Details for Benchmark: JV1944
N 39° 49.100 W 077° 13.633 (NAD 83)
Altitude: 548.68
Coordinates may not be exact. Altitude is ADJUSTED and location is SCALED. (more info)
- Location:
- In ADAMS county, PA View Original Datasheet
- Designation:
- S 193
- Marker Type:
- bench mark disk
- Setting:
- light structures
- Stability:
- Mark of questionable or unknown stability.
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 02/13/2013 |
jimtkirk marked  JV1944 as destroyed |
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I was unable to locate this one and the drain/culvert are brand new.
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 10/29/2008 |
werewolf44 found JV1944 |
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was covered with dirt
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| 05/29/2007 |
wister6813 found JV1944 |
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Nothing new to add.
[Photos:] JV1944 location.jpg
JV1944; Gettysburg, PA.jpg
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| 06/22/2006 |
Kordite found JV1944 |
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Found in good condition and pretty much as described but the coordinates seem off a little bit. Not so much, though, that I couldn't blame it on satellite reception.
[Photos:]JV1944 in context, Gettysburg, PA
JV1944, Gettysburg, PA
The picture came out very fuzzy. It's what I get for using a fixed focus camera.
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| 06/10/2006 |
Ernmark found JV1944 |
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Recovered in good condition...
[Photos:]S 193 (JV1944) disk - Gettysburg, PA
S 193 (JV1944) area - view looking NNW
S 193 (JV1944) area - view looking SSE
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| 11/05/2005 |
Team D&D79 found JV1944 |
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Found this while caching in Gettysburg. We stayed here.
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| 07/03/2005 |
tiki-4 found JV1944 |
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Found while learning more about Gettysburg!
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| 02/22/2005 |
CruiserBill found JV1944 |
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By golly right there it was! My second time looking for this one. First was two years ago, and a LOT of snow.
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| 09/04/2004 |
embra found JV1944 |
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N 39° 49.111 W 077° 13.630
The culvert is adjacent to the entrance for the Econo Lodge SE of Gettysburg.
[Photos:]S 193, Gettysburg, PA disk
S 193, Gettysburg, PA view to SE
Disk is in culvert along main road, close to white post serving as snow guide.
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| 04/19/2003 |
Ghosthunter found JV1944 |
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Greetings Geocachers/Benchmarkers,
Now that the snow has melted, I found this benchmark with no difficulty. It’s in place as described, exactly where it’s supposed to be even if a few things are a bit dated. It was covered by eroded soil, but is now more visible. Coordinates and description are adequate for recovery.
Happy Benchmarking,
Ghosthunter
Gettysburg, PA
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Documented History (by the NGS)
| 01/01/1942 by CGS (MONUMENTED) |
| DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1942
1 MI S FROM GETTYSBURG. 1.0 MILE SOUTH ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 140 FROM THE RAILROAD STATION AT GETTYSBURG, ADAMS COUNTY, 61.7 FEET NORTH OF THE NORTH CORNER OF A CREAM PAINTED HOUSE, 43.3 FEET NORTH OF A POLE, IN THE TOP OF THE NORTH END OF A CULVERT, AND 21.7 FEET WEST OF THE CENTER LINE OF THE HIGHWAY. A STANDARD DISK, STAMPED S 193 1942. |
Control Text
- The horizontal coordinates were scaled from a topographic map and have an estimated accuracy of +/- 6 seconds.
- The orthometric height was determined by differential leveling and adjusted by the National Geodetic Survey in June 1991.
- The geoid height was determined by GEOID99.
- The dynamic height is computed by dividing the NAVD 88 geopotential number by the normal gravity value computed on the Geodetic Reference System of 1980 (GRS 80) ellipsoid at 45 degrees latitude (g = 980.6199 gals.).
- The modeled gravity was interpolated from observed gravity values.