DH6410 - CADT 'LN 14' Metal Rod - Modoc County, CA
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N 41° 45.588 W 121° 18.131
10T E 641139 N 4624499
An NGS metal rod located east of Highway 139.
Waymark Code: WMVJ3B
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 04/23/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
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I recovered this California Department of Transportation metal rod from 2004 in good condition BUT... I was almost stung by a black widow spider! I've never encountered a black widow under a metal cover benchmark before so didn't think anything of lifting the lid up without wearing gloves, and the metal lid fell out of its hinge and made the spider almost land on my fingers. This discovery made my heart rate triple for about 10 minutes! I even posted a YouTube video of my encounter with this sinister-looking arachnid.

Needless to say, I was able to put the metal lid back and leave the spider to live another day. She didn't sting me so there was no need to kill her.

The NGS coordinates and datasheet description are adequate for station recovery.

NGS datasheet info:

HISTORY - UNK MONUMENTED CADT
HISTORY - 20040106 GOOD CADT

STATION DESCRIPTION

DESCRIBED BY CALTRANS 2004 (JRL)
THE STATION IS LOCATED ADJACENT TO HIGHWAY 139 IN MODOC COUNTY AT POSTMILE 34.63 ON THE EAST EDGE OF A WIDE GRAVEL TURNOUT ABOUT 15 KM SOUTHEAST OF NEWELL, 63 KM NORTH NORTHWEST OF LOOKOUT, AND 70 KM NORTHWEST OF ALTURAS. TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 161 AND 139 IN TULELAKE GO SOUTHERLY ON HIGHWAY 139 6.44 KM TO EAST WEST ROAD IN TULELAKE ON THE RIGHT. CONTINUE SOUTHERLY ON HIGHWAY 139 6.42 KM TO A SIGNALIZED RAILROAD CROSSING. CONTINUE SOUTHERLY ON HIGHWAY 139 9.40 KM TO MODOC COUNTY ROAD 125. CONTINUE SOUTHERLY ON HIGHWAY 139 11.70 KM TO THE STATION ON THE LEFT. THE STATION IS A STAINLESS STEEL ROD ENCASED IN PVC PIPE WITH ACCESS COVER SET IN CONCRETE FLUSH WITH THE GROUND. THE ROD HIT ROCK AT 3 FT. IT IS 0.8 M WEST OF AN ORANGE CARSONITE WITNESS POST, 7.5 M NORTH OF THE CENTER OF A DIRT ROAD LEADING EAST, 33.2 M EAST OF THE YELLOW STRIPE OF HIGHWAY 139, 47 M EAST-NORTHEAST OF A UTILITY POLE, AND 50.7 M SOUTHEAST OF A 500 MM DIAMETER JUNIPER TREE.

THIS STATION WAS OCCUPIED AS A PART OF THE CALTRANS NORTH REGION HEIGHT MODERNIZATION PROJECT.

Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: LN 14

Benchmark Agency: California Department of Transportation (CA)

Monumentation type: Metal Rod (under a hinged cover)

County: Modoc County

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Copic (1993)

Find type: Coordinates and/or to-reach information from the NGS database (or Geocaching's copy of it) were used

NGS PID: DH6410

Local database's URL (optional): [Web Link]

Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed

Monumentation type (if other): Not listed

Special category (optional): Not listed

Special Category (if other): Not listed

Web address of this benchmark's datasheet (optional): Not listed
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