EF1389 - Post Office – Florence, AL
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N 34° 48.117 W 087° 40.500
16S E 438256 N 3851288
PID EF1389, This vertical control mark is located in the front stoop of the U.S. Federal Courthouse and Post Office located at 210 N Seminary St, Florence, AL.
Waymark Code: WMHFJB
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 07/05/2013
Views: 4
The station is set on the horizontal surface near the leading edge of the of the stoop, south of the main entrance to the post office, just left of the right most column when standing in front of the PO (facing east).
Designation: F 481
Marker Type: bench mark disk
Setting: massive structures with deep foundations
Stability: Most reliable and expected to hold position/elevation well.
01/01/1983 by NGS (MONUMENTED)
DESCRIBED BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1983 IN FLORENCE. IN FLORENCE, A DISK SET IN THE FOUNDATION OF THE POST OFFICE, 29.17 METERS (95.7 FT) EAST OF THE CENTERLINE OF SEMINARY STREET, 8.66 METERS (28.4 FT) NORTH OF THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE POST OFFICE, 7.60 METERS (25.0 FT) SOUTH OF THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE POST OFFICE, 0.91 METERS (3.0 FT) NORTH OF THE CENTER OF THE SOUTHERNMOST PILLAR OF THE POST OFFICE, AND 0.30 METERS (1.0 FT) NORTH OF THE NORTH EDGE OF THE 3.7 FOOT SQUARE BASE OF THE PILLAR. THE MARK IS 0.76 M ABOVE GROUND.
Condition: Mark found in good condition
Designation: F 481
Benchmark Agency: National Geodetic Survey
Benchmark Agency (if other): N/A
Monumentation type: Vertical Control Mark
Monumentation type (if other): N/A
County: Lauderdale
USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Florence (1971)
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: EF1389
Local database's URL (optional): Not listed
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