FS1100: VON SCHMIDT IRON POST - Needles CA
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PeterNoG
N 35° 00.847 W 114° 39.702
11S E 713357 N 3877107
This Benchmark is just east of the Needles Highway about 7.5 miles north of Needles, California near the Aha Macav Parkway.
Waymark Code: WMJ4X9
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 09/24/2013
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1873/01/01 by CGS (MONUMENTED)
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1873 (VS) THIS MONUMENT WAS NOT ON PROLONGATION OF LINE THROUGH 610 METER, 611 METER, AND 612 METER POSTS, BUT WAS 150 METERS NE AND 960 METERS N OF VON SCHMIDTS E LATITUDE POST.
1894/01/01 by CGS (SEE DESCRIPTION)
RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1894 (CAS) THE VON SCHMIDT IRON BOUNDARY MONUMENT OF 1873 WAS WASHED OVER THE BLUFF, BUT WAS HAULED UP AGAIN AND PUT FARTHER BACK, ITS POSITION IS, THEREFORE, OF NO FURTHER VALUE, BUT IT SHOWS THAT THE BOUNDARY OF 1873 WAS ABOUT 850 METERS DISTANT (TO THE W AND S) FROM THE SITE NOW PROPOSED.
1934/01/01 by CGS (SEE DESCRIPTION)
RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1934 (CP) STATION IS LOCATED 1-1/2 MILES S OF THE CALIFORNIA-NEVADA BOUNDARY POST NUMBER 142, AND ON A GRAVEL RIDGE ABOUT 50 FEET W OF THE BANK OF THE RIVER BOTTOM. THE STATION IS THE CAST IRON POST, 8 INCHES SQUARE AT THE TOP AND 12 INCHES SQUARE AT THE BOTTOM, AND POINTED ON TOP. REFERENCE MARKS ARE STANDARD BRONZE DISKS WEDGED IN DRILL HOLES IN BOULDERS. REACHED FROM NEEDLES AS FOLLOWS--GO W ON U.S. HIGHWAY 66 FOR 3.6 MILES, TURN RIGHT ON GRADED, GRAVEL ROAD (SIGN, GOLF LINKS) AND GO N ON MAIN-TRAVELED ROAD 12.6 MILES, OR JUST BEFORE THE ROAD GOES DOWN INTO WASH, TURN RIGHT OFF ROAD AND GO 0.1 MILE TO STATION. THE IRON MONUMENT CAN BE SEEN FROM THE ROAD.
Condition: Mark found in good condition
Designation: VON SCHMIDT IRON POST
Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey
Monumentation type: Boundary Marker
County: San Bernardino County
USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Mount Manchester
Find type: Found by luck/skill/knowledge
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NGS PID: FS1100
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Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed
Monumentation type (if other): Not listed
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