EE0540 - Post Office, Rome, GA
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Lat34North
N 34° 15.248 W 085° 10.295
16S E 668356 N 3791846
EE0540 is set vertically in the granite cap on top of the brick wall of the main Post Office on E. 4th Ave., Rome, GA.
Waymark Code: WM8BCK
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 03/06/2010
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
Views: 9

EE0540 is set vertically in the granite cap on top of the brick wall of the main Post Office on E. 4th Ave., Rome, GA.

Note: The coordinates in Geocaching are N 34° 15.250 W 085° 10.300 appear to be a little off.

Location: In FLOYD county, GA
Designation: 613
Marker Type: survey disk
Setting: light structures - Brick Wall
Stability: Mark of questionable or unknown stability

Documented History (by the NGS)

1/1/1968 by NGS (GOOD)
DESCRIBED BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1968 AT ROME. AT ROME, NEAR THE WEST CORNER OF THE INTERSECTION OF EAST FIRST STREET AND EAST FOURTH AVENUE, AT THE FOURTH AVENUE ENTRANCE TO THE POST OFFICE, SET VERTICALLY IN THE GRANITE CAP ON TOP OF THE BRICK WALL ALONG THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF THE STEPS LEADING TO THE ENTRANCE OF THE POST OFFICE, 53 FEET NORTHWEST OF THE NORTHWEST CURB OF THE STREET, 16 FEET SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHWEST CURB OF THE AVENUE, 4.3 FEET ABOVE THE SIDEWALK AND ABOUT 4 FEET ABOVE THE LEVEL OF THE AVENUE.
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: 613

Benchmark Agency: U.S. Geological Survey

Monumentation type: Survey Mark

County: FLOYD

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: EE0540

Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed

Monumentation type (if other): Not listed

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Not listed

Special Category (if other): Not listed

Local database's URL (optional): Not listed

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