DALLAS RESET 1957

Recovered in Good Condition on February 24, 2009

Spatial/elevation data

Coordinates N 41.335833° W 75.963183°
Elevation 1126.9 ft.
Location Pennsylvania
   Luzerne County
      Kingston Quad

Mark description

Type Bench Mark Disk
Setting Door Sill
Monumented 1957 by NGS
Description (NGS)NGS Datasheet
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Narrative and photographs

Today was a decent weather day (for February) and I was in the area doing some grad school research at nearby Misericordia University. Afterwards, I thought I’d treat myself to a simple benchmark hunt. This disk was indeed quite easy to find. It’s set into a granite step—not a window sill as described, although it may have been a window sill at one point. The disk is in good condition, especially considering that it is probably stepped on many times each day. The bank is now a branch of the Citizens Bank.

This mark is not being reported to NGS because it was recovered less than a year ago by PennDOT, which found a discrepancy and computed a new NAVD88 elevation of 1126.862 ft.

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