BJ2182 J4=23.520 USGS -- New Iberia LA
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N 30° 00.250 W 091° 48.997
15R E 614133 N 3319836
A USGS disk set in the front of the Old Post Office building in downtown New Iberia LA
Waymark Code: WMN94A
Location: Louisiana, United States
Date Posted: 01/22/2015
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
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USGS benchmark disk set vertically on the west side of the Old Post Office Building in New Iberia LA.

From the NGS Datasheet: (visit link)

BJ2182 DESIGNATION - J4=23.520 USGS
BJ2182 PID - BJ2182
BJ2182 STATE/COUNTY- LA/IBERIA
BJ2182 USGS QUAD - NEW IBERIA NORTH (1983)
BJ2182
BJ2182 *CURRENT SURVEY CONTROL
BJ2182 ___________________________________________________________________
BJ2182* NAD 83(1986)- 30 00 12. (N) 091 48 59. (W) SCALED
BJ2182* NAVD 88 - 7.007(meters) 22.99(feet) ADJUSTED
BJ2182 ___________________________________________________________________
BJ2182
BJ2182_MARKER: DD = SURVEY DISK
BJ2182_SETTING: 36 = BUILDING
BJ2182_STAMPING: J4=23.520 1906 LA
BJ2182_STABILITY: B = PROBABLY HOLD POSITION/ELEVATION WELL
BJ2182
BJ2182 HISTORY - Date Condition Recov. By
BJ2182 HISTORY - 1906 MONUMENTED USGS
BJ2182 HISTORY - 1969 GOOD CGS
BJ2182 HISTORY - 1982 GOOD NGS
BJ2182
BJ2182 STATION DESCRIPTION
BJ2182
BJ2182''DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1969
BJ2182''IN NEW IBERIA.
BJ2182''AT NEW IBERIA, AT THE SOUTH CORNER OF OF MAIN STREET
BJ2182''AND WEEKS STREET, SET VERTICALY IN THE NORTH FACE AND
BJ2182''NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE OLD POST OFFICE, 16 FT SOUTHEAST OF
BJ2182''THE SOUTHEAST CURB OF WEEKS ST, 2.4 FT EAST OF THE NORTHWEST
BJ2182''CORNER OF THE BUILDING, 3.7 FT ABOVE THE LEVEL OF THE
BJ2182''SIDEWALK AND ABOUT 5 FT FEET ABOVE THE LEVEL OF THE STREET.
BJ2182
BJ2182 STATION RECOVERY (1982)
BJ2182
BJ2182''RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1982
BJ2182''RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION."
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: 23.520

Benchmark Agency: U.S. Geological Survey

Monumentation type: BENCH MARK (or B.M.) Disk

County: Iberia Par. LA

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): New Iberia North

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: BJ2182

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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