JU0046: Q 68 1964 (USC&GS/NGS, Bayville, NJ)
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N 39° 54.521 W 074° 09.305
18S E 572218 N 4417963
A U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey standard bench mark disk, located in Bayville, NJ.
The NGS PID# is JU0046.
Waymark Code: WMRAQP
Location: New Jersey, United States
Date Posted: 06/01/2016
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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.
This station is loggable on both this site and Geocaching as well. When visiting this station, please consider logging on both sites. Thank you.
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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