FLMike

Rusty and Survey, Thanks for clearing it up for me.

We live in Georgetown. Moved here in July from Florida. KY is a pretty state. I can't believe all the deer and turkey around here!

Rusty, Thnaks for the reply. I understand how benchmarks can be useful but I'm still hazy about some of the details re: placement. What criteria are used to place these benchmarks? Are they placed where chosen minutes or seconds of latitude and longitude intersect? Is it random? Is there a pattern? Today I tried to find the benchmark nearest my home, HZ1979. I couldn't find it but the description says it is in a culvert, which I did find, three feet below the adjacent road surface. Why would someone put a benchmark in a ditch? What purpose is served placing a benchmark that is so difficult to find? Who put it there? Another local benchmark is a cross on a church steeple. What's going on here?

I don't understand their purpose. How and who determines where benchmarks are placed? What criteria are used for placement? Is it a location grid? I've been to the NGS website and didn't find it helpful. Infosponge, how ya doing there in Florida? Still taking good care of my geocaches down there? I notice you archived the Cha Cha.