NW0589 - ODOT Y129 RESET - 1989 - Oregon - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

This G.P.S. station is located just north of McDermitt on the Oregon/Nevada border. The cap is set on a concrete post flush with the ground about 62 feet east of highway centerline. The original the US Coast & Geologic Survey cap was removed and replaced by the Oregon Dept. of Transportation in 1989.
NGS PID NW0589 - (visit link)
RECOVERY NOTE BY MALHEUR COUNTY OREGON 1998 (JK) THE STATION IS LOCATED 1.63 KM (1.00 MI) NORTH OF THE OREGON-NEVADA STATE LINE AT MCDERMITT, ON THE EAST SIDE OF U.S. HIGHWAY 95, AT ABOUT MILEPOST 120.55, AT THE SOUTH END OF A LONG SHALLOW CURVE. OWNERSHIP--OREGON STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. TO REACH FROM THE STATE LINE AT MCDERMITT, GO NORTH ON U.S. HIGHWAY 95 FOR 1.21 KM (0.75 MI) TO A GRADED ROAD RIGHT. CONTINUE AHEAD, NORTH, ON HIGHWAY 95 FOR 0.42 KM (0.25 MI) TO THE STATION ON THE RIGHT. THE STATION IS AN OREGON PRIMARY GPS STATION DISK SET IN THE TOP OF A 60 CM ROUND CONCRETE MONUMENT RECESSED 1 CM BELOW GROUND. IT IS 18.8 M (61.7 FT) EAST FROM AND 1.0 M (3.3 FT) LOWER THAN THE CENTER OF THE HIGHWAY, 18.6 M (61.0 FT) NORTHWEST FROM REFERENCE MARK NUMBER 2, 17.4 M (57.1 FT) SOUTHWEST FROM REFERENCE MARK NUMBER 1, 14.2 M (46.6 FT) WEST FROM THE RIGHT-OF-WAY FENCE, AND 0.9 M (3.0 FT) WEST FROM A FIBERGLAS WITNESS POST.

Condition: Mark found in good condition Designation: Y129 RESET Benchmark Agency: State Highway Department (OR) Benchmark Agency (if other): NA Monumentation type: GPS STATION Disk Monumentation type (if other): NA County: Malheur USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Tenmile Ranch 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: NW0589 Local database's URL (optional): [Web Link]

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