County Corner Point, North Carolina

Cherokee County's northern point is a liner, like the two southern points. On the USGS quad it looks like the corner is on the 5040 contour, but the Cherokee GIS map shows it tops out at 5000. This is at least 40 feet below the southern points at County Corners (2017-11-05). Photo by Tom Layton. Click here for larger-size photo.
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Prominence	Clean Prominence: 0 ft/0 m   Optimistic Prominence: 40 ft/12 m   Line Parent: Peak 5149   Key Col: 5060 ft/1542 m
Isolation	Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:     County Corner Point  (SE)
Ranges	Continent: North America Range2: Appalachian Mountains Range3: Blue Ridge Mountains Range4: Central Blue Ridge Ranges Range5: Nantahala Mountains
Drainage Basins	Little Tennessee Tennessee Ohio Mississippi Gulf of Mexico Atlantic Ocean Hiwassee Tennessee Ohio Mississippi Gulf of Mexico Atlantic Ocean
Ownership	Land: National Forests in North Carolina
Topo Map	Topton O35083b6 1:24,000
Data Source	1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map
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Other Photos

This is the Clay County GIS map, showing the corner with Cherokee and Macon counties. This is better than the Cherokee GIS map in terms of locating the county borders, which are defined by the watershed ridgelines. Not sure what the red line indicates--maybe a NF boundary? Note that the western liner is on the 5040 contour and the tri-county corner is even higher. (2017-11-05). Photo by Tom Layton. Click here for larger-size photo.

This is from the Cherokee County GIS site and shows two of the three possible locations for the COHP. The county boundaries are not well-rendered on this map. But I am satisfied that the 20-foot contours shown are in Cherokee County, which would make one of these two corners the COHP. I've also attached the Clay County GIS map, which is better for determining the boundary lines. (2017-11-05). Photo by Tom Layton. Click here for larger-size photo.

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