ATA 54 USGS 1951 722 - Goffstown, NH - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

This bench mark from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is located in the town of Goffstown, New Hampshire 150 foot (45 meters) south-west from the junction of Back Mountain Road and Joppa Hill Road in a wooden area. The disk is sitting in the top of a boulder likely two feet above the ground. It has a triangle with a cross in the middle and is stamped ELEVATION ABOVE SEA 722 FEET 54ATA1951. I measured an elevation of 807 feet (246 meters).

The station is not listed in the NGS database, however it is listed in the NHDOT Geodetic Control database. You can access the datasheet using this provided web link further down. Just select Goffstown as the town in the first drop-down box and submit. The system then generates a list of all available stations in a second drop-down box. Select ATA 54 USGS 1951 722, submit and you will get the datasheet.

This is the original description of the station taken from the NHDOT datasheet:

THE STATION IS LOCATED IN GOFFSTOWN. TO REACH THE STATION FROM SAINT ANSELMS COLLEGE IN GOFFSTOWN, GO WEST FOR 4.1 MI (6.6 KM) ON BACK MOUNTAIN ROAD TO THE JUNCTION OF JOPPA HILL ROAD. TURN LEFT AND GO SOUTHWEST FOR 210 FT (64.0 M) ON JOPPA HILL ROAD TO THE STATION ON THE RIGHT. THE STATION IS A STANDARD USGS DISK STAMPED --54 ATA 1951 722--, SET IN A BOULDER 2 FT (0.6 M) ABOVE THE GROUND. 50.0 FT (15.2 M) NORTHWEST FROM THE CENTER OF THE ROAD.

FOR INFORMATION WRITE THE DIRECTOR WASHINGTON.D.C.

Enjoy your bench mark hunt.

Condition: Mark found in good condition Designation: ATA 54 USGS 1951 722 Benchmark Agency: U.S. Geological Survey Monumentation type: BENCH MARK (or B.M.) Disk County: Hillsborough County USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Pinardville Quad Find type: Searched @ "BM" on a topographic map Web address of this benchmark's datasheet (optional): [Web Link] Local database's URL (optional): [Web Link] Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed Monumentation type (if other): Not listed Special category (optional): Not listed Special Category (if other): Not listed NGS PID: Not listed

Recent Visits/Logs:

Date Logged Log User Rating   01/05/2012 NH2beers visited it