BT0567 T 393 -- Eufala AL
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N 31° 53.600 W 085° 08.541
16R E 675681 N 3530117
The NGS benchmark on the former Eufaula post office in downtown
Waymark Code: WMWHRG
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 09/08/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
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This handsome former post office served the citizens of Eufaula for many decades, and still sports the CGS benchmark monumented here in 1952. In 2017 it is a law office.

From the NGS datasheet: (visit link)

"BT0567 DESIGNATION - T 393
BT0567 PID - BT0567
BT0567 STATE/COUNTY- AL/BARBOUR
BT0567 USGS QUAD - EUFAULA NORTH (1968)
BT0567
BT0567 *CURRENT SURVEY CONTROL
BT0567 ___________________________________________________________________
BT0567* NAD 83(1986)- 31 53 35. (N) 085 08 30. (W) SCALED
BT0567* NAVD 88 - 82.133 (meters) 269.46 (feet) ADJUSTED
BT0567 ___________________________________________________________________
BT0567
BT0567_MARKER: DB = BENCH MARK DISK
BT0567_SETTING: 36 = FOUNDATION
BT0567_STAMPING: T 393 1952
BT0567_STABILITY: B = PROBABLY HOLD POSITION/ELEVATION WELL
BT0567
BT0567 HISTORY - Date Condition Recov. By
BT0567 HISTORY - 1952 MONUMENTED CGS
BT0567 HISTORY - 1987 GOOD USPSQD
BT0567
BT0567 STATION DESCRIPTION
BT0567
BT0567''DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1952
BT0567''AT EUFAULA.
BT0567''AT EUFAULA, SET VERTICALLY IN THE EAST FACE OF SANDSTONE FOUNDATION
BT0567''OF POST OFFICE BUILDING, 85 FEET NORTH OF NORTH CURB OF BROAD
BT0567''STREET, 29 FEET WEST OF WEST CURB OF ORANGE STREET, 1.3 FEET SOUTH
BT0567''OF NORTHEAST CORNER OF BUILDING AND ABOUT 2 1/2 FEET ABOVE THE
BT0567''GROUND.
BT0567
BT0567 STATION RECOVERY (1987)
BT0567
BT0567''RECOVERY NOTE BY US POWER SQUADRON 1987 (LRF)
BT0567''RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION."
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: T 393

Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey

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

County: Barbour Co. AL

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Eufala

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: BT0567

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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