867 USGS
| NGS PID: | NA1433 |
| Coordinates: | N 42.098173° W 75.911319° |
| Location: | New York
Broome County Binghamton West Quad |
| Elevation: | 865.65 ft. |
| Type: | Bench Mark Disk |
| Setting: | Stone Building |
| Monumented: | 1898 |
| Monumented By: | USGS |
| Status: | Recovered |
| Condition: | Good as of December 8, 2002 |
- Official Description: NGS Datasheet
A report on the condition of this survey mark has been submitted to NGS, along with the following recovery note:
Recovered in good condition on the Broome County Courthouse, as described. Handheld GPS coordinates for the bench mark are 42 05 53.4(N) 075 54 40.7(W).
This was another easy benchmark find for today. You can see it from quite a distance; it’s right where the description specifies (though I found the given coordinates to be around 200 feet off). It’s in excellent condition, and I was happy for the chance to duck inside the doorway for a minute to get out of the wind and snow. The courthouse is a lovely old building, and the square with its monuments and lawns was almost as pretty on this snowy afternoon as it would be on a sunny summer day.
