TT 28 T

Recovered in Good Condition on December 4, 2012

Spatial/elevation data

Coordinates N 41.62559° W 75.60637°
Elevation 1479.021 ft.
Location Pennsylvania
   Lackawanna County
      Clifford Quad

Mark description

Type Bench Mark Disk
Setting Rock Outcrop
Monumented 1932 by USGS
Description (USGS) Clifford (Clifford Corners), 2.0 mi S. of; 2.7 mi N. of Tompkinsville; 0.6 mi NW. of Clifford High School; 0.3 mi NW. of intersection of State Highway 647; 95 ft NE. from fork of rd. SW.; on property of W. J. Bell; in rock outcrop; standard tablet stamped “TT 28 T 1932”
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Narrative and photographs

There isn’t much better (in December, anyway) than a sunny, 64° day. We simply had to take advantage of our long morning by scouting out some probable benchmark locations near Clifford. We hadn’t even intended to get out of the car, but when I drove slowly past our plotted coordinates for TT 28 T and spotted a prominent outcrop in the woods with a bright blue spot on its high point, we had to take a closer look. The disk is set into an outcrop (approximately 3’ x 5’) in open woods just a few yards northeast of Hickory Ridge Road, and directly east of the T-intersection of Hickory Ridge Road and T-564 (Telep Rd.). The benchmark disk is in excellent condition.

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