JU0046: Q 68 1964 (USC&GS/NGS, Bayville, NJ) - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

This station, a U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey standard bench mark disk, is located in Bayville, NJ. It is set on a steel rod driven to refusal, and is centered in a square clay tile border. It is directly in front of a cemetery to the immediate north of the Faith Community Methodist Church, off the west side of U.S. Route 9:

DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1965
0.6 MI N FROM BAYVILLE.
ABOUT 0.65 MILE NORTH ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 9 FROM THE POST OFFICE
AT BAYVILLE, 0.55 MILE SOUTHWEST OF THE JUNCTION OF A ROAD LEADING
TO OCEAN GATE, 157 FEET NORTHEAST OF THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE
TRINITY METHODIST CHURCH, 30.0 FEET WEST OF THE CENTER LINE OF
THE HIGHWAY, 14.7 FEET NORTH OF THE SOUTH END OF PIPE FENCE ALONG
EAST SIDE OF CEMETERY, 13 FEET EAST-NORTHEAST OF THE NORTHEAST
CORNER OF TOMBSTONE OF HANNAH C. BRITTON, 1.4 FOOT SOUTH OF A
METAL WITNESS POST, ABOUT 2 FEET ABOVE THE LEVEL OF THE HIGHWAY
AND IS A DISK ON TOP OF A COPPER COATED STEEL ROD FLUSH AND
PROTECTED BY A 8 INCH SQUARE TILE PROJECTING 0.1 FOOT. THE ROD
WAS DRIVEN TO REFUSAL AT A DEPTH OF 16 FEET.

The post office in the description is now a fence company. Otherwise, the description is adequate.

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Condition: Mark found in good condition Designation: Q 68 1964 Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey Monumentation type: BENCH MARK (or B.M.) Disk 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: JU0046 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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