ET0065: K 27 1933 (USC&GS/NGS, Prescott, AZ)
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N 34° 32.525 W 112° 27.633
12S E 365978 N 3823232
A USC&GS standard bench mark disk, located in Prescott, AZ
The NGS PID# is ET0065.
Waymark Code: WMTR3N
Location: Arizona, United States
Date Posted: 01/01/2017
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This station, a U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey standard bench mark disk, is located in Prescott, AZ. It is located at the intersection of East Gurley Street and North Washington Avenue, at the stadium entrance of Ken Lindley Park, on the southwest side of the concrete stadium entrance structure, set vertically:
AT PRESCOTT, 0.5 MILE EAST ALONG EAST GURLEY STREET (U.S. HIGHWAY 89)
FROM THE COUNTY COURTHOUSE, AT THE INTERSECTION OF WASHINGTON STREET,
AT THE CITY ATHLETIC STADIUM, SET VERTICALLY IN THE SOUTHWEST CONCRETE
WALL, 19.8 FEET NORTHWEST OF THE NORTHWEST END OF A WIRE GATE AT THE
ENTRANCE AND 1.8 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND.
The above NGS published description is adequate, except that East Gurley Street in no longer designated U.S. Route 89.
The disk is easy to locate. At last recovery, it was covered with paint.
Condition: Mark found in good condition
Designation: K 27 1933 5392.128
Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey
Monumentation type: BENCH MARK (or B.M.) Disk
County: Yavapai
USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Prescott
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: ET0065
Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed
Monumentation type (if other): Not listed
Special category (optional): Not listed
Special Category (if other): Not listed
Local database's URL (optional): Not listed
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