US Army Corps Engineers TC 429 - Oakland, California
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member hotshoe
N 37° 46.155 W 122° 13.761
10S E 567872 N 4180492
Survey mark near the Fruitvale Drawbridge at Oakland estuary, not listed in NGS database
Waymark Code: WM5KPP
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 01/19/2009
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Volcanoguy
Views: 9

This mark is dated 1981. There is stamping in a block which may be an agency unit number "16.60 O/S". I originally assumed that was an elevation figure (which it could be) but the nearby benchmark on the same concrete wall has an elevation listed as 15.016.

To find this mark follow the directions for PID HT0012:
"AT THE T JUNCTION OF ALAMEDA AND FRUITVALE AVENUES, AT A STORM SEWER, IN TOP OF ... WALL ... SOUTHWEST OF THE CENTER LINE OF ALAMEDA AVENUE ... AND ABOUT 1 1/2 FEET HIGHER THAN THE AVENUE"


This mark is on or very near the centerline of the concrete wall over the storm drain, while the benchmark PID HT0012 is about six feet to the northwest, in the north wing wall of the same concrete wall over the drain.
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: TC 429

Benchmark Agency: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Monumentation type: Survey Mark

County: Alameda

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Oakland East

Find type: Found by luck/skill/knowledge

Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed

Monumentation type (if other): Not listed

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Special Category (if other): Not listed

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NGS PID: Not listed

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