CM0358 - 12th Street and 2nd Avenue - Columbus, GA. - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

Located at the main Post Office at 12th Street and 2nd Avenue, Columbus, GA. The station is set in the top of a horizontal ledge on the north side of the building, 8 feet east of the east edge of the east door.

Designation: B 200
Marker Type: bench mark disk
Setting: massive structures
Stability: Probably hold position/elevation well.


Documented History (by the NGS)

1/1/1952 by CGS (MONUMENTED)

1/1/1973 by NGS (GOOD)

DESCRIBED BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1973 0.4 MI W FROM COLUMBUS. ABOUT 0.35 MILE WEST ALONG 12TH STREET FROM THE UNION STATION AND THE INTERSECTION OF 12TH STREET AND 6TH AVENUE AT COLUMBUS, AT THE INTERSECTION OF 12TH STREET AND 6TH AVENUE, AT THE POST OFFICE BUILDING, SET IN THE TOP OF A HORIZONTAL LEDGE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE BUILDING, 8 FEET EAST OF THE EAST EDGE OF THE EAST DOOR AT THE NORTH ENTRANCE TO THE BUILDING, AND ABOUT 4 FEET ABOVE THE LEVEL OF THE STREET.

Condition: Mark found in good condition Designation: B 200 Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey Benchmark Agency (if other): N/A Monumentation type: BENCH MARK (or B.M.) Disk Monumentation type (if other): N/A County: Muscogee USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Columbus Special category (optional): Not listed Special Category (if other): N/A Find type: Coordinates and/or to-reach information from the NGS database (or Geocaching's copy of it) were used Web address of this benchmark's datasheet (optional): [Web Link] NGS PID: CM0358 Local database's URL (optional): Not listed

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