MW0732 - USCGS 'THOMS' Triangulation Station - Modoc County, CA - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

01/01/1947 by CGS (MONUMENTED)
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1947 (SPH) STATION IS LOCATED BY AIRLINE DISTANCES ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF ALTURAS, 12 MILES SOUTH OF DAVIS CREEK, AND 13 MILES WEST OF CEDARVILLE, ON THE ALTURAS - CEDARVILLE HIGHWAY. TO REACH FROM ALTURAS FOLLOW HIGHWAY TOWARD CEDARVILLE 10.8 MILE TO STATION ON LEFT. STATION IS LOCATED 78 FEET NORTH-NORTHWEST OF THE CENTERLINE OF THE HIGHWAY, 54 FEET NORTHEAST OF A 3-WAY FENCE CORNER, AND 15 FEET SOUTHEAST OF FENCE LINE. IT IS MARKED BY A STANDARD TRIANGULATION STATION DISK, STAMPED THOMS 1947, IN TOP OF A 12-INCH SQUARE CONCRETE POST THAT PROJECTS 4 INCHES ABOVE GROUND. REFERENCE MARK NO. 1 IS NORTHEAST OF THE STATION. A STANDARD REFERENCE MARK DISK STAMPED THOMS NO 1 1947, SET IN TOP OF A 12-INCH SQUARE CONCRETE POST THAT PROJECTS 4 INCHES ABOVE GROUND. IT IS IN CENTER OF A SMALL KNOLL, 2 FEET LOWER THAN THE STATION. REFERENCE MARK NO. 2 IS SOUTH OF THE STATION, 19 FEET EAST OF FENCE LINE. IT IS A STANDARD REFERENCE MARK DISK, STAMPED THOMS NO 2 1947, SET IN TOP OF A 12-INCH SQUARE CONCRETE POST THAT PROJECTS 4 INCHES ABOVE GROUND AND IS ABOUT 18 INCHES LOWER THAN THE STATION. THE AZIMUTH MARK IS 0.6 MILE NORTHEAST OF THE STATION, ABOUT 60 FEET NORTH-NORTHWEST OF CENTERLINE OF HIGHWAY, AND 3 FEET WEST OF A WITNESS POST. IT IS A STANDARD REFERENCE MARK DISK, STAMPED THOMS NO 3 1947, SET IN TOP OF 12-INCH SQUARE CONCRETE POST THAT PROJECTS 3 INCHES ABOVE GROUND.

01/01/1968 by USAF (MONUMENTED)
RECOVERY NOTE BY US AIR FORCE 1968 STATION AND BOTH REFERENCE MARKS WERE RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION. NO SEARCH WAS MADE FOR THE AZIMUTH MARK. TO REACH FROM THE JUNCTION OF U.S. HIGHWAY 395 AND STATE HIGHWAY 299 IN ALTURAS, CALIFORNIA, GO EAST ON HWY 299 FOR 5.4 MILES TO THE PAVED ROAD RIGHT LEADING TO CEDARVILLE. CONTINUE PAST THE INTERSECTION ON 299 FOR 0.1 MILE TO OLD HIGHWAY ROADBED ON THE RIGHT. TURN RIGHT (EAST) ON TO OLD PAVEMENT FOR 2.2 MILES TO THE STATION AND REFERENCE MARKS ON THE LEFT (NORTH) SIDE OF THE PAVEMENT.

01/01/1978 by PP+L (MONUMENTED)
RECOVERY NOTE BY PACIFIC POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY 1978 (DCS) THOMS GOOD THOMS 1 GOOD THOMS 2 GOOD

STATION RECOVERY (2004)

RECOVERY NOTE BY CALTRANS 2004 (JRL) TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 299 AND HIGHWAY 395 NORTHEAST OF ALTURAS GO NORTHEASTERLY ON HIGHWAY 299 5.46 KM TO A GRAVEL ROAD ON THE LEFT ( OLD HIGHWAY 299). TURN LEFT AND GO WEST ALONG OLD HIGHWAY 299 2.04 KM TO THE STATION ON THE RIGHT. THE STATION IS 1.3 M SOUTHEAST OF AN ORNAGE CARSONITE WITNESS POST, 1.3 M NORTHEAST OF A WHITE CARSONITE POST WITH AMBER REFLECTOR, 4.5 M SOUTHEAST OF THE NORTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY FENCE, 17 M EAST OF A 3 WAY FENCE CORNER, AND 24 M WEST OF THE CENTER OF OLD HIGHWAY 299.

THIS STATION WAS OCCUPIED AS A PART OF THE CALTRANS NORTH REGION HEIGHT MODERNIZATION PROJECT.

1. A closeup photo of the mark taken by you is required.
2. A 'distant' photo including the mark in the view is highly recommended. Include the compass direction you faced when you took the picture.