BOUNDARY MARK 6 NY PA (LY2676)
State: PA
County: Susquehanna
Quad: Starrucca
Location: N 41° 59.954' W075° 28.640'
Elevation: 1841 ft.
Designation: BOUNDARY MARK 6 NY PA 1940
Setting: Granite Post
Type: Boundary Monument
Year: 1940
Established By: NGS
Searched For: 02 December 2006
Status: Not Found.
Rich and I took a very quick look on a very cold day for this granite post. We were intrigued by the possibility of finding a potentially "ancient" mark, as marks go; the boundary was surveyed in the late 1700s, so we felt there was just the slightest chance the granite post might have dated from then. (The station disk, reference and azimuth marks were monumented in 1940, as described on the datasheet, but the granite post was already in place.) Unfortunately, though, we were unable to find any kind of a post in the area. It should have been easy to spot, especially if it still projects 15 inches. The coordinates are close to a road, however, and this very visibility may have led to the mark's disappearance, if it is in fact gone.
Once the weather warms up, we will return and search for the reference marks and azimuth mark. It's not our style to give up so easily, but we're both Winter wimps who hate wind!
Zhanna
NGS Official Description, 1940 (see datasheet for recent updates) :
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1940 (RJS) STATION IS LOCATED ON THE NEW YORK-PENNSYLVANIA BOUNDARY LINE ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DEPOSIT, N.Y. THE ORIGINAL MARK IS A GRANITE POST, 6 BY 12 INCHES AT THE TOP AND 15 INCHES HIGH, THE LETTERS N.Y. ARE CUT IN ON ONE SIDE OF THE POST AND PA. ON THE OTHER SIDE. A STANDARD U.S. COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY DISK STATION MARK WAS CEMENTED IN THE TOP OF THE POST IN 1940. TWO REFERENCE MARKS (NOTE 11A) AND AN AZIMUTH MARK (NOTE 12C) WERE ESTABLISHED. THE AZIMUTH MARK IS 0.4 MILE NORTH OF THE STATION ALONG THE ROAD MENTIONED IN THE DIRECTIONS TO REACH THE STATION. IT IS 50 FEET WEST OF THE CENTERLINE OF THE ROAD AND 200 FEET SOUTH OF A FARM HOUSE. TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE JUNCTION OF STATE HIGHWAYS 8, 10 AND 17 IN DEPOSIT, GO WEST ON STATE HIGHWAY 17 FOR 5.2 MILES TO A DIRT T-ROAD LEFT AT A SHELL SERVICE STATION, TURN LEFT ON DIRT ROAD AND GO 0.2 MILE TO RAILROAD TRACKS, CROSS THE TRACKS AND CONTINUE 2.5 MILES TO A FORK, TAKE RIGHT FORK (MAIN-TRAVELED ROAD) AND GO 1.1 MILES TO CROSS ROAD, TURN RIGHT AND GO 0.7 MILE TO THE STATION ON THE LEFT, 8 PACES FROM THE CENTERLINE OF THE ROAD. HEIGHT OF LIGHT ABOVE STATION MARK - 14 METERS.