P 503 - Eureka, MT
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member T0SHEA
N 48° 53.741 W 115° 06.949
11U E 638098 N 5417570
Just over 3 miles west on Highway 37 from Eureka is a concrete girder bridge over the Tobacco River. This benchmark is on the southeast corner of the bridge, in the top of the abutment.
Waymark Code: WMKXBX
Location: Montana, United States
Date Posted: 06/07/2014
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
Views: 2

From the NGS:
DESIGNATION - P 503
PID - TN0617
STATE/COUNTY- MT/LINCOLN
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - EUREKA NORTH (1983)

MARKER: DB = BENCH MARK DISK
SETTING: 38 = SET IN THE ABUTMENT OR PIER OF A LARGE BRIDGE
SP_SET: ABUTMENT
STAMPING: P 503 1979
STABILITY: B = PROBABLY HOLD POSITION/ELEVATION WELL

HISTORY - Date Condition Report By
HISTORY - 1979 MONUMENTED NGS

DESCRIBED BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1979
5.1 MI NW FROM EUREKA.
2.0 MILES NORTH ALONG U. S. HIGHWAY 93 FROM THE TOWN HALL IN EUREKA,
THENCE 3.15 MILES WEST ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 37, SET IN TOP OF THE
EAST END OF THE SOUTH ABUTMENT OF A CONCRETE HIGHWAY BRIDGE OVER
THE TOBACCO RIVER.
THE MARK IS ABOVE LEVEL WITH THE HIGHWAY.
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: P 503 1979

Benchmark Agency: National Geodetic Survey

Monumentation type: Vertical Control Mark

County: Lincoln County

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): EUREKA NORTH

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: TN0617

Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed

Monumentation type (if other): Not listed

Special category (optional): Not listed

Special Category (if other): Not listed

Local database's URL (optional): Not listed

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