DM6006: 15 W 4 2007 (NJGS/NGS, Berkeley Township, NJ)
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member NH2beers
N 39° 55.265 W 074° 09.804
18S E 571494 N 4419333
A New Jersey Geodetic Survey disk, located in Berkeley Township, NJ. The NGS PID# is DM6006.
Waymark Code: WMRAEJ
Location: New Jersey, United States
Date Posted: 05/31/2016
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member NW_history_buff
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This station, a New Jersey Geodetic Survey disk, is located in Berkeley Township, NJ, north of Bayville. It is set in top of the concrete base of a parking lot street light, in the parking lot of an Auto Zone store, at the junction of Atlantic City Boulevard (U.S. Rt. 9), and the driveway of St Barnabas Church:

DESCRIBED BY NEW JERSEY GEODETIC SURVEY 2007
THE STATION IS LOCATED IN BERKELEY TOWNSHIP, SET IN A DRILL HOLE IN
THE SOUTH SIDE OF A CONCRETE BASE FOR A PARKING LOT LIGHT FOR THE AUTO
ZONE STORE AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF US HIGHWAY 9 AND A ROAD LEADING
TO THE SAINT BARNABAS ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. THE LIGHT IS AT THE
NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE PARKING LOT IN FRONT OF THE STORE.

THE STATION IS 36.7 FT (11.2 M) SOUTHEAST OF THE SOUTHEAST CURB OF US
HIGHWAY 9, 36.5 FT (11.1 M) SOUTHWEST OF POLE NUMBER BT2038B, 55.8 FT
(17.0 M) SOUTHEAST OF POLE NUMBER BT2039B, 58.0 FT (17.7 M) SOUTHEAST
OF THE AUTO ZONE SIGN, 118.0 FT (36.0 M) SOUTHEAST OF THE CENTERLINE
OF THE ROAD TO THE CHURCH, 70.2 FT (21.4 M) NORTHEAST OF THE NORTHWEST
CORNER OF THE BUILDING.
THE STATION IS ABOUT 3 FT (0.9 M) ABOVE THE GROUND.

The mark is in the base of light pole '2', between Rt. 9 and the parking lot. An easy find, but it may be obscured by shrubs at first glance.
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: 15 W 4 2007

Benchmark Agency: other (not included below)

Benchmark Agency (if other): New Jersey Geodetic Survey (NJ)

Monumentation type: Disk (unspecified type)

County: Ocean

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Toms River

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: DM6006

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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