2010 National Center of Population

[DaveD]

Today the town of Plato, Missouri was officially named as the 2010 Center of Population by the U.S. Census Bureau. Earlier this week a small team representing Census, the National Geodetic Survey and the Missouri Department of Natural Resources performed the preliminary reconnaissance to set a commemorative marker. The mark is identitical in design to the 2000 Center of Population marker set in Edgar Springs, MO except that it is 12" in diameter and made of stainless steel. The marker will be embedded in a pillar of Missouri Red Granite and set in Plato in conjunction with a dedication ceremony being planned for late April or early May. The mark will then be positioned and added to the NGS database as part of a regional GPS network by MODNR. Stay tuned for the announcement of when the dedication will be held.

[ipuppy]

Does anyone know if marks have been set at any of the other past locations of the center of population?

Thanks-

Brian

[DaveD]

1960 - JB1836

1970 - JB1913

1980 - JC1679

1990 - HC1137

2000 - AJ3110

[68-eldo]

Something odd about JB1913 the 1970 COP. It has recoveries from 1930 and 1937.

[DaveD]

Where are you seeing recoveries from 1930 & 1937??

 

JB1913 HISTORY - Date Condition Report By

JB1913 HISTORY - 1971 MONUMENTED NGS

JB1913 HISTORY - 1971 GOOD NGS

JB1913 HISTORY - 20010501 GOOD NGS

[2oldfarts (the rockhounders)]

Where are you seeing recoveries from 1930 & 1937??

 

JB1913 HISTORY - Date Condition Report By

JB1913 HISTORY - 1971 MONUMENTED NGS

JB1913 HISTORY - 1971 GOOD NGS

JB1913 HISTORY - 20010501 GOOD NGS

 

JB 1913 on GC page.

 

01/01/1971 by NGS (MONUMENTED) DESCRIBED BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1971 (LFS) THE STATION IS LOCATED IN CULTIVATED LAND, IN THE NORTHEAST 0.25 SECTION 12, T 1 S, R 6 W, OWNED BY MR LAWRENCE FRIEDERICH, ABOUT 1.8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEW MEMPHIS, 489 FEET WEST OF CENTER OF ST CLAIR-CLINTON COUNTY LINE ROAD, 425 FEET SOUTH OF SOUTH RAIL OF THE LOUISVILLE AND NASHVILLE RAILWAY AND 47 FEET NORTH OF DRAINAGE DITCH. THE SURFACE MARK IS A NATIONAL OCEAN SURVEY DISK STAMPED CENSUS 1970 CENTER OF POPULATION LAT 38 DEG 27 MIN 47 SEC N, LONG 89 DEG 42 MIN 22 SEC W SET IN TOP OF A 14-INCH ROUND CONCRETE POST 18-INCHES BELOW GROUND LEVEL. THE UNDERGROUND STATION IS 40 INCHES BELOW GROUND LEVEL. REFERENCE MARK 1, A STANDARD REFERENCE MARK DISK, STAMPED CENSUS 1970 CENTER OF POP NO 1 1971 IS 82 FEET SOUTHEAST OF TELEGRAPH POLE NO 30, 17 FEET SOUTH OF SOUTH RAIL OF RAILWAY AND 1 FOOT EAST OF METAL WITNESS POST, SET IN 12-INCH ROUND CONCRETE POST PROJECTING 4 INCHES. TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE JUNCTION OF STATE HIGHWAY 161 AND 160 AT THE EAST EDGE OF NEW BADEN, GO SOUTH ON HIGHWAY 160 FOR 0.75 MILE TO A CROSS ROAD. TURN RIGHT AND GO WEST FOR 1.0 MILE, TURN LEFT AND GO SOUTH FOR 3.0 MILES TO JUNCTION WITH STATE HIGHWAY 177, CONTINUE STRAIGHT AHEAD, SOUTH, FOR 1.2 MILES TO POINT JUST AFTER CROSSING LOUISVILLE-NASHVILLE RAILWAY AND STATION IN FIELD ON THE RIGHT AS DESCRIBED. KRAUSZ AZIMUTH MARK SERVES FOR THE SECOND REFERENCE MARK. IT IS SITUATED 40 FEET WEST OF CENTERLINE OF THE ROAD, 19 FEET SOUTH OF SOUTH RIAL OF RAILWAY, 15 FEET SOUTHWEST OF SOUTH END OF A CULVERT AND 1 FOOT NORTH OF METAL WITNESS POST. THE MONUMENT PROJECTS 4-INCHES AND THE DISK IS STAMPED KRAUSZ 1971. FROM THE EAST SIDE OF THE ORCHARD, AND IS MARKED BY A CROSS IN THE TOP OF A WHITE MARBLE POST ABOUT 6 INCHES ABOVE THE GROUND. THE LETTERS U S C AND G S ARE INSCRIBED IN THE POST. THE UNDERGROUND MARK IS THE APEX OF AN EARTHENWARE PYRIMAD 6 INCHES ON AN EDGE AND 30 INCHES BELOW THE GROUND, AND HAS ON ONE FACE THE RAISED LETTERS U S C S. THERE ARE TWO REFERENCE POSTS, ALSO OF WHITE MARBLE BUT SLIGHTLY SMALLER THAN THE POST MARKING THE STATION, WITH AN ARROW IN THE TOP OF EACH POINTING TOWARD THE STATION. ONE REFERENCE MARK IS NEAR THE FOOT OF A WALNUT TREE IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF AN ADJOINING FIELD, 40.50 METERS N 84 DEG 30 MIN E FROM THE STATION. THE OTHER REFERENCE MARK IS NEAR A PEAR TREE, 10.75 METERS N 28 DEG 00 MIN W FROM THE STATION. HEIGHT OF LIGHT ABOVE STATION MARK 1.87 METERS.

 

01/01/1930 by CGS (GOOD) RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1930 (PAS) THE OLD SUB-SURFACE MARK WAS RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION AND WAS LEFT UNDISTURBED. A STANDARD SURFACE MARK WAS PLACED 18 INCHES UNDERGROUND IT BEING IN A CULTIVATED FIELD. THE OLD REFERENCE MARKS WERE NOT FOUND SO NEW MARKS WERE PLACED. THE OLD MARBLE POST WILL BE REPLACED BUT WILL PROBABLY NOT STAY DUE TO THE LOOSENESS OF THE SOIL. ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION INADEQUATE. ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BELLEVILLE AND 3 MILES NORTH OF FREEBURG, THE MIDDLE OF THE SOUTH LINE OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SEC 5, T 1 S, R 7 W, IN A CORNFIELD ABOUT 75 YARDS WEST OF A HOUSE ON TOP OF THE HILL, ON LAND OWNED BY DR W LEGRAND 463 NORTH TWENTY-FIFTH STREET, EAST ST LOUIS, ILL. TO REACH FROM THE JUNCTION OF STATE HIGHWAYS 13 AND 15 IN BELLEVILLE, GO ON STATE HIGHWWAY 13 FOR 4.7 MILES TOWARD FREEBURG, TURN LEFT ONTO AN OILED ROAD, AND FOLLOW FOR 0.7 MILE TO A BURNED BRICK HOUSE ON THE RIGHT AND A TUMBLEDOWN STABLE ON THE LEFT, FOLLOW THE FARM ROAD TO THE LEFT OF THE STABLE AND ALONG THE RIDGE IN A NORTHEASTERLY DIRECTION ABOUT 0.75 MILE TO THE STATION. REFERENCE MARK NO 1 IS SOUTHEAST OF STATION AND 0.7 METER NORTHWEST OF CORNER-POST OF NORTH-AND-SOUTH FENCE LINE, 17.5 METERS WEST OF WEST SIDE OF BARN AND 5.2 METERS NORTH OF THE CENTER LINE OF THE EAST-AND-WEST ROAD. REFERENCE MARK NO 2 IS SOUTHWEST OF THE STATION AND 0.5 METER EAST OF THE NORTH-AND-SOUTH FENCE LINE, 0.9 METER NORTHEAST OF AN 18-INCH TREE AND 6.4 METERS SOUTH OF THE CENTER LINE OF THE EAST-AND-WEST ROAD.

 

01/01/1937 by CGS (GOOD) RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1937 (EBP) STATION WAS RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION AS DESCRIBED BY P A S. 1930.

 

01/01/1971 by NGS (GOOD) RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1971 (LFS) ALL MARKS WERE FOUND AS DESCRIBED AND IN GOOD CONDITION. A REPORT WAS MADE THAT A PLAQUE WAS REMOVED FROM THE STATION SITE. THIS WAS TO HAVE BEEN A WITNESS SIGN PLACED AT THE STATION MARK AND SAME WAS FOUND AND ALREADY PUT BACK IN PLACE BY PROPERTY OWNER. AIRLINE DISTANCE AND DIRECTION FROM NEAREST TOWN--ABOUT 1-3/4 MI. SW OF NEW MEMPHIS.

[DaveD]

I have no idea how those got to the GC database but they're not in the NGS database.

[68-eldo]

I thought I saw them in the NGS site too, but I don’t see them now.

 

Must have been a mistake that was corrected later.

[Wintertime]

In case anyone cares, the spurious logs from 1930 and 1937 are from the datasheet for this mark:

 

JB1944

 

which is about 10 miles west of JB1913.

 

Patty

[68-eldo]

Thanks Patty.