LX1934: L 62 1984 (NGS, New Milford, CT) - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

This station is a National Geodetic Survey standard vertical control disk, located on U.S. Route 7, in the village of Gaylordsville, in New Milford, CT.

It is just north from the village center, off the east side of the roadway, set in a shelf of a large rock outcrop, directly beneath the crossover of some high tension wires:

DESCRIBED BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1984 1.1 KM (0.7 MI) NW FROM GAYLORDSVILLE. 1.1 KM (0.7 MI) NORTHWEST ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 7 FROM THE JUNCTION OF STATE HIGHWAY 55 IN GAYLORDSVILLE TO THE MARK ON THE RIGHT, IN EXPOSED ROCK OUTCROP, UNDER A HIGH VOLTAGE POWER LINE CROSSING THE HIGHWAY AT THIS POINT, AND NORTHEAST ACROSS THE HIGHWAY FROM UTILITY POLE 397, 10.73 METERS (35.2 FT) SOUTHEAST OF THE CENTERLINE OF THE HIGHWAY. THE MARK IS 1.00 METERS NE FROM A WITNESS POST. THE MARK IS 0.91 M ABOVE HIGHWAY.

The above description is adequate, but recovery may be difficult due to brush growth at the site. The witness post is still in place, but the mark may be covered over by a light amount of soil and weeds.

Condition: Mark found in good condition Designation: L 62 1984 Benchmark Agency: National Geodetic Survey Monumentation type: Vertical Control Mark County: Litchfield USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Kent 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: LX1934 Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed Monumentation type (if other): Not listed Special category (optional): Not listed Special Category (if other): Not listed Local database's URL (optional): Not listed

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