JT0393 - USCGS 'L 552' BM - Vallejo, CA
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N 38° 07.062 W 122° 15.504
10S E 565006 N 4219133
This NGS station is located along Sacramento Street.
Waymark Code: WMPVRK
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 10/26/2015
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
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I recovered this U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey BM from 1956 in good condition. This disk is monumented on top of a round concrete monument projecting about 2 inches above the ground. The NGS datasheet info is adequate for station recovery. My posted coordinates should place you very close to this mark.

NGS datasheet info:

01/01/1956 by CGS (MONUMENTED)
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1956 AT VALLEJO. AT VALLEJO, IN T 2 N, R 3 W, ALONG SACRAMENTO STREET, 0.8 MILE SOUTHEAST OF THE Y JUNCTION OF STATE HIGHWAY 48, 204 FEET NORTH OF THE CENTER OF THE T JUNCTION OF PRISBEE STREET, AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF A CEMENT BLOCK WALL AROUND SUNRISE MEMORIAL CEMETERY, 38 1/2 FEET WEST OF THE CENTER LINE OF THE STREET, 1.1 FEET SOUTH OF THE SOUTH SIDE OF A CEMENT BLOCK CORNER POST, ABOUT 1/2 FOOT HIGHER THAN THE STREET, AND SET IN THE TOP OF A CONCRETE POST PROJECTING 0.2 FOOT ABOVE THE GROUND.

01/01/1961 by NGS (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1961 RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.

01/01/1990 by USPSQD (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY US POWER SQUADRON 1990 (CHM) RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: L 552

Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey

Monumentation type: BENCH MARK (or B.M.) Disk

County: Solano County

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Mare Island (1980)

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: JT0393

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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