JU3850 Boundary Monument 83 DE MD -- Elkton MD
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Benchmark Blasterz
N 39° 39.797 W 075° 47.337
18S E 432325 N 4390683
One of many historic Mason Dixon boundary stones on board Stine Labs in Elkton, this one marks the 83rd mile of the modern DE-MD border, which was PA-MD at the time (1766)
Waymark Code: WMPG9M
Location: Maryland, United States
Date Posted: 08/27/2015
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
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In order to visit this stone, you must have an appointment and an escort. It is located in a square fenced enclosure.

From the NGS Datasheet:

JU3850 DESIGNATION - BOUNDARY MONUMENT 83 DE MD
JU3850 PID - JU3850
JU3850 STATE/COUNTY- MD/CECIL
JU3850 COUNTRY - US
JU3850 USGS QUAD - NEWARK WEST (1992)
JU3850
JU3850 *CURRENT SURVEY CONTROL
JU3850 ______________________________________________________________________
JU3850* NAD 83(1991) POSITION- 39 39 47.81857(N) 075 47 20.25177(W) ADJUSTED
JU3850* NAVD 88 ORTHO HEIGHT - 36.3 (meters) 119. (feet) VERTCON
JU3850 ______________________________________________________________________
JU3850 GEOID HEIGHT - -33.03 (meters) GEOID12B
JU3850 LAPLACE CORR - 1.12 (seconds) DEFLEC12B
JU3850 HORZ ORDER - SECOND
JU3850
JU3850.The horizontal coordinates were established by classical geodetic methods
JU3850.and adjusted by the National Geodetic Survey in January 1992.
JU3850.
JU3850.The NAVD 88 height was computed by applying the VERTCON shift value to
JU3850.the NGVD 29 height (displayed under SUPERSEDED SURVEY CONTROL.)
JU3850
JU3850.Photographs are available for this station.
JU3850
JU3850.The Laplace correction was computed from DEFLEC12B derived deflections.
JU3850
JU3850. The following values were computed from the NAD 83(1991) position.
JU3850
JU3850; North East Units Scale Factor Converg.
JU3850;SPC DE - 184,710.169 168,053.053 MT 1.00000756 -0 14 15.5
JU3850;SPC DE - 606,003.28 551,354.06 sFT 1.00000756 -0 14 15.5
JU3850;SPC MD - 222,333.469 503,923.191 MT 1.00004428 +0 45 36.3
JU3850;SPC MD - 729,439.06 1,653,288.00 sFT 1.00004428 +0 45 36.3
JU3850;SPC PA S - 38,504.682 768,275.618 MT 1.00005320 +1 16 20.3
JU3850;SPC PA S - 126,327.44 2,520,584.26 sFT 1.00005320 +1 16 20.3
JU3850;UTM 18 - 4,390,683.416 432,324.693 MT 0.99965639 -0 30 12.9
JU3850
JU3850! - Elev Factor x Scale Factor = Combined Factor
JU3850!SPC DE - 0.99999948 x 1.00000756 = 1.00000704
JU3850!SPC MD - 0.99999948 x 1.00004428 = 1.00004376
JU3850!SPC PA S - 0.99999948 x 1.00005320 = 1.00005268
JU3850!UTM 18 - 0.99999948 x 0.99965639 = 0.99965587
JU3850
JU3850: Primary Azimuth Mark Grid Az
JU3850:SPC DE - BOUNDARY MON 83 AZ MK 298 40 49.5
JU3850:SPC MD - BOUNDARY MON 83 AZ MK 297 40 57.7
JU3850:SPC PA S - BOUNDARY MON 83 AZ MK 297 10 13.7
JU3850:UTM 18 - BOUNDARY MON 83 AZ MK 298 56 46.9
JU3850
JU3850|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
JU3850| PID Reference Object Distance Geod. Az |
JU3850| dddmmss.s |
JU3850| JU3849 BOUNDARY ARC STONE 5 DE MD 221.891 METERS 00122 |
JU3850| JU3831 NEWARK E I DUPONT STINE LAB TK 349.694 METERS 13546 |
JU3850| CB2264 BOUNDARY MON 83 RM 1 33.057 METERS 15842 |
JU3850| JU3851 BOUNDARY ARC STONE 2 DE MD 400.047 METERS 1803904.8 |
JU3850| JU3852 BOUNDARY ARC STONE 3 DE MD 387.657 METERS 18048 |
JU3850| JU4154 A POINT MDSHA 83.715 METERS 21040 |
JU3850| CB2265 BOUNDARY MON 83 RM 2 28.452 METERS 25711 |
JU3850| CB2263 BOUNDARY MON 83 AZ MK 2982634.0 |
JU3850|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
JU3850
JU3850 SUPERSEDED SURVEY CONTROL
JU3850
JU3850 NAD 83(1986)- 39 39 47.81261(N) 075 47 20.25818(W) AD( ) 2
JU3850 NAD 27 - 39 39 47.41820(N) 075 47 21.49260(W) AD( ) 2
JU3850 NGVD 29 (03/25/91) 36.7 (m) 120. (f) VERT ANG
JU3850 NGVD 29 (07/19/86) 36.6 (m) 120. (f) VERT ANG
JU3850
JU3850.Superseded values are not recommended for survey control.
JU3850
JU3850.NGS no longer adjusts projects to the NAD 27 or NGVD 29 datums.
JU3850.See file dsdata.txt to determine how the superseded data were derived.
JU3850
JU3850_U.S. NATIONAL GRID SPATIAL ADDRESS: 18SVJ3232490683(NAD 83)
JU3850
JU3850_MARKER: 71 = BOUNDARY MONUMENT
JU3850_SETTING: 0 = UNSPECIFIED SETTING
JU3850_MAGNETIC: O = OTHER; SEE DESCRIPTION
JU3850_STABILITY: D = MARK OF QUESTIONABLE OR UNKNOWN STABILITY
JU3850_SATELLITE: THE SITE LOCATION WAS REPORTED AS SUITABLE FOR
JU3850+SATELLITE: SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS - September 25, 2010
JU3850
JU3850 HISTORY - Date Condition Report By
JU3850 HISTORY - 1961 FIRST OBSERVED CGS
JU3850 HISTORY - 20080612 GOOD GEOCAC
JU3850 HISTORY - 20100925 GOOD GEOCAC
JU3850
JU3850 STATION DESCRIPTION
JU3850
JU3850'DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1961 (RWT)
JU3850'THIS POINT ALSO IDENTIFIED AS BOUNDARY ARC STONE 4 DE MD.
JU3850'
JU3850'THE STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 2.5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEWARK,
JU3850'DELAWARE, 2.0 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF ELK MILLS MARYLAND, ON
JU3850'PROPERTY OF E.I. DUPONT AND COMPANY, INCORPORATED, STINE
JU3850'LABORATORIES.
JU3850'
JU3850'TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE POST OFFICE IN NEWARK, DELAWARE. GO
JU3850'WEST ON MAIN STREET FOR 0.4 MILE TO A TRIPLE FORKS AT A RAILROAD
JU3850'CROSSING. TAKE THE LEFT HAND FORK OF THREE AND GO SOUTH-SOUTHWEST
JU3850'ON STATE HIGHWAY 2, ELKTON ROAD, FOR 2.05 MILES TO THE SECOND
JU3850'ENTRANCE OF THE STINE LABORATORIES ON THE RIGHT. TURN RIGHT AND
JU3850'GO NORTH FOR 0.05 MILE TO A STEEL GATE AND GUARD BUILDING. PASS
JU3850'THROUGH THE GATE, REGISTER WITH GUARD, AND CONTINUE NORTH FOR
JU3850'ABOUT 200.0 FEET TO A T-STREET INTERSECTION. TURN LEFT AND GO
JU3850'WEST FOR 0.05 MILE, THENCE NORTH FOR 0.15 MILE ON THE PAVED
JU3850'STREET, THENCE WEST FOR 0.05 MILE TO A STEEL GATE. TURN
JU3850'RIGHT, PASS THROUGH THE GATE, AND GO NORTHWEST AND NORTH ON A
JU3850'GRAVELED ROAD FOR 0.1 MILE TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF A SMALL
JU3850'ORCHARD. CONTINUE NORTH ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF THE
JU3850'ORCHARD FOR 0.1 MILE TO A FORK OF DIM TRACK ROADS AT THE
JU3850'NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE ORCHARD. TAKE THE RIGHT HAND FORK AND
JU3850'CONTINUE NORTH ON THE DIM TRACK ROAD FOR ABOUT 120 FEET TO
JU3850'THE MONUMENT AND STATION.
JU3850'
JU3850'THE STATION IS BOUNDARY MONUMENT NO. 83, A 12 INCH SQUARE GRANITE
JU3850'STONE WITH THE LETTER M ON THE WEST SIDE AND LETTER D ON THE
JU3850'EAST SIDE. IT PROJECTS ABOUT 14 INCHES AND IS INCLOSED BY A
JU3850'POLE FENCE. IT IS 121.0 FEET NORTH OF THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF AN
JU3850'ORCHARD AND INTERSECTION OF DIM FORKS AND 100.0 FEET EAST OF A
JU3850'TRACK ROAD. A CROSS AT THE APEX AND CENTER OF THE STONE IS THE
JU3850'STATION POINT.
JU3850'
JU3850'REFERENCE MARK 1, A STANDARD DISK STAMPED BDY MON 83 NO 1 1961, IS
JU3850'SET IN TOP OF A SQUARE CONCRETE MONUMENT PROJECTING ABOUT 2 INCHES
JU3850'ABOVE THE SURFACE OF THE GROUND. IT IS 52.0 FEET EAST OF THE
JU3850'NORTHWEST CORNER OF ORCHARD AND DIM TRACK ROAD FORK.
JU3850'
JU3850'REFERENCE MARK 2, A STANDARD DISK STAMPED BDY MON 83 NO 2 1961,
JU3850'IS SET IN TOP OF A SQUARE CONCRETE MONUMENT PROJECTING ABOUT 2
JU3850'INCHES ABOVE THE SURFACE OF THE GROUND. IT IS 6.5 FEET EAST OF
JU3850'A DIM TRACK ROAD.
JU3850'
JU3850'THE AZIMUTH MARK, A STANDARD DISK STAMPED BDY MON 83 1961, IS
JU3850'SET IN TOP OF A SQUARE CONCRETE MONUMENT PROJECTING ABOUT 2
JU3850'INCHES ABOVE THE SURFACE OF THE GROUND. IT IS 10.6 FEET
JU3850'EAST-SOUTHEAST OF A 10-INCH MAPLE TREE AND 2.0 FEET SOUTHEAST OF
JU3850'A STANDARD METAL WITNESS POST AND MARKER.
JU3850'
JU3850'TO REACH THE AZIMUTH MARK FROM THE STATION. GO NORTH ON THE
JU3850'DIM TRACK ROAD FROM THE DIM FORKS AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE
JU3850'ORCHARD, FOR 0.1 MILE TO THE SOUTH EDGE OF A TIMBER-LINE. TURN
JU3850'LEFT AND GO WEST ALONG THE SOUTH EDGE OF TIMBER FOR 0.05
JU3850'MILE TO A STANDARD METAL WITNESS POST AND MARKER AND THE AZIMUTH
JU3850'MARK AS DESCRIBED.
JU3850'
JU3850'ARC STONE NO 2 1765, AN UNMARKED STONE. IT HAS BEEN BROKEN
JU3850'OFF AT GROUND LEVEL AND NOW SETS ON OLD BASE OR WHAT IS BELIEVED
JU3850'TO BE OLD BASE AT THE ORIGINAL LOCATION. IT IS A 7 X 12 INCH STONE
JU3850'PROJECTING ABOUT 28 INCHES ABOVE THE SURFACE OF THE GROUND, 200
JU3850'FEET WEST OF THE CENTERLINE OF A DIM TRACK ROAD AND 63.4 FEET
JU3850'NORTH OF AN EAST AND WEST FENCELINE AND NORTH EDGE OF TIMBERLINE
JU3850'AND INCLOSED WITH A POLE FENCE.
JU3850'
JU3850'ARC STONE NO. 3 1849, WAS PLACED AT THE CENTER OF THE, MERIDIAN,
JU3850'OF THE ARC BY GRAHAMS SURVEY IN 1849. IT IS A 8 X 12 INCH
JU3850'GRANITE STONE PROJECTING ABOUT 25 INCHES ABOVE THE SURFACE OF
JU3850'THE GROUND. A SMALL CROSS WAS ETCHED AT THE APEX AND CENTER OF
JU3850'THE STONE TO HOLD AS A CENTER POINT FOR MEASURING. THE LETTER M
JU3850'ON THE WEST SIDE AND D, 1849 ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE STONE. IT
JU3850'IS ABOUT 200.0 FEET WEST OF THE CENTERLINE OF A DIM TRACK ROAD,
JU3850'104.0 FEET NORTH OF AN EAST AND WEST FENCELINE AT THE NORTH
JU3850'EDGE OF A TIMBERLINE AND 40.6 FEET NORTH OF ARC STONE NO. 2.
JU3850'
JU3850'ARC STONE NO. 5 1765, IS AN UNMARKED STONE PLACED ON THE ARC
JU3850'IN 1765. IT LEANS SLIGHTLY. IT IS A 6 X 12 INCH STONE PROJECTING
JU3850'ABOUT 14 INCHES ABOVE THE SURFACE OF THE GROUND. IT IS ABOUT
JU3850'500.0 FEET SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF A BLACKTOP ROAD, 160.0 FEET
JU3850'NORTHEAST OF THE WEST EDGE OF A TIMBERLINE AND 85.0 FEET
JU3850'SOUTHEAST OF THE SOUTH EDGE OF A TIMBERLINE AND IS INCLOSED BY A
JU3850'POLE FENCE.
JU3850'
JU3850'HEIGHT OF LIGHT ABOVE STATION MARK 30 METERS.
JU3850
JU3850 STATION RECOVERY (2008)
JU3850
JU3850'RECOVERY NOTE BY GEOCACHING 2008 (WD)
JU3850'THE STONE IS IN AN UNCULTIVATED FIELD ON THE GROUNDS OF THE
JU3850'STINE-HASKELL RESEARCH CENTER, A SUBSIDIARY OF DU PONT. THE STONE IS
JU3850'A LIMESTONE SHAFT WITH THE LETTER M CUT INTO THE WEST FACE AND THE
JU3850'LETTER P (NOT D) CUT INTO THE EAST FACE. A CHISELED CROSS AT THE
JU3850'APEX OF THE TOP IS BARELY DISCERNABLE. THE STONE PROJECTS ABOUT 14
JU3850'INCHES. ACCESS TO THE STONE IS WITH THE PERMISSION OF AND UNDER THE
JU3850'SUPERVISION OF THE CENTER'S SECURITY STAFF. THE SECURITY OFFICE IS
JU3850'ADJACENT TO THE MAIN GATE.
JU3850
JU3850 STATION RECOVERY (2010)
JU3850
JU3850'RECOVERY NOTE BY GEOCACHING 2010 (LPC)
JU3850'RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.
Condition: Mark found in good condition

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Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey

Monumentation type: Boundary Marker

County: Cecil Co. MD

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Newark West

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NGS PID: JU3850

Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed

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