QE1272 - USCGS AGATE 1927 - Oregon - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

Triangulation station on rock point south of Yachats.
Long Description: This U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey triangulation station was set in 1927. It is located on a wave cut bedrock surface about 150 feet west of Yachats Ocean Drive.
NGS PID QE1272 - (visit link)
RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1941 (LAM) STATION VISITED IN SUMMER OF 1941 AND FOUND IN GOOD CONDITION. FOLLOWING ARE DESCRIPTIONS OF STATION AND REFERENCE MARKS AS PREPARED FOR 1941 U.S.C. AND G.S. LEVEL LIST. TRIANGULATION STATION AGATE--ABOUT 1 MILE S OF YACHATS ON FIRST PROMINENT ROCK OUTCROP S OF MOUTH OF YACHATS RIVER, ABOUT 800 FEET W OF OREGON COAST HIGHWAY, 125 FEET W OF SECONDARY ROAD EXTENDING FROM HIGHWAY, 65 FEET W OF GRASSLINE, IN ROCK. DISK IS STAMPED AGATE 1927. REFERENCE MARK AGATE--ABOUT 1 MILE S OF YACHATS ON FIRST PROMINENT ROCK OUTCROP S OF MOUTH OF YACHATS RIVER, ABOUT 800 FEET W OF OREGON COAST HIGHWAY, 100 FEET W OF SECONDARY ROAD EXTENDING FROM HIGHWAY, 40 FEET W OF GRASSLINE, IN ROCK. DISK IS STAMPED AGATE 1927.

Condition: Mark found in good condition Designation: AGATE Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey Benchmark Agency (if other): NA Monumentation type: TRIANGULATION STATION Disk Monumentation type (if other): NA County: Lincoln USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Yachats Special Category (if other): NA 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: QE1272 Local database's URL (optional): [Web Link] Special category (optional): Not listed

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