Can't seem to find a record of this....

[+southcoastpirates]

Recently visited Bar Harbor and snapped a pic of a National Ocean Service Benchmark. We cant seem to find record of it anymore and are not sure if we can log is as a Benchmark.

I cant seem to insert a pic at the moment, but the numbers on it are 3320 E and 2006.

I see there are 2 other benchmarks right down town, one being 3320 B. But this one is defenitly 3320 E.

Not sure what to do - so any feedback is appriciated!

thanks!

[TillaMurphs]

Hi Pirates,

 

I found this:

T I D A L B E N C H M A R K S

 

BENCH MARK STAMPING: 3320 E 2006

DESIGNATION: 3320 E

 

MONUMENTATION: Survey disk VM#: 18187

AGENCY: National Ocean Service PID:

SETTING CLASSIFICATION: concrete setps

 

The bench mark is a disk set on the north side of the park and south of the Bar

Harbor pier set in the second step off of West Street located 48.27 m (158.4 ft)

east of the center line of Main Street, 13.62 m (44.7 ft) south of the center

line of West Street, 0.57 m (1.9 ft) north from the top of stairs, and 0.46m

(1.5 ft) west of the east edge of stairs, 0.28 m (0.9 ft) above West Street set

in concrete steps on the south side of West Street and on the north side of the

park.

Here: NOAA Tidal Benchmarks list for Bar Harbor

 

If this is the one you found it appears to be set in 2006 so it would not be in the geocaching.com database since their snapshot of the database is more than 10 years old.

 

(Wow, I have never corresponded with a pirate before).

[TillaMurphs]

Is this the one you found?

 

 

If so, it is too new to be in the geocaching database. You could always log it on Waymarking.com if that is something you are interested in.

 

Note that there is a mention of 3320 E in a couple of the logs for AI8315 even though the mark you found is NOT AI8315.

 

Both Papa-Bear-NYC and m&h are benchmark veterans that have been to this location and could probably provide more information.

 

Happy Benchmarking

[+EdrickV]

You can get more info on these marks (841 3320 series) at this site here:

http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/geo.shtml?location=8413320

Click "Bench Mark Sheets" and you can see a map of benchmark locations as well as get the list of benchmarks. Most of which I think haven't been bluebooked so aren't in the NGS database. (I got to that link from ACOE's U-Smart system, that series shows up under Gages/NOAA Tide and Current Gages as Bar Harbor.)

 

U-Smart:

https://rsgisias.crrel.usace.army.mil/apex/f?p=493:4:0::NO

 

Edit: Somehow missed the link a couple posts above which goes right to the Bench Mark Sheets page. :b

Edited July 28, 2012 by EdrickV