Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: can you find 9 counties that have more than 1 tristate point
Date: Apr 14, 2005 @ 14:10
Author: aletheia kallos (aletheia kallos <aletheiak@...>)
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nicely done both tomh & acar
& you must have meant to say all 3 kymotn tripoints
& yes azcanv is unmarked tho it does have 6 witness
rocks
sooo
best i can tell
youre perfect

--- adamnvillani <avillani@...> wrote:
>
> SPOILERS!
>
> For all my attempts here, I'll separate my guesses
> into what I can
> think of Top of My Head vs. After Consulting a
> Reference.
>
> --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "aletheiak"
> <aletheiak@y...> wrote:
> >
> > given that there are about 3143 counties etc in
> the usa but only
> about 62 tristate points
> > the overwhelming majority of counties must be
> devoid of tristate
> points of any kind
> > & in fact only about 5 percent of them have any
> tristate point at all
> >
> > but which exceedingly distinguished county has no
> fewer than 3
> > marked tristate points
>
> TOMH: The one at the tip of Oklahoma's panhandle.
> ACAR: Yes! Cimarron County, OK, has nmoktx, conmok,
> and (barely) cokaok.
>
> > & which 3 counties have 3 unmarked tristate points
> each
> TOMH: I'm thinking they must be along the
> Mississippi and/or Ohio
> rivers, but I dunno where.
> ACAR: Aha! I've got it! New Madrid MO, Fulton KY,
> and Lake TN all
> contain both kymotn1 and kymotn2. Good one.
>
> > & while at it
> > which 3 counties have 2 marked tristate points
> each
>
> TOMH: Clark County, NV (or is azcanv unmarked?);
> Berkshire County, MA
> (manyvt, ctmany)
> ACAR: Oops... Clark NV doesn't reach all the way to
> aznvut, so it's
> only got one tripoint. But Mohave County, AZ
> certainly has two
> tripoints; the only question is whether the one in
> the Colorado River
> is marked or unmarked. Berkshire MA is a winner.
> Aha... since Union
> County NM and Baca County CO both definitely have
> two marked tripoints
> each, by process of elimination Mohave AZ must be 1
> marked, 1 unmarked.
>
> > & which 2 counties have 1 marked & 1 unmarked
> tristate point each
>
> TOMH: The northern county in Delaware.
> ACAR: As seen above, Mohave AZ is one. New Castle,
> DE is the other.
>
> >
> > note
> > marked normally means dry
> > & unmarked normally means wet
> > & there is at least one somewhat tricky situation
> >
> >
> > & for extra credit
> > did i miss any
>
>
>
>



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