PB0163 - ODOT 13, OR
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Volcanoguy
N 43° 57.802 W 121° 05.141
10T E 653574 N 4869585
ODOT 13 benchmark along old segment of US Hwy 20
Waymark Code: WM3DP3
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 03/20/2008
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member seventhings
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This benchmark is located along an old segment of US Hwy 20 (Horse Ridge Frontage Rd) along base of Horse Ridge. The benchmark cap is set in a lava surface located about 90 feet south of old highway centerline. The cap was set by the Oregon Department of Transportation in 1929 and was stamped 13, 3822 feet, 1929.
NGS PID PB0163 - (visit link)
DESCRIBED BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1943 11.3 MI NW FROM MILLICAN. THIS MARK IS ABOUT 11.3 MILES NORTHWEST ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 20 FROM THE POST OFFICE AT MILLICAN, DESCHUTES COUNTY, SET ON A SMALL RISE, IN THE TOP OF A ROCK OUTCROP, 6.0 FEET EAST OF A 16-INCH CEDAR TREE, 90.0 FEET SOUTH OF THE CENTER LINE OF THE HIGHWAY, 2.0 FEET NORTH OF A WHITE REFERENCE POST.
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: 13

Benchmark Agency: State Highway Department (OR)

Monumentation type: BENCH MARK (or B.M.) Disk

County: Deschutes

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Horse Ridge

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

Web address of this benchmark's datasheet (optional): [Web Link]

NGS PID: PB0163

Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed

Monumentation type (if other): Not listed

Special category (optional): Not listed

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Local database's URL (optional): Not listed

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