LU2016 - CADT SUMMIT R.M. 1 1972 - California
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N 40° 17.937 W 122° 40.813
10T E 527177 N 4460987
California Division of Transportation reference mark SUMMIT R.M. 1.
Waymark Code: WMJRX4
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 12/26/2013
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
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California Division of Transportation reference mark at crest along Calif. Hwy. 36 about seven miles west of Rosewood. Standard CADT survey marker disk set in concrete post 50 feet south of highway centerline. Cap is stamped SUMMIT R.M. 1 and was set in 1972.
NGS PID LU2016 - (visit link)
DESCRIBED BY CALTRANS 1973 (PRL) THE STATION IS LOCATED WITHIN THE RIGHT OF WAY ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF HIGHWAY 36 AT THE CREST OF A SMALL HILL AND THE CREST IN THE HIGHWAY, ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PLATINA. TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE BAKER FIRE STATION AT THE JUNCTION OF HIGHWAY 36 AND BOWMAN ROAD, ABOUT 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF RED BLUFF, TRAVEL WEST ON HIGHWAY 36 FOR 12.0 MILES TO THE CREST OF THE HIGHWAY AND THE STATION ON THE LEFT. THE STATION IS A STANDARD CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF HIGHWAYS 3-1/2-INCH DISK, STAMPED SUMMIT 1972, SET IN A CONCRETE MONUMENT * PROJECTING 2 INCHES ABOVE GROUND, 40 FEET SOUTH OF AND LEVEL WITH THE CENTERLINE OF HIGHWAY 36, 5 FEET NORTH OF A METAL WITNESS POST, 16 FEET WEST OF A 22-INCH OAK TREE, 89 FEET NORTH OF A FENCE LINE, AND 290 FEET EAST OF A 24-INCH STEEL CULVERT UNDER HIGHWAY 36. REFERENCE MARK 1 IS A STANDARD CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF HIGHWAYS 3-1/2-INCH DISK, STAMPED SUMMIT 1972 R.M. 1, SET IN A CONCRETE MONUMENT* PROJECTING 2 INCHES ABOVE GROUND, 111 FEET SOUTHEAST OF THE CENTERLINE OF HIGHWAY 36, 67 FEET SOUTHEAST OF A METAL WITNESS POST, 17 FEET EAST OF AN 18-INCH FORKED OAK TREE, 17 FEET NORTH OF A FENCE LINE, AND 3 FEET HIGHER THAN THE STATION. REFERENCE MARK 2 IS A STANDARD CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF HIGHWAYS 3-1/2-INCH DISK, STAMPED SUMMIT 1972 R.M. 2, SET IN A CONCRETE MONUMENT* PROJECTING 1 INCH ABOVE GROUND, 50 FEET SOUTH OF THE CENTERLINE OF HIGHWAY 36, 68 FEET WEST OF A METAL WITNESS POST, 86 FEET NORTH OF A FENCE LINE, 228 FEET EAST OF A 24-INCH STEEL CULVERT UNDER HIGHWAY 36, AND LEVEL WITH THE STATION. *10-INCH CYLINDER HEIGHT OF LIGHT ABOVE STATION MARK 1.4 METERS.
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: SUMMIT R.M. 1

Benchmark Agency: California Department of Transportation (CA)

Monumentation type: REFERENCE MARK Disk

County: Tehama

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Raglin Ridge

Find type: Found by luck/skill/knowledge

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NGS PID: LU2016

Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed

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