T17S R9E S22 23 N 1/16 COR - Deschutes County, OR
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Cooke17513
N 44° 05.506 W 121° 37.608
10T E 609925 N 4882981
PLSS sixteenth corner set by USDA-Forest Service, William B, Ham; MONUMENT #10 on survey CS17230 filed in the Deschutes County Surveyors Office
Waymark Code: WMPTC4
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 10/17/2015
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From WAYMARK WMMEM2 hike cross-country, generally S and uphill to the corner. Based on field measured GPS UTM grid coordinates, the present sixteenth corner bears S1.0°E from T17S R9E S15 14 23 22 COR, 1339' distant.
Type of survey mark: X chiseled on a 2'x2'x6" rock with remnants of red paint
What indicators are near the mark to help people identify where it is located?:
In addition to a 4' length of wood lath, there are two NATIONAL FOREST WILDERNESS signs nailed to a tree above the chiseled stone, and a LAND SURVEY MONUMENT sign nailed to a tree which bears ENE, 72" distant. There is an 18" hemlock with a scribed blaze and a LAND SURVEY MONUMENT sign on the reverse side; the tree bears S, about 30' distant. Additional accessories are a PK nail in a 2'x2'x2' rock outcrop and a 3-1/4" aluminum cap on 5/8" rebar, stamped GPS 83 PLS 2396 2003 and driven flush with the ground. This cap is part of the control network for the survey.
What property is this mark defining?:
Deschutes National Forest; this sixteenth corner is also AP 324 on the Three Sisters Wilderness boundary
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