DG0146 - Moreland Ave. & Emerson Ave. - Atlanta, GA - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

Located in the sidewalk under a cast iron cover labeled USC&GS on the east side of Moreland Ave. at the intersection with Emerson Street.

Designation: EMERSON
Marker Type: traverse station disk
Setting: set into the top of a round concrete monument
Stability: May hold, but of type commonly subject to surface motion.

Documented History (by the NGS)

1/1/1927 by CGS (MONUMENTED)

1/1/1952 by NGS (GOOD)

RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1952 IN ATLANTA. IN ATLANTA, DE KALB COUNTY, ABOUT 2.5 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN FIVE POINTS, 152 FEET NORTH OF THE PROJECTED CENTERLINE OF WOODLAND AVENUE, 36 FEET SOUTHEAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF THE CENTERLINES OF MORELAND AVENUE AND EMERSON STREET, S.E., 29.5 FEET EAST OF THE CENTERLINE OR 4.0 FEET EAST OF THE EAST CURB OF MORELAND AVENUE, AND 21 FEET SOUTH OF THE CENTERLINE OF EMERSON STREET. A STANDARD TRAVERSE DISK IS STAMPED EMERSON 1927 1004.361 AND SET IN THE TOP OF A CONCRETE POST THAT IS 0.4 FOOT BELOW A CAST-IRON COVER WHICH IS FLUSH WITH THE SIDEWALK SURFACE.

Condition: Mark found in good condition Designation: EMERSON Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey and State Survey Benchmark Agency (if other): N/A Monumentation type: TRAVERSE STATION Disk Monumentation type (if other): N/A County: DeKalb USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Southeast Atlanta Special Category (if other): N/A 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: DG0146 Special category (optional): Not listed Local database's URL (optional): Not listed

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