USCGS 'U 257' BM - Foots Creek, OR
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member NW_history_buff
N 42° 24.305 W 123° 08.389
10T E 488494 N 4694762
This benchmark is located on the Foots Bridge which spans Foots Creek along Hwy 99 in Jackson County, OR.
Waymark Code: WMKQNE
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 05/17/2014
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
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I recovered this U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey and State Survey BM from 1934 in good condition. The disk is monumented on top of a wing wall in the NE corner of Foots Creek Bridge which spans Foots Creek and located along Hwy 99. The disk contains the elevation stamping of '1016.8' and the designation stamping of 'U 257'. This BM does not exist in the NGS database. A topography map lists a 'BM V 257' elevation '1019' but I could not find a BM at this location. I'm assuming this is an error on the topography map.

My posted coordinates will place you very close to this mark.
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: U 257

Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey and State Survey

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

County: Jackson County

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): ROGUE RIVER (1983)

Find type: Found by luck/skill/knowledge

Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed

Monumentation type (if other): Not listed

Special category (optional): Not listed

Special Category (if other): Not listed

Web address of this benchmark's datasheet (optional): Not listed

NGS PID: Not listed

Local database's URL (optional): Not listed

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