[Leica] A walk in the woods.

[Jim at hemenway.com (Jim Hemenway)]

I wonder what would have possessed someone to install a benchmark in the 
middle of a creek?

Jim


Don Dory wrote:

> Jim,
> Yes, the benchmarks are pretty much in a grid throughout the U.S. and 
> almost
> all land surveys will ultimately refer to them as they are by definition
> exactly where they say they are.  An interesting aside, my dad during a
> brief stint as a teacher of surveying had as part of the final a benchmark
> that was in the middle of a creek.  If you could do the math then you would
> find it.
> 
> Don
> don.dory@gmail.com