FORT MOTT RESET (AA7225) - Salem County, NJ - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

This mark is a National Geodetic Survey horizontal control disk located near the west end of the batteries on the grounds of Fort Mott. It is 3.9 M (12.8 FT) S of the S edge of the parapet.

Details from the NGS datasheet are as follows:


1/1/1988 by NGS (MONUMENTED)

7/17/1994 by NJGS (GOOD)
DESCRIBED BY NEW JERSEY GEODETIC SURVEY 1994 (ECB) THE STATION IS LOCATED IN PENNSVILLE TOWNSHIP ON THE GROUNDS OF THE FORT MOTT STATE PARK, LOCATED IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE KILLCOHOOK NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE. TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE INTERSECTION OF THE SOUTHBOUND LANES OF INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 295 AND STATE ROUTE 49 AT INTERCHANGE 1A, GO EAST ON STATE ROUTE 49 FOR 3.5 MI (5.6 KM) TO THE TEE INTERSECTION WITH FORT MOTT ROAD, COUNTY ROAD 630, ON THE RIGHT. TURN RIGHT AND GO 1.9 MI (3.1 KM) TO A STOP SIGN AT A TEE INTERSECTION. TURN RIGHT AND GO 1.2 MI (1.9 KM) TO THE ENTRANCE DRIVE LEADING TO FORT MOTT STATE PARK ON THE RIGHT. TURN RIGHT AND GO 0.1 MI (0.2 KM) TO A WOOD GATE MARKED OFFICIAL VEHICLES ONLY. PASS THROUGH THE GATE AND FOLLOW THE PARK ROAD TO A TEE ROAD JUNCTION ON THE LEFT, JUST PAST BATTERY GREGG. TURN LEFT AND GO BETWEEN BATTERY GREGG AND ANOTHER BATTERY AND FOLLOW A SAND ROAD FOR 0.3 MI (0.5 KM) TO THE END OF TRUCK TRAVEL. PARK TRUCK AND PACK UPHILL, CLIMBING TWO SETS OF STEPS TO THE TOP OF THE EMBANKMENT AND THE STATION ON THE RIGHT, JUST SOUTH OF THE SOUTH EDGE OF THE SLOPING CONCRETE WALL OF BATTERY ARNOLD. THE STATION IS 3.9 M (12.8 FT) SOUTH FROM THE SOUTH EDGE OF THE CONCRETE BATTERY WALL AND PROJECTS ABOUT 0.1 M (0.3 FT) ABOVE THE GROUND.

10/4/1994 by NJGS (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY NEW JERSEY GEODETIC SURVEY 1994 (ECB) RECOVERED AS DESCRIBED.

Condition: Mark found in good condition Designation: FORT MOTT RESET Benchmark Agency: National Geodetic Survey Monumentation type: HORIZONTAL CONTROL Disk County: Salem County USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Delaware City 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: AA7225 Local database's URL (optional): [Web Link] Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed Monumentation type (if other): Not listed Special category (optional): Not listed Special Category (if other): Not listed

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