MW0672 - USC&GS 'G 509' - Siskiyou County, CA
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N 41° 54.526 W 121° 46.225
10T E 601977 N 4640377
This NGS benchmark lies just off Dorris Brownell Rd in Siskiyou County, CA.
Waymark Code: WMMFVN
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 09/14/2014
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
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I recovered this U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey benchmark from 1954 in good condition. The NGS datasheet is adequate for disk recovery with the exceptions that the road leading NE is gone and the fence line is now south of the benchmark. The witness post is also gone. My more accurate coordinates will place you very close to this mark.

NGS datasheet info:

DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1954 10.3 MI SE FROM DORRIS. 9.7 MILES SOUTHEAST ALONG A GRADED ROAD FROM THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY RAILROAD STATION AT DORRIS, THENCE 0.6 MILE EAST ALONG A GRADED ROAD, 0.6 MILE EAST OF THE JUNCTION OF ROAD LEADING EAST-WEST AND NORTH, AT THE EIGHT POWER LINE POLE WEST OF A POWER LINE CROSSING, AT THE JUNCTION OF A DIRT ROAD LEADING NORTHEAST AND A TRACK ROAD LEADING SOUTHEAST, IN LINE WITH A ROW OF POWER LINE POLES, 32 FEET NORTH OF CENTER LINE OF THE MAIN GRADED ROAD, 17 FEET NORTHWEST OF THE CENTER LINE OF THE ROAD LEADING NORTHEAST, 5 1/2 FEET WEST OF POWER LINE POLE 4/10, 4.0 FEET SOUTH OF A FENCE, 1.8 FEET EAST OF A WITNESS POST, ABOUT LEVEL WITH THE ROAD, AND SET IN THE TOP OF A CONCRETE POST PROJECTING 0.6 FOOT ABOVE THE GROUND.

Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: G 509

Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey

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

County: Siskiyou County

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Sheepy Lake (1985)

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: MW0672

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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  2. A 'distant' photo including the mark in the view is highly recommended. Include the compass direction you faced when you took the picture.
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