USCGS Dayton-Harris Gravity Station Disk: GS0206 - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

Recovered along West Side Road, a 37 mile gravel road in Death Valley. My GPS showed it at -248 ft. below sea level and the outside air temp. was 113 degrees.

GS0206''DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1950 (RJS)
GS0206''THE STATION IS LOCATED IN DEATH VALLEY ABOUT 26 MILES WSW
GS0206''OF DEATH VALLEY JUNCTION, ABOUT 18 MILES SOUTH OF FURNACE
GS0206''CREEK, ABOUT 200 FEET EAST OF THE ROAD BETWEEN FURNACE CREEK
GS0206''AND BENNETTS WELL AND 19 FEET EAST OF A WHITE WITNESS POST.
GS0206''THE STATION WAS REINFORCED WITH ADDITIONAL CONCRETE BECAUSE
GS0206''THE ORIGINAL CONCRETE APPEARED TO BE DETERIORATING. IT WAS
GS0206''NOT MOVED HORIZONTALLY OR VERTICALLY. THE STATION MARK IS
GS0206''A U.S. COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY STANDARD BRONZE GRAVITY
GS0206''STATION DISK SET IN A 12X12 INCH CONCRETE POST, PROJECTING 5
GS0206''INCHES. IT IS STAMPED DAYTON HARRIS 1939..

Condition: Mark found in good condition Designation: DAYTON-HARRIS 1939 Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey and State Survey Monumentation type: Gravity Station Disk County: INYO USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): BADWATER (1986) 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: GS0206 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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