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Potacocowa Creek: Description of Range P-3

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Potacocowa Creek Range 3

Length: 968 feet
Bearing: S 7° W (15 May 1940)

B.M. P-3-R El. 100.00 assumed. Up 4 feet in 20 feet, 10 feet in 100 feet from floodplain. On fence line under 18 inch red oak on point of small ridge. Profile shows apparent road fill, 80 feet wide and 2 to 5 feet high, at sta. 1+20 to 2+00, top elev. +/- 93.5.

Sketch of Range P-3, B.M. P-3-R.

Sketch of Range P-3, B.M. P-3-R.

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B.M. P-3-L, el. 112.515.
Up 18 feet in 30 feet from floodplain, 130 feet from creek bank.
On bluff next to cultivated field, 130 feet from stream bank.
8 inch red oak (blazed) N 64° W 23 feet
Pine on section line (blazed) N 87°15' E 185 feet
12 inch ash (blazed) S 41° W 100 feet

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