MW0820 - USC&GS 'BLUE AZIMUTH RM 2' Reference Mark - Modoc County, CA - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

I recovered this U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey reference mark from 1948 in good condition. It is monumented on some large bedrock just west of the triangulation station. The NGS datasheet is adequate for station recovery.

NGS datasheet info:

01/01/1948 by CGS (MONUMENTED)

REFERENCE MARK NUMBER 2, STAMPED BLUE AZ NO 2 1948, IS SET IN A BOULDER PROJECTING ABOUT 2 FEET AND THE SAME ELEVATION AS THE STATION.

TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE U.S. POST OFFICE IN ALTURAS, GO 0.8 MILE NORTH ON MAIN STREET. TURN LEFT ON U.S. HIGHWAY 299 AND GO 3.5 MILES. TURN RIGHT ON THE BLUE MTN. ROAD AND GO 2.0 MILES. TURN RIGHT AND CONTINUE FOR 7.0 MILES. TURN RIGHT AND GO 0.8 MILE. TURN RIGHT AND GO 3.7 MILES. TURN LEFT AND GO 1.9 MILES. TURN LEFT AND GO 13.0 MILES. TURN LEFT AS PER SIGN BLUE MTN. LOOKOUT AND GO 5.6 MILES. TURN LEFT FOR 100 YARDS, TAKE RIGHT FORK AND GO 1.25 MILES. TURN LEFT ON DIM ROAD AND GO 0.55 MILE TO STATION ON THE RIGHT.

Condition: Mark found in good condition Designation: BLUE AZIMUTH RM 2 Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey Monumentation type: REFERENCE MARK Disk County: Modoc County USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Hager Basin (1993) 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: MW0820 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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