+shorbird Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 (edited) Here are some interesting settings for benchmark disks. KY3265(S T B N V L) in Carroll County OH is set in a granite post projecting 2 feet. KY2963(704 RESET) in Hancock County WV is in a concrete monument projecting 4.5 feet. Both disks were set by the USGS, KY3265 in 1950 and KY2963 in 1921. KY3265 KY2963 Edited February 17, 2008 by shorbird Quote Link to comment
+89SC Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 (edited) Nice! That makes them easier to find. I found one last week that looked like that: JW0956 Only it's not supposed to be like that. It was dug up and moved. Now it's just sitting on the ground and can easily be pushed over. Edited February 17, 2008 by 89SC Quote Link to comment
+RazorbackFan Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 I found this USGS Benchmark (GDV4) in an interesting monument about 5 feet in height. I'm not sure what the purpose of the mounument was. I think the pile of rocks on top was a nice touch! Quote Link to comment
+89SC Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 Is it along a hiking trail? Hikers (including me) are known to add to rock cairns along the trail. Quote Link to comment
2oldfarts (the rockhounders) Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 Here is one interesting setting. GQ0066 K52 Thanks to Me & Bucky for the use of this picture. A nice close-up of the plaque on the monument in Fredonia, AZ. Quote Link to comment
+Klemmer Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 In case you ever wondered why the term Monumented is used for setting a survey disc, DX4280 should help you unerstand the genesis of the term: Now THAT is monumented! The actual marked point is a center punched cut off bolt in the top, well weathered. There are also three pylons around the outside of it, so that a tripod or stand can be supported over the mark, but of of them has been broken off (behind the monument in this shot): Probably my favorite "benchmark". Also a nice 5 mile or so hike to get there, and on a clear day the views are awesome. Quote Link to comment
+Harry Dolphin Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 2oldfarts, GQ0066 reminds me of psychedlic trips from the 70s... Here's my unusual setting: KU1581 A perfetly nice 1884 fountain in Roslyn NY with a disk stuck into it. Quote Link to comment
VagabondsWV Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 Thought this one fits in nicely with the theme of the settings. This stone monument is 15 feet tall and has a tablet marking the high water mark set in 1884 in Gallipolis, OH. The BM is the stamped elevation on an arrow on the tablet. HY0138 Quote Link to comment
cloudyboy Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 dont sure if is a unusual setting but my grand ma found a benchmark on arock.... in is walkway decorative rock on her house backyard sadly she no longer live there and this home was in a small community nammed hawkesbury ontario Quote Link to comment
+seventhings Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 (edited) My personal favorite- It's a four-inch Lewis and Clark/Corps of Discovery II commemorative disk, PID = DJ5118, at the Missouri-Yellowstone Confluence Interpretive Center, Buford, ND. 7 Edit: spelling Edited March 17, 2008 by seventhings Quote Link to comment
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