DH5691 - GER
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Shorelander
N 43° 53.854 W 090° 00.936
15T E 739686 N 4864826
A disk along Juneau County highway G near Castle Rock Lake.
Waymark Code: WMGB2
Location: Wisconsin, United States
Date Posted: 07/03/2006
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Black Dog Trackers
Views: 10

From the NGS site:

TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE JUNCTION OF STATE HIGHWAY 58 WITH COUNTY HIGHWAY G ABOUT 5 MI NORTHEAST OF THE CITY OF NEW LISBON, GO EAST ON COUNTY HIGHWAY G FOR 2.5 MI TO SHACKS ROAD ON THE LEFT, CONTINUE EAST ON COUNTY HIGHWAY G FOR 0.3 MI TO THE STATION ON THE RIGHT. THE STATION IS A BRONZE JUNEAU COUNTY GEODETIC CONTROL MARKER DISK SET IN THE TOP OF A 40-CM DIAMETER CONCRETE POST ABOUT 0.4 M BELOW THE HIGHWAY PAVEMENT. THE STATION IS 9.7 M SOUTH OF THE CENTERLINE OF COUNTY HIGHWAY G, 56 M SOUTHEAST OF A POWER POLE, 8.8 M WEST OF A WOOD POST FOR A --NO PASSING ZONE-- SIGN AND 1.0 M NORTH, SOUTHEAST, SOUTHWEST OF THREE ORANGE 4X4 PLASTIC WITNESS POSTS. ---NOTE--- THIS STATION HAS NO VISIBLE OBSTRUCTIONS EXTENDING HIGHER THAN 20 DEGREES ABOVE THE HORIZON.

You might have to move away the matted grass and brush some dirt away, but the mark is there, in a depression in the ground.
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: GER 1994

Benchmark Agency: other (not included below)

Benchmark Agency (if other): Wisc County GPS Network

Monumentation type: GPS STATION Disk

County: Juneau

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Kelly

Find type: Coordinates and/or to-reach information from an online local database were used

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

NGS PID: DH5691

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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