DG0260 - 14th Street – Atlanta, GA
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N 33° 47.184 W 084° 22.819
16S E 742558 N 3741557
DG0260 is located on the S side of 14th Street between Peachtree and Piedmont, Atlanta, GA. It is located on the sidewalk under a cast iron cover marked USC & GS. You may need a pry bar to lift the cover.
Waymark Code: WM846M
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 01/24/2010
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DG0260 is located on the S side of 14th Street between Peachtree and Piedmont, Atlanta, GA. It is located on the sidewalk under a cast iron cover marked USC & GS. You may need a pry bar to lift the cover.
Designation: FREER
Marker Type: survey 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)
1/1/1927 by CGS (MONUMENTED)
5/9/1996 by NGS (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1996 (JRO) IN ATLANTA ABOUT 2.2 MILES (3.5 KM) NNE OF DOWNTOWN FIVE POINTS, ABOUT ONE- THIRD OF THE WAY ALONG 14TH ST FROM PIEDMONT AVE TO PEACHTREE ST, ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF 14TH ST OPPOSITE A SURFACE PARKING LOT WITH ADDRESS 222, IN A SIDEWALK ISLAND BETWEEN THE ENTRANCE AND EXIT DRIVEWAYS TO COLONY PARK CITIHOMES (ADDRESS 201-209) , 31 FT (9.4 M) WEST OF LARGE UTILITY POLE BY NO PARKING SIGN, 30.5 FT (9.3 M) WEST OF AN ELECTRIC BOX IN SIDEWALK NEXT TO POLE, 25 FT (7.6 M) NW OF NW CORNER OF INNER CONCRETE COLUMN IN DECORATIVE WALL OR GATE ON EAST SIDE OF EXIT DRIVE, 23.5 FT (7.2 M) NE OF NE CORNER OF SIMILAR COLUMN ON WEST SIDE OF ENTRANCE DRIVE, 6 FT (1.8 M) SOUTH OF SOUTH CURB, 0.4 FT (12.2 CM) BELOW CAST IRON USCGS COVER THAT IS FLUSH WITH SIDEWALK.
Condition: Mark found in good condition
Designation: FREER
Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey
Monumentation type: Survey Mark
County: Fulton
USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Colony Square Shopping Center USGS Northwest Atlanta Quad
Special category (optional): Not listed
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: DG0260
Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed
Monumentation type (if other): Not listed
Special Category (if other): Not listed
Local database's URL (optional): Not listed
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