OA0196 - USC&GS 'P 41 RESET' BM - Brookings, OR
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N 42° 03.182 W 124° 16.047
10T E 395119 N 4656440
This NGS benchmark is located in Brookings, OR.
Waymark Code: WMF807
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 09/07/2012
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
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I located this benchmark after looking on a topography map and seeing it listed as BM 24. This benchmark is in the NGS database and is imbedded in a sidewalk directly in front of a Chinese Restaurant very close to Brookings Harbor. Benchmark is in excellent condition.

The NGS datasheet description:

01/01/1971 by NGS (MONUMENTED)
DESCRIBED BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1971 IN HARBOR. 0.3 MILE NORTHWEST OF THE POST OFFICE AT HARBOR, AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF HANSGRAMS STORE CEMENTED IN A DRILL HOLE IN THE CONCRETE PLATFORM, 48 FEET NORTHEAST OF THE CENTER OF U.S. HIGHWAY 101, 20 FEET SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTH ENTRANCE TO THE STORE, 10 FEET NORTH OF A TELEPHONE POLE, 2 1/2 FEET SOUTH OF THE NORTH EDGE OF THE PLATFORM, AND 2 1/2 FEET EAST OF THE WEST EDGE OF THE PLATFORM.

01/01/1982 by USGS (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1982 0.3 MILE NORTHWEST OF THE POST OFFICE AT HARBOR, 0.25 MILES NORTHWEST ALONG SHOPPING CENTER AVE. FROM POST OFFICE AT HARBOR, 99 FT. SOUTHEAST OF ENTRANCE TO HANSCAM''S MARKET, 51 FT. NORTHEAST OF CENTERLINE OF RD., 19 FT. SOUTHWEST OF ENTRANCE TO LA HACIENDA RESTAURANT, SET IN CONCRETE PLATFORM, STANDARD USC AND GS TABLET STAMPED ''P 41 RESET 1971''.

01/01/1988 by NGS (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1988 RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION. A NEW DESCRIPTION FOLLOWS. IN HARBOR, AT 16389 SHOPPING CENTER AVENUE, IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF A SIDEWALK ALONG THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF CHANS RESTAURANT AT 16389 SHOPPING CENTER AVENUE, 80.0 M (262.5 FT) SOUTH OF THE CENTERLINE OF HARBOR DRIVE, 17.1 M (56.1 FT) EAST OF THE CENTERLINE OF SHOPPING CENTER DRIVE, 6.1 M (20.0 FT) WEST OF THE CENTER OF THE RESTAURANT ENTRANCE, AND 1.1 M (3.6 FT) NORTHWEST OF THE NORTHWEST FACE OF THE BUILDING. THE MARK IS 1.0 M BELOW THE AVENUE.

09/28/1989 by LOCSUR (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY LOCAL SURVEYOR (INDIVIDUAL OR FIRM) 1989 RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.

11/12/1998 by USPSQD (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY US POWER SQUADRON 1998 RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: P 41 RESET

Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey

Monumentation type: BENCH MARK (or B.M.) Disk

County: Curry County

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Brookings

Find type: Searched @ "BM" on a topographic map

Web address of this benchmark's datasheet (optional): [Web Link]

NGS PID: OA0196

Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed

Monumentation type (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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