MW0605 - USCGS 'B 496' BM - Bray, CA
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N 41° 38.729 W 121° 58.247
10T E 585709 N 4610927
This NGS benchmark is located just north of railroad tracks in the community of Bray, CA.
Waymark Code: WMNERB
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 03/01/2015
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
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I recovered this U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey benchmark from 1954 in good condition. This disk is also listed on a topography map as 'BM 4644'. The NGS datasheet is adequate for recovery with the exception that there is no longer a railroad station here as well as no milepole 382. My more accurate coordinates will place you very close to this station.

NGS datasheet info:

01/01/1954 by CGS (MONUMENTED)
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1954 0.2 MI E FROM BRAY. 0.2 MILE EAST ALONG THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY RAILROAD FROM THE STATION AT BRAY, 4 1/2 FEET SOUTH OF MILEPOLE 382, 62.0 FEET NORTH OF THE NORTH RAIL OF THE MAIN TRACK, 1.8 FEET WEST OF A WITNESS POST, ABOUT 7 FEET LOWER THAN THE TRACK, AND SET IN THE TOP OF A CONCRETE POST PROJECTING 0.3 FOOT ABOVE THE GROUND.

Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: B 496

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): Bray (1988)

Find type: Searched @ "BM" on a topographic map

Web address of this benchmark's datasheet (optional): [Web Link]

NGS PID: MW0605

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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