KN0281 ~ R 43
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member brwhiz
N 39° 22.941 W 111° 35.488
12S E 449060 N 4359374
This US Benchmark is located on the north side of Mud Lane approximately 0.2 mile west of Pioneer Cemetery Road north of Ephraim, Utah.
Waymark Code: WMGM71
Location: Utah, United States
Date Posted: 03/18/2013
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
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Described by Coast and Geodetic Survey 1934. 1.8 miles north from ephraim. About 1.8 miles north along the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad from the Bank of Ephraim at Ephraim, Sanpete County, 27 feet north of the center of a crossing, and 20 feet west of the track, in the right-of-way line. A standard disk, stamped R 43 1934 and set in the top of a concrete post.

The Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad track has been abandoned and the right-of-way is now in an enclosed pasture. The mark is approximately 50 feet north of the centerline of Mud Lane and approximately 25 feet west of a farmer's access road that follows the abandoned railroad roadbed.

Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: R 43

Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey

Benchmark Agency (if other): None

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

Monumentation type (if other): None

County: Sanpete

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): CHESTER (1966)

Special Category (if other): None

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: KN0281

Special category (optional): Not listed

Local database's URL (optional): Not listed
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