PB0188 - NGS XX22, Oregon
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Volcanoguy
N 43° 53.068 W 121° 05.166
10T E 653743 N 4860821
National Geodetic Survey benchmark XX22.
Waymark Code: WM5T9K
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 02/09/2009
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member seventhings
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This benchmark bolt is located along the old Bend-Burns Road about 8.4 miles west of Millican. The bolt is set in a boulder about 170 feet southwest of road centerline. The bolt was set by PG&E on unknown date and was described by the National Geodetic Survey in 1943.
NGS PID PB0188 - (visit link)
DESCRIBED BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1943 8.4 MI W FROM MILLICAN. ABOUT 8.4 MILES WEST ALONG THE OLD BEND-BURNS ROAD FROM THE RUINS OF THE OLD POST OFFICE AT MILLICAN, DESCHUTES COUNTY, ABOUT 2.2 MILES WEST OF THE T-JUNCTION OF A ROAD LEADING SOUTH TO CHINA HAT, ABOUT 600 FEET NORTHWEST OF BENCH MARK X 22, DESCRIBED BELOW, ABOUT 170 FEET SOUTHWEST OF THE ROAD, NEAR A LONE PINE TREE SOUTH OF THE ROAD, AND IN A ROCK OUTCROP. A GALVANIZED-IRON BOLT.
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: XX22

Benchmark Agency: National Geodetic Survey

Monumentation type: other (not any of the below)

Monumentation type (if other): Bolt

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: PB0188

Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed

Special category (optional): Not listed

Special Category (if other): Not listed

Local database's URL (optional): Not listed

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