QE1597 - OSHD PON 1965 - Oregon - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

This Oregon State Highway Dept. triangulation station was set in 1965 and was stamped PON USC & GS 1965. The stamping is dimly visible on the cap today. The cap is located near the fence along the trail at the northwest corner of the parking lot in a cast iron monument well.
NGS PID QE1597 - (visit link)
RECOVERY NOTE BY LINCOLN COUNTY OREGON 1998 (JLW) THE STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 24.1 KM (14.95 MI) NORTH OF FLORENCE, 17.7 KM (11.00 MI) SOUTH OF YACHATS, IN A GRASSY AREA NEAR THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE MURIEL O. PONSLER MEMORIAL WAYSIDE PARKING LOT. OWNERSHIP--OREGON STATE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION. TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE YACHATS POST OFFICE, GO SOUTH ON U.S. HIGHWAY 101 FOR 17.8 KM (11.05 MI) TO THE ENTRANCE TO THE MEMORIAL PARK ON THE RIGHT. TURN RIGHT, WEST, ON NORTHERN ENTRANCE DRIVE FOR 0.08 KM (0.05 MI) TO PARKING AREA AND THE STATION. THE STATION IS AN OREGON STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT DISK BRAZED TO THE TOP OF A 7.6 CM STEEL PIPE SET IN CONCRETE AND ENCASED IN A CAST IRON MONUMENT WELL. IT IS 21.9 M (71.9 FT) WEST FROM AN ABANDONED STONE WATER FOUNTAIN, 6.1 M (20.0 FT) NORTHEAST FROM THE NORTHEAST ABRUPT EDGE OF BLUFF ABOVE CHINA CREEK, 5.4 M (17.7 FT) WEST FROM THE WEST CURB OF THE PARKING LOT, AND 3.5 M (11.5 FT) SOUTHWEST FROM THE SOUTHWEST EDGE OF A PAVED WALKWAY.

Condition: Mark found in good condition Designation: PON Benchmark Agency: Oregon State Highway Div (OR) Benchmark Agency (if other): NA Monumentation type: TRIANGULATION STATION Disk Monumentation type (if other): NA County: Lane USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Heceta Head Special category (optional): Not listed 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: QE1597 Local database's URL (optional): [Web Link]

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