- Coordinates:
- N 41.398367° W 75.626833°
- Location:
- Elevation:
- 1318.169 ft.
- Type:
- Bench Mark Disk
- Setting:
- Rock Outcrop
- Year Established:
- 1942
- Established By:
- USGS
- Status:
- Recovered
- Condition:
- Good as of December 24, 2003
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Official USGS Description:
Scranton; about 1.0 mi SE. of E. & W. V. RR. overhead bridge over State Highway 307; 420 ft W. of intersection of hwy. and rd. to Scranton Spring Brook Water Co. reservoir; 40 ft NE. of rd.; in top of large rock outcrop about 4 ft higher than level of rd.; standard tablet stamped "24 JPN 1942 1318". Elev. 1318.169 ft.
Reference mark; 18 ft W. of tablet; 30 ft NE. of rd.; about 4 ft higher than level of rd.; on top of outcrop; chiseled square. Elev. 1317.87 ft.
My report to USGS
Earlier this week, I'd been on my way home from a walk at Lake Scranton when I happened to notice some yellow paint on a rock outcrop just off the highway. I checked my USGS sheets and maps to see if there might possibly be a benchmark disk in the general area, and I was pleased to see that there was a mark that appeared to match. On this ugly, rainy Christmas Eve morning I took the quick drive up Route 307 to check out the painted rock outcrop. I parked in an empty lot belonging to a garden apartment complex and walked for only a few hundred feet through the woods until I emerged on the rock outcrop-and the mark was at my feet.
| Designation | Status | Condition | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24 JPN RM | Recovered | Good |  |