron pipe set and marked B-2-L 1940. In gum thicket on mound in cultivated field.
4 inch elm S 82°45' W 7 feet
Sweet gum (blazed) N 61°15' W 5 feet (TBM)
12 inch sweet gum (blazed) N 62°15' E 71 feet
18 inch dead sweet gum (blazed) N 76°15' E 75 feet
TBM on sweet gum 5 feet from BM - elev. 93.64.

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