Does this mean....

ULTRA
SUBMICRON
ELECTRONIC
DISTANCE

Maybe it's the point that they "USED"

Seriously...I don't have a clue!

Looks like a nice OLD monument though.

Loyal

Neighbors initials.... what does your back title show for abutters names? Or the reservations back title names?

Is it metal or stone? I can't tell.

"United States Department of Education" (Formerly USDE)

or

"United States (Army) Engineering Department" (circa 1900)

My guess goes for the latter.

No adjoiner history makes any sense. This has been listed as the same military reservation since it appeared as a US Survey on a GLO plat in 1855.

Metal. It has been called out on a recent survey as brass. Given the color, I'm inclined to think copper.

United States Executive Order?

Research the beginning of the tract of land.

Good guess anyway!

Keith

Pretty sure it's not the Dept of Education.
I've never seen US Engineering Dept either, only COE or nowadays USACE

I believe it means:

U.S. Engineering Datum. It is a vertical datum once used by the Corps of Engineers and shows up on a lot of their older plans and mapping. Sometimes there will be a note to state the relationship to NGVD29, but if not, I believe the default is USED = NGVD29 + 3.0 feet, which in California, makes the USED datum (elevations) within about 0.5' of NAVD88.

Well, the tract goes back pretty far...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_Barracks_Military_Post

Whoever it was set by, and whatever it was set for doesn't have a bearing on this survey. It is a point on a US Survey line but not anywhere near any current or ancient intersecting lines. Truth is, I'm just interested to find out what it is to possibly learn some history and make the job more interesting.

United States Engineer District

Well, that wouldn't suprise me. The St. Louis area seems to love their datumns! Everyone has their own and none are really related to another.

Cliff-
Is that actually what it means, or a guess?

I believe that is:

US Army Engineer District (USAED), not U.S.E.D.

I know I have seen U.S.E.D. listed as the vertical datum on many, many sets of Corps plans and mapping products, almost always with a note relating it to NGVD29, here in California and have tied to bench marks shown on said plans/maps that were stamped U.S.E.D. Perhaps that is a west coast thing?

United States Engineering Department

Google it as "United States Engineering Department" with the quotes and go to the 2nd and 3rd pages. I wonder how many people ever go to the 2nd or 3rd page in a Google search?

Acronym Geek

Fort Pickens Look at the bottom photo.

I just called a former co-worker and he pulled out a set of Corps plans and read the note to me. The acronym U.S.E.D. may be used for something else, but on Corps plans it stands for US Engineering Datum. He also had leveled through many bench marks around the Stockton area that were stamped as such.

Ding, Ding, we have a winner!
Photos never lie.
Well, before digital and Photoshop that is.

United States Explosive Device....