The name, location, and other info about National Geodetic Survey markers can be found in the NGS Data Explorer.

Survey markers in the Linville Gorge area are included as part of the LGMAPS Google Earth Collection.  Each marker has a link to its NGS Data Sheet (example below).

 

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Here’s a Data Sheet example for the Hawksbill marker:

 FA3579 ***********************************************************************
 FA3579  DESIGNATION -  HAWKSBILL
 FA3579  PID         -  FA3579
 FA3579  STATE/COUNTY-  NC/BURKE
 FA3579  COUNTRY     -  US
 FA3579  USGS QUAD   -  LINVILLE FALLS (1994)
 FA3579
 FA3579                         *CURRENT SURVEY CONTROL
 FA3579  ______________________________________________________________________
 FA3579* NAD 83(2001) POSITION- 35 54 48.78586(N) 081 53 10.55595(W)   ADJUSTED  
 FA3579* NAVD 88 ORTHO HEIGHT -  1228.0   (meters)     4029.    (feet) VERTCON   
 FA3579  ______________________________________________________________________
 FA3579  GEOID HEIGHT    -        -31.50  (meters)                     GEOID12B
 FA3579  LAPLACE CORR    -         -6.98  (seconds)                    DEFLEC12B
 FA3579  HORZ ORDER      -  SECOND
 FA3579
 FA3579.The horizontal coordinates were established by classical geodetic methods
 FA3579.and adjusted by the National Geodetic Survey in August 2005.
 FA3579.
 FA3579.The NAVD 88 height was computed by applying the VERTCON shift value to
 FA3579.the NGVD 29 height (displayed under SUPERSEDED SURVEY CONTROL.)
 FA3579
 FA3579.The Laplace correction was computed from DEFLEC12B derived deflections.
 FA3579
 FA3579. The following values were computed from the NAD 83(2001) position.
 FA3579
 FA3579;                    North         East     Units Scale Factor Converg.
 FA3579;SPC NC       -   243,795.849   349,133.696   MT  0.99993918   -1 39 57.1
 FA3579;SPC NC       -   799,853.55  1,145,449.47   sFT  0.99993918   -1 39 57.1
 FA3579;UTM  17      - 3,974,722.918   420,034.904   MT  0.99967879   -0 31 11.6
 FA3579
 FA3579!             -  Elev Factor  x  Scale Factor =   Combined Factor
 FA3579!SPC NC       -   0.99981224  x   0.99993918  =   0.99975143
 FA3579!UTM  17      -   0.99981224  x   0.99967879  =   0.99949109
 FA3579
 FA3579:                Primary Azimuth Mark                     Grid Az
 FA3579:SPC NC       -  TABLEROCK ECC                            174 29 39.8
 FA3579:UTM  17      -  TABLEROCK ECC                            173 20 54.3
 FA3579
 FA3579|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
 FA3579| PID    Reference Object                     Distance      Geod. Az  |
 FA3579|                                                           dddmmss.s |
 FA3579| FA3582 TABLEROCK ECC                       APPROX. 2.5 KM 1724942.7 |
 FA3579|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
 FA3579
 FA3579                          SUPERSEDED SURVEY CONTROL
 FA3579
 FA3579  NAD 83(1995)-  35 54 48.78732(N)    081 53 10.55534(W) AD(       ) 2
 FA3579  NAD 83(1986)-  35 54 48.79767(N)    081 53 10.56138(W) AD(       ) 2
 FA3579  NAD 27      -  35 54 48.34548(N)    081 53 11.16351(W) AD(       ) 2
 FA3579  NGVD 29 (07/19/86) 1228.1    (m)         4029.     (f) VERT ANG       
 FA3579
 FA3579.Superseded values are not recommended for survey control.
 FA3579
 FA3579.NGS no longer adjusts projects to the NAD 27 or NGVD 29 datums.
 FA3579.See file dsdata.txt to determine how the superseded data were derived.
 FA3579
 FA3579_U.S. NATIONAL GRID SPATIAL ADDRESS: 17SMV2003474722(NAD 83)
 FA3579
 FA3579_MARKER: DE = TRAVERSE STATION DISK
 FA3579_SETTING: 80 = SET IN A BOULDER
 FA3579_SP_SET: SET IN DRILL HOLE IN A BOULDER
 FA3579_STAMPING: HAWKSBILL 1975
 FA3579_MARK LOGO: NCGS
 FA3579_STABILITY: C = MAY HOLD, BUT OF TYPE COMMONLY SUBJECT TO
 FA3579+STABILITY: SURFACE MOTION
 FA3579
 FA3579  HISTORY     - Date     Condition        Report By
 FA3579  HISTORY     - 1975     MONUMENTED       NCGS
 FA3579
 FA3579                          STATION DESCRIPTION
 FA3579
 FA3579'DESCRIBED BY NORTH CAROLINA GEODETIC SURVEY 1975 (JWC)
 FA3579'HAWKSBILL IS A N. C. GEODETIC SURVEY TRAVERSE STATION ESTABLISHED IN
 FA3579'THE VICINITY OF JONAS RIDGE, AND ON TOP OF HAWKSBILL MOUNTAIN, NORTH
 FA3579'CAROLINA.
 FA3579'
 FA3579'HAWKSBILL IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 4.1 MILES SOUTH OF JONAS RIDGE,
 FA3579'AND 16.0 MILES NW OF MORGANTON.  TO REACH STATION FROM THE JONAS
 FA3579'RIDGE POST OFFICE ON NC 181 IN NORTHERN BURKE COUNTY, PROCEED SOUTH
 FA3579'ALONG NC 181 FOR 2.0 MILES TO INTERSECTION WITH SR 1265, THENCE
 FA3579'SOUTH ALONG SR 1265 AND NFS ROAD FOR 3.8 MILES TO PULLOUT AREA ON
 FA3579'LEFT, THENCE EASTERLY UP WELL WORN AND WASHED OUT JEEP TRAIL, THENCE
 FA3579'THE JEEP TRAIL HEADS NORTHERLY TO GAP OF MOUNTAIN WHERE JEEP TRAIL
 FA3579'ENDS, FOLLOW WELL MARKED HIKERS TRAIL TO SUMMIT OF HAWKSBILL
 FA3579'MOUNTAIN AND STATION ON HIGHEST POINT OF MOUNTAIN.
 FA3579'
 FA3579'STATION MARK IS A STANDARD N. C. BRASS TRAVERSE DISK, STAMPED
 FA3579'HAWKSBILL 1975, SET FLUSH IN DRILL HOLE IN BOULDER.
 FA3579'
 FA3579'MARK IS 38.0 FT NW OF 6 IN BLACK PINE TREE WITH ALUMINUM REF. TAG
 FA3579'
 FA3579'42.7 FT N OF 4 IN BLACK PINE TREE WITH ALUMINUM REF. TAG
 FA3579'
 FA3579'45.6 FT NE OF 5 IN BLACK PINE TREE WITH ALUMINUM REF. TAG
 FA3579'
 FA3579'22.3 FT SSE OF TIP OF 4 FOOT NARROW FLAT ROCK PROJECTING UPWARD 5
 FA3579'FEET FROM NORTH EDGE OF CLIFF
 FA3579'
 FA3579'NOTE--FROM THE NATIONAL FOREST PULLOUT AREA THE HIKE TO THE SUMMIT OF
 FA3579'HAWKSBILL MOUNTAIN REQUIRES APPROXIMATELY 20 TO 30 MINUTES.

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