Boyce Park Indian Hill Benchmark
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member penguinmdh
N 40° 27.869 W 079° 45.233
17T E 605645 N 4480057
Survey disk found on top of a hill in Boyce Park.
Waymark Code: WME3XV
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 03/31/2012
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
Views: 4

Description from the original data sheet for benchmark KX2056:

DESCRIBED BY US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1903 (DHB) ON MIDDLE ONE OF THREE CONSPICUOUS HIGH PEAKS ABOUT 0.5 MI E. OF CENTER (TRESTLE POST OFFICE), ON LAND OF MR. ABERS, WHO LIVES ON W. SIDE OF HILL. HILLTOP IS STONEY AND COVERED WITH SMALL BUSHES AND VINES. STATION MARK-- MARBLE POST 33 BY 6 BY 6-IN. SET 30 IN. IN GROUND, IN CENTER OF TOP OF WHICH IS CEMENTED A STANDARD TRIANGULATION DISK AND AROUND WHICH IS PLACED A PILE OF STONES.

Land is now part of Boyce Park near geocache
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: -blank-

Benchmark Agency: National Geodetic Survey

Monumentation type: TRIANGULATION STATION Disk

County: Allegheny County

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: KX2056

Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed

Monumentation type (if other): Not listed

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Not listed

Special category (optional): Not listed

Special Category (if other): Not listed

Local database's URL (optional): Not listed

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