CD8653 - USC&GS Herd Reference Mark 1 - Siskiyou County, CA - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

I recovered this U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey reference mark from 1952 in good condition at the summit of Herd Mountain and near Herd Lookout House. This reference mark is monumented on top of a low lying boulder next to the Herd Lookout House.

NGS datasheet info:

01/01/1952 by CGS (MONUMENTED)
REFERENCE MARK NUMBER 1, STAMPED HERD NO 1 1952, IS A STANDARD DISK CEMENTED IN A DRILL HOLE IN A BOULDER PROJECTING 5 INCHES AND AT THE SAME ELEVATION AS THE STATION. IT IS 3 FEET WEST OF THE WEST EDGE OF THE LOOKOUT HOUSE PORCH.

DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1952 (WRH) STATION IS LOCATED NEAR THE HERD MOUNTAIN LOOKOUT HOUSE, ON HERD MOUNTAIN, AIRLINE, ABOUT 14 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF WEED AND 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GRASS LAKE AND THE GRASS LAKE RAILROAD SIDING. STATION IS REACHED FROM THE JUNCTION OF U.S. HIGHWAYS 99 AND 97 AT WEED, BY GOING NORTHEAST ON U.S. HIGHWAY 97, TOWARDS KLAMATH FALLS, FOR 17.7 MILES TO THE AZIMUTH MARK ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. CONTINUE NORTH FOR 1.7 MILES TO THE ENTRANCE TO THE GRASS LAKE FIRE GUARD STATION. TURN LEFT, WEST, CROSS THE CATTLE GUARD, TURN LEFT AT A Y FORK AND GO 0.6 MILE. TURN RIGHT AS PER SIGN HERD L.O. AND GO UP GRADE FOR 4.0 MILES TO THE END OF THE ROAD. FROM HERE FOLLOW THE TRAIL FOR 100 YARDS TO THE LOOKOUT HOUSE AND THE STATION.

Condition: Mark found in good condition Designation: HERD Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey Monumentation type: REFERENCE MARK Disk County: Siskiyou County USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): GRASS LAKE (1986) 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: CD8653 Local database's URL (optional): [Web Link] Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed Monumentation type (if other): Not listed Special category (optional): Not listed Special Category (if other): Not listed

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