It is Mathis and not Math Is.
I reported the condition of it in 2002 in bold letters. There are more in the area at that location. Most likely it is the property owners name or the name of some spot in that area. For example in Vermont there is one called Will for Willoughby State Forest.
Guy
DESIGNATION - MATHIS
PID -
STATE/COUNTY- NJ/OCEAN
USGS QUAD - WEST CREEK (1972)
_U.S. NATIONAL GRID SPATIAL ADDRESS: 18SWJ5600290159(NAD 83)
_MARKER: DZ = AZIMUTH MARK DISK
_SETTING: 7 = SET IN TOP OF CONCRETE MONUMENT
_STAMPING: MATHIS 1932
_MARK LOGO: CGS
_MAGNETIC: N = NO MAGNETIC MATERIAL
_STABILITY: C = MAY HOLD, BUT OF TYPE COMMONLY SUBJECT TO
+STABILITY: SURFACE MOTION
_SATELLITE: THE SITE LOCATION WAS REPORTED AS SUITABLE FOR
+SATELLITE: SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS - November 29, 2002
HISTORY - Date Condition Report By
HISTORY - 1932 MONUMENTED CGS
HISTORY - 1932 GOOD CGS
HISTORY - 1950 GOOD CGS
HISTORY - 1962 GOOD CGS
HISTORY - 19900807 SEE DESCRIPTION NJGS
HISTORY - 19930303 SEE DESCRIPTION NJHA
HISTORY - 19960523 GOOD NJGS
HISTORY - 20021129 GOOD INDIV
STATION DESCRIPTION
'DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1932 (CDM)
'STATION IS ON STATE RESERVATION PROPERTY ABOUT 4 MILES NW OF
'TUCKERTON.
'
'SURFACE, UNDERGROUND, AND REFERENCE MARKS ARE STANDARD BRONZE
'DISKS SET IN CONCRETE AS DESCRIBED IN NOTES 1A, 7A, AND 11A.
'
'REFERENCE MARK NO. 1 IS SE OF STATION ON N SIDE OF GRAVEL PIT,
'17 METERS W OF MAIN HIGHWAY. 5.5 METERS S OF ROAD THROUGH
'GRAVEL PIT. REFERENCE MARK NO. 2 IS SW OF STATION ON S SIDE
'OF MUNION FIELD ROAD, 3 METERS S OF CENTER LINE. REFERENCE MARK
'NO. 3 IS NW OF STATION ON N SIDE OF OILED ROAD (MAIN HIGHWAY)
'9 METERS N OF CENTER LINE. 4 METERS N OF DITCH. APPROXIMATELY
'30 METERS SE OF SLIGHT HILL.
'
'REACHED FROM TUCKERTON BY GOING NW FROM U.S. HIGHWAY 9 AND
'STATE HIGHWAY 4 ON SURFACED ROAD OPPOSITE THE CARLTON HOTEL,
'4 MILES TO GRAVEL PIT ON W SIDE OF HIGHWAY AND IN DIRT
'CROSSROADS. TURN W ON DIRT ROAD THROUGH GRAVEL PIT APPROXIMATELY
'67 METERS TO STATION. STATION IS N OF GRAVEL PIT ON N SIDE OF
'DIRT ROAD TO MUNION FIELD, 7 METERS N OF DIRT ROAD. 67 METERS
'W OF MAIN HIGHWAY.
'
'HEIGHT OF SIGNAL ABOVE STATION MARK - 29 METERS.
STATION RECOVERY (1932)
'RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1932
'RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.
STATION RECOVERY (1950)
'RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1950 (HFG)
'R.M. NO. 3 LOCATED 5.75 MILES NORTH ALONG THE TUCKERTON-WARREN GROVE
'ROAD (GREEN STREET) FROM ITS INTERSECTION WITH U.S. 9 (N.J. 4)
'AT TUCKERTON. 0.70 MILE NORTH OF A GRAVEL CROSS-ROAD. 32.5
'FEET NORTHEAST OF THE CENTER LINE OF ROAD. 3.5 FEET EAST OF A
'4-INCH PINE, 8.0 FEET SOUTH OF A 4-INCH PINE, 24.8 FEET NORTH
'OF A 6-INCH PINE AND 15.7 FEET WEST OF A 6-INCH PINE. ALL
'FOUR TREES ARE BLAZED.
'
'A STANDARD REFERENCE MARK DISK STAMPED MATHIS NO. 3 1932 SET
'IN THE TOP OF A 12-INCH SQUARE CONCRETE MONUMENT PROJECTING
'5 INCHES.
STATION RECOVERY (1962)
'RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1962 (VBM)
'NO MEASUREMENT BETWEEN RMS HEAVY BRUSH ON LINE.
'
'THE STATION, REFERENCE MARKS 1, 2 AND 3 WERE RECOVERED IN GOOD
'CONDITION. THE DIRECTIONS TO ALL MARKS CHECKED. THE DISTANCES
'TO REFERENCE MARKS 2 AND 3 CHECKED. THE HORIZONTAL DISTANCE TO
'REFERENCE MARK 1 WAS FOUND TO BE 0.2 FOOT SHORTER THAN THE
'SLOPE DISTANCE MEASURED IN 1932.
'
'DUE TO CHANGES IN THE OLD DESCRIPTION AND TO REACH, A COMPELTE NEW
'DESCRIPTION FOLLOWS.
'
'THE STATION IS ABOUT 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF TUCKERTON, 0.5 MILE
'NORTHWEST OF THE GARDEN STATE PARKWAY AND ON PROPERTY OF THE
'STATE OF NEW JERSEY. IT IS 5 FEET SOUTHWEST OF A WITNESS POST,
'11 FEET SOUTHWEST OF AN 8 INCH PINE TREE, 12 FEET NORTHEAST OF
'A 6 INCH PINE TREE AND 24 FEET NORTH OF THE CENTERLINE OF A
'GRAVELED ROAD. THE MONUMENT PROJECTS 6 INCHES AND THE DISK IS
'STAMPED MATHIS 1932. NOTE 1A 7A.
'
'TO REACH FROM THE INTERSECTION OF U.S. HIGHWAY 9 AND OCEAN
'COUNTY ROUTE 539 IN TUCKERTON, GO NORTH ON ROUTE 539 FOR 3.5
'MILES TO WHERE ROUTE 539 PASSES OVER THE GARDEN STATE
'PARKWAY. CONTINUE NORTH ON ROUTE 539 FOR 0.5 MILE TO A
'CROSSROAD*. TURN LEFT AND GO WEST ON A GRAVELED ROAD ABOUT 200
'FEET TO THE STATION ON THE RIGHT.
'
'*TO REACH REFERENCE MARK 3 FROM THIS POINT, CONTINUE NORTH ON
'ROUTE 539 FOR 0.7 MILE TO THE MARK ON THE RIGHT.
'
'REFERENCE MARK 1 IS 8 FEET EAST OF A 6 INCH PINE TREE, 23 FEET
'SOUTH OF THE CENTERLINE OF A GRAVELED ROAD AND 57 FEET WEST OF
'THE CENTERLINE OF ROUTE 539. THE MONUMENT PROJECTS 6 INCHES
'AND THE DISK IS STAMPED MATHIS NO 1 1932.
'
'REFERENCE MARK 2 IS 8 FEET SOUTH OF THE CENTERLINE OF THE
'GRAVELED ROAD, 8 FEET WEST OF AN 8 INCH PINE TREE AND 70 FEET
'SOUTHWEST OF THE WITNESS POST. THE MONUMENT PROJECTS 6 INCHES
'AND THE DISK IS STAMPED MATHIS NO 2 1932.
'
'REFERENCE MARK 3 IS 1 FOOT WEST OF A WITNESS POST, 10 FEET
'NORTHEAST OF POWER POLE NO. P36516, 25 FEET NORTH OF AN 8 INCH
'PINE TREE AND 32 FEET EAST OF THE CENTERLINE OF ROUTE 539. THE
'MONUMENT PROJECTS 6 INCHES AND THE DISK IS STAMPED MATHIS NO 3
'1932.
'
'HEIGHT OF LIGHT ABOVE STATION MARK 30 METERS.
STATION RECOVERY (1990)
'RECOVERY NOTE BY NEW JERSEY GEODETIC SURVEY 1990
'THE STATION IS LOCATED IN LITTLE EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP, ON THE PROPERTY
'OF THE BASS RIVER STATE FOREST, ON THE NORTH SIDE OF FORGE ROAD, A
'BITUMINOUS AND SAND ROAD. TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE JUNCTION OF
'COUNTY ROAD 539 AND THE SOUTHBOUND LANES OF THE GARDEN STATE PARKWAY,
'EXIT 58, GO 0.4 MI (0.6 KM) NORTHWEST ON ROUTE 539 TO THE SAND ROAD
'PORTION OF FORGE ROAD OPPOSITE COUNTY ROAD 606, TURN LEFT AND GO
'ABOUT 200 FT (61.0 M) TO THE CREST OF THE HILL AND THE STATION ON THE
'RIGHT, 24 FT (7.3 M) NORTH OF THE FORGE ROAD CENTERLINE. THE BANK ON
'THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE MONUMENT HAS ERRODED AND THE BASE OF THE
'MONUMENT IS EXPOSED.
STATION RECOVERY (1993)
'RECOVERY NOTE BY NEW JERSEY HIGHWAY AUTHORITY 1993
'RECOVERED AS DESCRIBED.
STATION RECOVERY (1996)
'RECOVERY NOTE BY NEW JERSEY GEODETIC SURVEY 1996 (FAC)
'RECOVERED AS DESCRIBED.
STATION RECOVERY (2002)
'RECOVERY NOTE BY INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTORS 2002 (GJT)
'RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.
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