EG1561 Tupelo County Courthouse -- Tupelo MS
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Benchmark Blasterz
N 34° 15.523 W 088° 42.294
16S E 343026 N 3792157
The Tupelo Lee County Courthouse cupola downtown Tupelo MS is NGS benchmark EG1561
Waymark Code: WMWYHV
Location: Mississippi, United States
Date Posted: 10/30/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
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In 2017 the Tupelo Lee County Courthouse needs some TLC but is in pretty good shape.

From the NGS Datasheet: (visit link)

"EG1561 DESIGNATION - TUPELO COUNTY CTHSE
EG1561 PID - EG1561
EG1561 STATE/COUNTY- MS/LEE
EG1561 USGS QUAD - TUPELO (1982)
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EG1561 *CURRENT SURVEY CONTROL
EG1561 __________________________________________________________________
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EG1561 SUPERSEDED SURVEY CONTROL
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EG1561 NAD 83(1993)- 34 15 31.39116(N) 088 42 17.67167(W) AD( ) 4
EG1561 NAD 83(1986)- 34 15 31.39458(N) 088 42 17.67077(W) AD( ) 4
EG1561 NAD 27 - 34 15 31.01200(N) 088 42 17.48600(W) AD( ) 3
EG1561
EG1561.Superseded values are not recommended for survey control.
EG1561.NGS no longer adjusts projects to the NAD 27 or NGVD 29 datums.
EG1561.See file dsdata.txt to determine how the superseded data were derived.
EG1561
EG1561_MARKER: 82 = FINIAL
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EG1561 HISTORY - Date Condition Recov. By
EG1561 HISTORY - 1935 FIRST OBSERVED CGS
EG1561 HISTORY - 1962 GOOD MSHD
EG1561 HISTORY - 1967 GOOD CGS
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EG1561 STATION DESCRIPTION
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EG1561''DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1935 (MAH)
EG1561''FINAL OF THE DOME ON THE LEE COUNTY COURTHOUSE. CUT IN FROM STATIONS
EG1561''BICKERSTAFF AND
EG1561''WILLIAMS.
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EG1561 STATION RECOVERY (1962)
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EG1561''RECOVERY NOTE BY MISSISSIPPI STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT 1962 (AMC)
EG1561''THE STATION WAS VISITED 4 - 4 - 62 AND FOUND IN GOOD CONDITION. THE
EG1561''1950 DESCRIPTION
EG1561''IS ADEQUATE.
EG1561
EG1561 STATION RECOVERY (1967)
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EG1561''RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1967 (LMC)
EG1561''THE STATION WAS RECOVERED AS DESCRIBED IN 1935 AND FOUND IN GOOD
EG1561''CONDITION."
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: -blank-

Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey

Monumentation type: Cupola

County: Lee Co MS

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Tupelo

Find type: Coordinates and/or to-reach information from an online local database were used

Web address of this benchmark's datasheet (optional): [Web Link]

NGS PID: EG1561

Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed

Monumentation type (if other): Not listed

Special category (optional): Not listed

Special Category (if other): Not listed

Local database's URL (optional): Not listed

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