MS0343 - USCGS Q96 - 1953 - Utah
Posted by: Volcanoguy
N 41° 27.553 W 113° 37.888
12T E 280223 N 4593079
U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey benchmark.
Waymark Code: WMTME6
Location: Utah, United States
Date Posted: 12/10/2016
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This benchmark is located along the historic Central Pacific Railroad Grade. The cap is set in a concrete post about 50 feet NW of the road which now follows the railroad grade. The monument was set by the U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey in 1953 and marked Q96.
NGS PID MS0343 - (
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DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1953 4.3 MI SW FROM WATERCRESS. 4.3 MILES SOUTHWEST ALONG A GRAVELED ROAD ON THE ABANDONED SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY RAILROAD FROM THE ABANDONED SECTION HOUSE AT WATERCRESS, 0.35 MILE (14 POLES) NORTHEAST OF MILEPOLE 695, 0.35 MILE SOUTHWEST OF A 4- BY 4-FOOT STONE BOX CULVERT, 47 1/2 FEET NORTHWEST OF THE CENTER LINE OF THE ROAD, IN LINE WITH A ROW OF POLES, 10 FEET SOUTHWEST OF TELEPHONE POLE 37B, 2.5 FEET NORTHEAST OF A WITNESS POST, ABOUT 1 1/2 FEET LOWER THAN THE ROAD, AND SET IN THE TOP OF A CONCRETE POST PROJECTING 0.4 FOOT ABOVE THE GROUND.