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Coordinates: N 41.45807° W 76.02854° (estimate)
Location: Pennsylvania
   Wyoming County
      Noxen Quad
Elevation: 813.919 ft.
Type: Bench Mark Disk
Setting: Bridge Wingwall
Monumented: 1942
Monumented By: USGS
Status: Not Found
Condition: Unknown (Not Found) as of May 6, 2023
  • Official USGS Description: Noxen, 4.6 mi E. of, along State Highway 29; at bridge over Roaring Run; 19 ft N. of rd.; in N. wingwall; standard tablet stamped “3 AMD 1942 814” Reference mark; 60 ft S. of tablet; in S. wingwall of bridge; PDH standard disk not stamped
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This was the second of two USGS marks I’d hoped to find on my way to the annual Death Hike (held this year at Ricketts Glen State Park). When I arrived and saw the style of the bridge, I had some hope, but unfortunately this bridge was replaced in 1957 and the USGS mark, set in 1942, went away with the old bridge.

I was pleased, however, to see that USGS had reset the mark (see AMD 3 RESET 1958) in 1958, in the same location.

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