MAGNETIC (JU0950) - Cumberland County, NJ - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

This disk is located on the NW side of the main entrance (the center of three) to Fernwood Cemetery - located along the NE side of NJ 49.

The disk was unstamped until some time after 2007, when a new NJGS witness post was placed about 1 foot N of the disk which is about 6 inches below grade.

Descriptive information from the NGS datasheet is as follows:


Unknown by CGS (MONUMENTED)

01/01/1961 by CGS (GOOD)
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1961 0.8 MI SE FROM SHILOH. 0.75 MILE SOUTHEAST ON STATE HIGHWAY 49 FROM THE PUBLIC SCHOOL IN SHILOH. 43.3 FEET SOUTHEAST OF POWR LINE POLE ACE 428, 32.9 FEET NORTHEAST OF THE CENTERLINE OF HIGHWAY 49, AND 10 FEET NORTHWEST OF THE NORTHWEST CURB OF THE ENTRANCE TO THE FERNWOOD CEMETARY. SET IN THE TOP OF A CONCRETE POST 0.5 FEET BELOW THE LEVEL OF THE GROUND.

01/01/1979 by NGS (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1979 RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.

08/31/1994 by NJGS (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY NEW JERSEY GEODETIC SURVEY 1994 (ECB) THE STATION IS LOCATED IN HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF STATE ROUTE 49. TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE CROSSROADS INTERSECTION OF STATE ROUTE 49 AND COUNTY ROADS 620 AND 753 IN THE BOROUGH OF SHILOH, GO SOUTHEAST ON STATE ROUTE 49 FOR 0.8 MI (1.3 KM) TO THE STATION ON THE LEFT, SET IN THE TOP OF A CONCRETE MONUMENT ABOUT 0.15 M (0.49 FT) BELOW THE GROUND. THE STATION IS 43.3 FT (13.2 M) SOUTHEAST FROM POLE NUMBER ACE 42B, 32.9 FT (10.0 M) NORTHEAST FROM THE CENTERLINE OF STATE ROUTE 49 AND 10 FT (3.0 M) NORTHWEST FROM THE NORTHWEST CURB AT THE MAIN ENTRANCE LEADING TO THE FERNWOOD CEMETERY. NOTE--DISK IS UNSTAMPED.

10/12/2007 by GEOCACHING (GOOD)
HANDHELD COORDINATES ARE N39-27-03.2 W075-17-04.6.

05/31/2011 by NJGS (GOOD)
THE STATION IS LOCATED IN HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP, AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE MAIN DRIVEWAY LEADING FROM SHILOH PIKE (NJ STATE ROUTE 49) TO THE FERNWOOD CEMETERY.

TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE JUNCTION OF EAST BROAD STREET (NJ ROUTE 49) AND NORTH PEARL STREET (NJ ROUTE 77) IN BRIDGETON, GO 3.2 MI (5.1 KM) WEST ON ROUTE 49 TO THE DRIVEWAY TO THE CEMETERY AND THE STATION ON THE RIGHT.

THE STATION IS 0.5 FT (0.2 M) SOUTH OF A WITNESS POST INSTALLED AT THIS TIME, 45.8 FT (14.0 M) EAST OF POLE NUMBER B428, 70 FT (21.3 M) WEST OF THE CENTERLINE OF A TRIANGULARLY SHAPED ISLAND FOR THE DRIVEWAY, 20 FT (6.1 M) WEST OF THE NORTHWEST CURB OF THE EXIT LANE OF THE DRIVEWAY, 51.2 FT (15.6 M) SOUTHEAST OF THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE GRANITE BASE OF A 6 FT (1.8 M) HEADSTONE (HALTER, LEMUEL H 1879-1964 1882-1939), 32.8 FT (10.0 M) NORTHEAST OF THE CENTERLINE OF ROUTE 49.

Condition: Mark found in good condition Designation: MAGNETIC Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey Monumentation type: other (not any of the below) Monumentation type (if other): MAGNETIC STATION disk County: Cumberland County USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Shiloh - NJ 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: JU0950 Local database's URL (optional): [Web Link] Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed Special category (optional): Not listed Special Category (if other): Not listed

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