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Potacocowa Creek: Description of Range P-2

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Potacocowa Creek Range 2

Length: 2122 feet
Bearing: S 00°30' W (15 May 1940)

B.M. P-2-4 El. 100.0 assumed. Up 7 feet in 40 feet from road, 15 feet in 140 feet from toe steep slope. Under pin oak bushes on hillside, 25 feet from fence and 40 feet from road.

Sketch of Range P-2, B.M. P-2-4.

Sketch of Range P-2, B.M. P-2-4.

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B.M. P-2-L, el. 85.21 unadjusted, closure 100.24 on P-2-R.
Up 5 feet in 60 feet from floodplain, 80 feet from creek bank.
On hillside under sweet gum 80 feet S of bluff.
20 inch sweet gum N 76°30' W 14 feet
Twin gum S 11° E 40 feet
20 inch sweet gum S 72°15' E 49 feet
14 inch black gum S 00°45' E 44 feet
Profile shows 1.2 feet almost vertical at P-2-L, possibly elev. on grd and on pipe.

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