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Potacocowa Creek: Description of Range P-5

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Potacocowa Creek Range 5

Length: 1515 feet
Bearing: S 42°15' W (17 May 1940)

B.M. P-5-R, el. 100.00 assumed, up 4 feet in 20 feet, 9 feet in 80 feet above floodplain.
On hillside in woods between two 12 inch pines, 143 feet NE of road on floodplain.
16 inch sweet gum S 49°15' W 54 feet
12 inch elm (blazed) N 37° W 21 feet
30 inch red oak (blazed) S 71° E 118 feet


B.M. P-5-L, el. 110.925, up 20 feet in 25 feet from bank trib. channel.
24 inch red oak (blazed) S 73° E 21 feet
18 inch red oak (blazed) S 38°30' W 73 feet
18 inch white oak (blazed) N 67°30' W 42 feet

(Plotted section shows P-5-L on face or at top of steep scarp, 300 feet from bank of [600 feet wide] main channel and immediately bordering [90 feet wide] secondary channel).

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