PB0164 - ODOT 14, OR
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Volcanoguy
N 43° 57.433 W 121° 04.156
10T E 654907 N 4868933
ODOT 14 benchmark along old segment of US Hwy 20
Waymark Code: WM3DP5
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 03/20/2008
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member seventhings
Views: 4

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 110 feet northeast of old highway centerline. The cap was set by the Oregon Department of Transportation in 1929 and was stamped 14, 3822 feet, 1929.
NGS PID PB0164 - (visit link)
DESCRIBED BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1943 10.3 MI NW FROM MILLICAN. THIS MARK IS ABOUT 10.3 MILES NORTHWEST ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 20 FROM THE POST OFFICE AT MILLICAN, DESCHUTES COUNTY, 0.5 MILE SOUTHEAST OF THE SUMMIT OF A HILL, ON THE SOUTHEAST SLOPE OF A HILL, IN THE TOP OF A LAVA ROCK OUTCROP, 107 FEET NORTHEAST OF THE CENTER OF THE HIGHWAY, 4 FEET EAST OF A REFERENCE POST.
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: 14

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: PB0164

Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed

Monumentation type (if other): Not listed

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