MERIDIAN MARK NORTH

NGS PID: NA0878
Coordinates: N 42.70125° W 74.92945°
Location: New York
   Otsego County
      Cooperstown Quad
Elevation: 1262.55 ft.
Type: Bench Mark Disk
Setting: Marble Post
Monumented: Unknown
Monumented By: USGS
Status: Recovered
Condition: Poor as of May 24, 2003
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This mark still exists and was an easy find, but it’s in very poor condition. Someone apparently tried to pry off the disk, and it snapped in half. At least the vandals didn’t get their “prize”. The description is accurate except that there is no longer a maple tree within 4 feet of the mark.

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