Cougar 2 Reference Mark 4 - Sandpoint, ID
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member T0SHEA
N 48° 16.305 W 116° 32.360
11U E 534182 N 5346607
Near the southern tip of the Sandpoint City Park beach is a Statue of Liberty replica. On the concrete walkway leading out to it are three benchmark discs in a line down the centre of the walk. This one is farthest from the statue.
Waymark Code: WMKXHE
Location: Idaho, United States
Date Posted: 06/08/2014
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
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Of the three in the USGS description below, this is the last, REFERENCE MARK NO. 4,

From the USGS:
DESIGNATION - COUGAR 2
PID - TO1049
STATE/COUNTY- ID/BONNER
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - SANDPOINT (1996)

HISTORY - Date Condition Report By
HISTORY - 1972 MONUMENTED NGS
HISTORY - 1980 GOOD NGS
HISTORY - 20081118 GOOD INDIV

THE STATION IS LOCATED IN THE CITY PARK IN THE CITY OF SAND POINT ON
A CONCRETE PIER THAT PROTRUDES INTO LAKE PEND OREILLE AND IN SECTION 23 T57N R 2 W.

THE STATION IS A STANDARD US COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY (NOW NOS) DISK
STAMPED---COUGAR 2 1972---SET IN A DRILL HOLE IN THE CONCRETE PIER
LOCATED 68.58 METERS (225 FEET) SE FROM A COVERED PICNIC AREA AND
11.58 METERS (38 FEET) W FROM THE EAST END OF THE PIER.

REFERENCE MARK NO. 3 IS A STANDARD US COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY (NOW
NOS) DISK STAMPED---COUGAR 2 RM 3 1972---. IT IS AN AZIMUTH MARK
DISK WITH THE ARROW POINTING ABOUT 50 DEGREES NORTH OF THE STATION
SET IN A DRILL HOLE IN THE CONCRETE PIER AND LOCATED 5.18 METERS (17
FEET) W FROM THE EAST END OF THE PIER.

REFERENCE MARK NO. 4 IS A STANDARD US COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY (NOW
NOS) DISK STAMPED---COUGAR 2 NO 4 1972---SET IN A DRILL HOLE IN THE
CONCRETE PIER LOCATED 6.10 METERS (20 FEET) E FROM THE WEST END OF
THE PIER.
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: Cougar 2 No 4 1972

Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey

Monumentation type: REFERENCE MARK Disk

County: Bonner County

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): SANDPOINT

Find type: Coordinates and/or to-reach information from the NGS database (or Geocaching's copy of it) were used

NGS PID: TO1049

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

Local database's URL (optional): Not listed
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