CGS V-120 RESET, 1942, Pennsylvania - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

CGS V-120 RESET 1942, PA, is a US Coast and Geodetic Survey bench mark disk set flush with the surface about 12 feet east of the centerline of a track road leading north through a cultivated field about four miles north of Friendsville, MD, and about three feet north of the MD – PA state boundary line. The disk is about 1,500 feet north of the north end of Garletts Road, about 1,150 feet north of a gate, about 12 feet east of the centerline of the track road, and about 3.25 feet northeast of PA-MD boundary monument 216 (1902, no-PID). The boundary monument marks the Fayette County, PA, - Garrett County, MD, boundary line. The disk is stamped V 120 RESET 1942. It is in poor condition because it has been marred by mowing and plowing equipment. It is in neither the NGS nor Geocaching databases. It is 192.54 miles west of the MD-PA-DE tri-state boundary intersection point at BOUNDARY MON 87 DE MD PA = RM2, PID = JU3841.

The disk was originally set as USC&GS benchmark disk V-120 in 1935, and is described at the datasheet for PID = JW0627. It was probably reset because the location of V-120 was inundated with the damming of the Youghiogeny River.

To reach from Exit 4 off Interstate Highway 68 in Friendsville, MD, go west and north on MD State Highway 42 (Friendsville Road) for about 6.4 miles to the intersection with Frazee Ridge Road. Turn right and go east and northeast on Frazee Ridge Road for about 2.5 miles to the T-intersection with Garletts Road. Turn left and go northerly on Garletts Road for about 0.4 miles to a farmyard. With permission of the owner, continue north through the farmyard and a gate, now on a track road for about 0.22 miles to the stone and the disk on the right.

Condition: Mark found in poor condition Designation: V 120 RESET 1942 Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey Monumentation type: BENCH MARK (or B.M.) Disk County: Fayette County, PA USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Friendsville (MD-PA-WV) Find type: Found by luck/skill/knowledge NGS PID: None Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed Monumentation type (if other): Not listed Special category (optional): Not listed Special Category (if other): Not listed Web address of this benchmark's datasheet (optional): Not listed Local database's URL (optional): Not listed

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