This water tower was formerly part of the Richards-Gebaur AFB located at the corner of Markey and Westover Rds. in Belton, Mo. The paint on the tower has changed from the red/white checker pattern to light blue.
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JE1965 DESIGNATION - BELTON GEBAUR AFB TANK
JE1965 PID - JE1965
JE1965 STATE/COUNTY- MO/CASS
JE1965 USGS QUAD - BELTON (1991)
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JE1965 *CURRENT SURVEY CONTROL
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JE1965* NAD 83(1997)- 38 49 48.52715(N) 094 32 42.19143(W) ADJUSTED
JE1965* NAVD 88 -
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JE1965 LAPLACE CORR- -1.26 (seconds) DEFLEC99
JE1965 GEOID HEIGHT- -32.24 (meters) GEOID99
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JE1965 HORZ ORDER - THIRD
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JE1965.This mark is at Richards-Gebaur-Ks City South Airport (GVW)
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JE1965.The horizontal coordinates were established by classical geodetic methods
JE1965.and adjusted by the National Geodetic Survey in February 2000.
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JE1965.The Laplace correction was computed from DEFLEC99 derived deflections.
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JE1965.The geoid height was determined by GEOID99.
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JE1965; North East Units Scale Converg.
JE1965;SPC MO W - 295,595.365 846,088.122 MT 0.99994136 -0 01 41.7
JE1965;SPC KS N - 60,873.718 699,926.173 MT 0.99998362 +2 11 09.6
JE1965;UTM 15 - 4,299,061.973 365,888.342 MT 0.99982148 -0 58 08.1
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JE1965 SUPERSEDED SURVEY CONTROL
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JE1965 NAD 83(1997)- 38 49 48.52721(N) 094 32 42.19139(W) AD( ) 4
JE1965 NAD 83(1986)- 38 49 48.53495(N) 094 32 42.18832(W) AD( ) 4
JE1965 NAD 27 - 38 49 48.50631(N) 094 32 41.35311(W) AD( ) 3
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JE1965.Superseded values are not recommended for survey control.
JE1965.NGS no longer adjusts projects to the NAD 27 or NGVD 29 datums.
JE1965.See file dsdata.txt to determine how the superseded data were derived.
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JE1965_MARKER: 53 = ELEVATED TANK
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JE1965 HISTORY - Date Condition Recov. By
JE1965 HISTORY - 1967 FIRST OBSERVED CGS
JE1965 HISTORY - 1982 GOOD NGS
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JE1965 STATION DESCRIPTION
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JE1965''DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1967 (CEO)
JE1965''LOCATED ABOUT 2-1/2 MILES NORTHWEST OF BELTON, ON THE
JE1965''RICHARDS-GEBAUR AIRFORCE BASE, AT THE NORTHWEST ANGLE OF THE
JE1965''INTERSECTION OF WESTOVER AND MARKEY STREETS. IT IS AN
JE1965''EIGHT-LEGGED STEEL STRUCTURE WHICH SUPPORTS A LARGE OVAL SHAPED
JE1965''TANK, PAINTED ORANGE AND WHITE AND HAS AN OVERALL HEIGHT OF 125
JE1965''FEET.
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JE1965''THE BALL ATOP THE TANK WAS THE POINT INTERSECTED.
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JE1965 STATION RECOVERY (1982)
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JE1965''RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1982 (JWB)
JE1965''THE STATION WAS RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION AS DESCRIBED.
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JE1965''AIRLINE DISTANCE AND DIRECTION FROM NEAREST TOWN--2.5 MILES NORTHWEST
JE1965''OF BELTON AT R-G AIRPORT.