PB0670 - USCGS CAREY, OR
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N 43° 45.176 W 121° 27.679
10T E 623873 N 4845582
US Coast & Geodetic Survey Triangulation Station CAREY
Waymark Code: WM40YF
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 06/20/2008
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member seventhings
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This Triangulation Station is located about 0.10 miles northwest of the Newberry Caldera Junction on Hwy 97 along road connecting to Huntington Road about 90 feet west of the road centerline. The cap was set by the U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey in 1971 and is stamped CAREY. There is a orange marker post nearby.
NGS PID PB0670 - (visit link)
DESCRIBED BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1971 (LDF) THE STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 23 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF BEND, 6 MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF LA PINE AND NEAR THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE JUNCTION OF U.S. HIGHWAY 97 AND A GRAVELLED ROAD LEADING TO PAULINA LAKE. IT IS ON COUNTY PROPERTY IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 18, T 21 S, R 11 E. TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE POST OFFICE IN LA PINE, GO EAST FOR 1 BLOCK TO THE JUNCTION OF U.S. HIGHWAY 97, TURN LEFT AND GO NORTH-NORTHEAST ON HIGHWAY 97 FOR 2.75 MILES TO A CROSSROAD AND A RAILROAD CROSSING. CONTINUE NORTH-NORTHEAST ON HIGHWAY 97 FOR 2.65 MILES TO A SIDE ROAD ON THE LEFT AND BENCH MARK T 135 USGS ON THE LEFT. CONTINUE NORTH-NORTHEAST ON HIGHWAY 97 FOR 0.95 MILE TO A CROSSROAD, TURN LEFT AND GO WEST ON GRAVELLED ROAD FOR 0.05 MILE TO THE STATION ON THE LEFT. STATIONS MARKS ARE STANDARD DISKS STAMPED CAREY 1971, THE SURFACE STATION MARK IS SET IN THE TOP OF A 12-INCH CYLINDRICAL CONCRETE MONUMENT, THAT PROJECTS 2 INCHES. IT IS 90.0 FEET WEST OF THE APPROXIMATE CENTER OF GRAVELLED ROAD, 82.9 FEET WEST OF A POWER LINE POLE, 30.0 FEET NORTH OF A PINE TREE WITH TRIANGLE BLAZE, 11.0 FEET EAST OF A NORTH-SOUTH FENCE LINE AND 10.5 FEET EAST OF A METAL WITNESS POST WITH SIGN. THE UNDERGROUND STATION MARK IS SET 42 INCHES BELOW THE GROUND SURFACE.
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: CAREY

Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey

Monumentation type: TRIANGULATION STATION Disk

County: Deschutes

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Anns Butte

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: PB0670

Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed

Monumentation type (if other): Not listed

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