BOUNDARY MONUMENT (HU1835/HU0523) - MD/VA - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

This post is located about a tenth of a mile E of US 13 along the N side of Marva RD as it turns W to meet US 13. It is NE of a metal witness post at the edge of a clearing. The post has managed to have 2 NGS PIDS (one for vertical control & one for horizontal control) - NGS information is as follows:


******From the datasheet for HU0523:

01/01/1883 by RBNF (MONUMENTED)


01/01/1963 by CGS (GOOD)

DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1963 1.8 MI N FROM NEW CHURCH. 1.55 MILES NORTH ALONG THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD FROM THE CROSSING OF SECONDARY STATE HIGHWAY 709 AT NEW CHURCH, THENCE 0.25 MILE EAST ALONG A BLACK TOP ROAD, ABOUT 100 YARDS EAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF U.S. HIGHWAY 13, ON THE OUTSIDE OF A CURVE WITH TANGENTS EXTENDING WEST AND SOUTHEAST, 24 FEET NORTH OF CENTER LINE OF ROAD, 1 1/2 FEET ABOVE LEVEL OF ROAD, AND IS A GRANITE POST ABOUT 1-FOOT BY 1 1/2-FEET AND PROJECTING 2 1/2 FEET ABOVE LEVEL OF GROUND WITH THE DATE 1883 CHISELED ON THE TOP SURFACE. CENTER OF TOP OF MONUMENT.


01/01/1972 by NGS (GOOD)

RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1972 RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.

******From the datasheet for HU1835:

01/01/1932 by CGS (MONUMENTED)


01/01/1984 by MDDNR (GOOD)

DESCRIBED BY MD DEPT OF NAT RES 1984 (LW) 1.5 FOOT SQUARE GRANITE MONUMENT, AT INTERSECTION OF PAVED ROAD TO CEMETARY AND DIRT ROAD THAT LEADS OFF TO THE NE TO AN OLD SAND PIT. PROJECTS 2 FEET AND IS 2 FEET NE OF A W.P.

Condition: Mark found in good condition Designation: BOUNDARY MONUMENT NR NELSON Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey Monumentation type: Boundary Marker County: Accomack County, VA USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Pokomoke City 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: HU1835/HU0523 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

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