PB0192 - USCGS WX22, Oregon
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Volcanoguy
N 43° 52.494 W 121° 02.719
10T E 657045 N 4859835
U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey benchmark WX22.
Waymark Code: WM5WZR
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 02/22/2009
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Black Dog Trackers
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This benchmark bolt is located along the old Bend-Burns Road about 6.3 miles west of Millican. The bolt is set in a boulder near the west base of a large juniper about 120 feet north of road centerline, about 700 feet east of a cross road. The bolt was set by the U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey in 1920.
NGS PID PB0192 - (visit link)
DESCRIBED BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1943. ABOUT 6.3 MILES WEST ALONG THE OLD BEND-BURNS ROAD FROM THE RUINS OF THE OLD POST OFFICE AT MILLICAN, DESCHUTES COUNTY, ABOUT 700 FEET EAST OF THE JUNCTION OF THE CHINA HAT ROAD, ABOUT 120 FEET NORTH OF THE MAIN ROAD, NEAR A LONE JUNIPER TREE, AND IN A ROCK OUTCROP. A GALVANIZED-IRON BOLT.

Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: WX22

Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey

Monumentation type: other (not any of the below)

Monumentation type (if other): Bolt

County: Deschutes

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Evans Well

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: PB0192

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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  2. A 'distant' photo including the mark in the view is highly recommended. Include the compass direction you faced when you took the picture.
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