AB4265 - Decatur Cemetery - Decatur, GA - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

This station is located in the Decatur Cemetery on Church Street at Commerce Drive, Decatur, GA. The station is in very poor condition, the disc was un-readable. It appears that the cemetery lawn maintenance equipment has gouged the disc. The monument is located close to a water spigot about half way up the hill from the road. The disc is approximately 4 foot to the rear of a witness post.


Designation: 5058
Marker Type: alumnium marker (other than a 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)
1/1/1995 by MSI (MONUMENTED)
DESCRIBED BY MEASUREMENT SCIENCE INCORPORATED 1995 (PDK) TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE INTERSECTION OF PONCE DE LEON AVENUE WEST AND CHURCH STREET, PROCEED NORTH ON CHURCH STREET FOR 0.2 MI (0.3 KM) TO THE INTERSECTION WITH BELL STREET ON THE LEFT. TURN LEFT AND ENTER THE DECATUR CEMETARY, THE STATION IS IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PORTION OF THE CEMETARY. STATION IS AN ALUMINUM DISK SET IN A CONCRETE POST STAMPED 5058 AND IS LOCATED 16.7 M (54.8 FT) WEST OF BACK OF CURB, 18.38 M (60.30 FT) SOUTH OF BACK OF CURB.

Condition: Mark found in poor condition Designation: 5058 Benchmark Agency: other (not included below) Benchmark Agency (if other): Measurment Science Inc Monumentation type: Disk (unspecified type) Monumentation type (if other): N/A County: DeKalb USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Northeast Atlanta Special category (optional): Not listed 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: AB4265 Local database's URL (optional): Not listed

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