BM 0 15 1914 - Paradise, MT
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N 47° 22.887 W 114° 48.018
11T E 666036 N 5249900
This USC&GS benchmark, monumented in 1914, is on the southeast corner of a one time Northern Railway bridge, in the top of the south concrete abutment, directly below a wooden walkway frame. The bridge is just across the river from Paradise, MT
Waymark Code: WMMWK4
Location: Montana, United States
Date Posted: 11/15/2014
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From the NGS
DESIGNATION - O 15
PID - SU0220
STATE/COUNTY- MT/SANDERS
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - PARADISE (1984)
MARKER: DB = BENCH MARK DISK
SETTING: 36 = SET IN A MASSIVE STRUCTURE
SP_SET: ABUTMENT
STAMPING: O 15 1914
STABILITY: B = PROBABLY HOLD POSITION/ELEVATION WELL
HISTORY - Date Condition Report By
HISTORY - 1914 MONUMENTED CGS
HISTORY - 1950 GOOD CGS
HISTORY - 1956 GOOD CGS
HISTORY - 1980 GOOD NGS
HISTORY - 1982 GOOD NGS
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1950
0.6 MI S FROM PARADISE.
0.6 MILE SOUTH ALONG THE NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY FROM THE STATION AT
PARADISE, AT STEEL BRIDGE 218 OVER CLARK FORK COLUMBIA RIVER, IN THE
TOP OF THE SOUTHEAST END OF THE SOUTHWEST CONCRETE ABUTMENT, 7.1 FEET
SOUTHEAST OF THE SOUTHEAST RAIL, AND ABOUT 1 FOOT LOWER THAN THE TOP
OF THE RAIL.
STATION RECOVERY (1956)
RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1956
RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.
STATION RECOVERY (1980)
RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1980
1.1 KILOMETERS (0.7 MILE) SOUTHEAST ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 200 (US
HIGHWAY 10A) FROM THE BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILWAY STATION IN PARADISE,
SET IN TOP OF THE EAST END OF THE SOUTH ABUTMENT OF A RAILWAY BRIDGE
OVER THE CLARK FORK RIVER, 2.1 METER (7.0 FEET) EAST OF THE EAST RAIL
OF THE TRACKS, 0.7 METER (2.3 FEET) NORTH OF THE SOUTH EDGE OF THE
ABUTMENT, 0.2 METER (0.7 FOOT) WEST OF THE EAST EDGE OF THE ABUTMENT.
THE MARK IS 0.3 M BELOW THE TRACKS.
STATION RECOVERY (1982)
RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1982
0.97 KM (0.6 MI) SOUTH ALONG THE BURLINGTON-NORTHERN RAILROAD FROM
THE STATION IN PARADISE TO THE SOUTHWEST ABUTMENT OF RAILROAD BRIDGE
218. OVER THE CLARK FORK RIVER 2.13 KM (7 FT) SOUTHEAST OF THE
SOUTHEAST RAIL.
Condition: Mark found in good condition
Designation: 0 15 1914
Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey
Monumentation type: Disk (unspecified type)
County: Sanders
USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): PARADISE
Find type: Coordinates and/or to-reach information from an online local database were used
Web address of this benchmark's datasheet (optional): [Web Link]
NGS PID: SU0220
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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