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Billys Creek: Description of Range WB-1

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West Billys Creek Range WB-1

Length 797 feet
Bearing S 72°30' W

BM WB-1-R 4/20/40 Elev. 100.00. (new pipe?) Elev. 100.64. Up 2 feet in 10 feet; 11 feet in 220 feet from creek bank.
In hillside pasture 4 feet from fence.
Three gum trees (blazed) S 28° E 35 feet (TBM tree)
Two gum trees N 36° W 85 feet
12 sweet gum (blazed) N 74° E 105 feet
TBM on gum tree root on fence - elev. 101.21.
TBM on 3 gum trees 35 feet from BM - elev. 100.13.


BM WB-1-L Elev. 105.92. New BM (pipe?) Elev. 106.58. Up 16 feet in 90 feet from floodplain.
On hillside by hickory stump to R of draw.
20 inch hickory (blazed) S 15° W 15 feet
18 inch hickory (blazed) S 36°30' E 76 feet
10 inch sweet gum (blazed) N 18°30' W 194 feet
TBM on hickory stump - elev. 105.59.

Creek channel near middle of valley.

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

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