KP0265 - USCGS ELY WEST BASE NO 1 - 1944 - Nevada - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

This triangulation station ELY WEST BASE is located 0.15 miles east of Major’s Place, Nevada in the wye junction of U.S. Hwys. 6/50, & 93. The triangulation station cap is missing but both reference marks remain. The cap for this reference mark is set in the top buried concrete monument. The cap was set by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey in 1944 and was marked ELY WEST BASE NO 1.
NGS PID KP0265 - (visit link)
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1944 (EHB) STATION IS LOCATED 0.15 MILE E OF THE JUNCTION OF U.S. HIGHWAYS 6 AND 93 ABOUT 27 MILES SE OF ELY. STATION MARK IS A BRONZE STATION DISK SET IN A CONCRETE POST PROJECTING ABOUT 6 INCHES ABOVE THE GROUND AND IS STAMPED ELY WEST BASE 1944. UNDERGROUND MARK IS A BRONZE DISK SET IN CONCRETE. STATION IS 54.1 FEET SSE OF THE CENTER LINE OF U.S. HIGHWAY 6 AND 362.3 FEET N OF THE CENTER LINE OF U.S. HIGHWAY 93. REFERENCE MARK 1 IS A BRONZE REFERENCE DISK SET IN A CONCRETE POST PROJECTING ABOUT 4 INCHES ABOVE THE GROUND. IT IS ABOUT 18 INCHES LOWER IN ELEVATION THAN THE STATION MARK AND IS STAMPED ELY WEST BASE NO 1 1944. REFERENCE MARK 2 IS A BRONZE REFERENCE DISK SET IN A CONCRETE POST PROJECTING ABOUT 4 INCHES ABOVE THE GROUND AND IS STAMPED ELY WEST BASE NO 2 1944. IT IS ABOUT 16 INCHES HIGHER IN ELEVATION THAN THE STATION MARK AND IS 51.5 FEET SSE OF U.S. HIGHWAY 6. AZIMUTH MARK IS A BRONZE AZIMUTH DISK SET IN BEDROCK ABOUT 2 FEET W OF THE EDGE OF AN 8-INCH LEDGE, ABOUT 16 FEET WNW OF A WITNESS POST, AND 96 PACES N OF U.S. HIGHWAY 6 AND 93. IT IS STAMPED ELY WEST BASE 1944. HEIGHT OF LIGHT ABOVE STATION MARK - 1.0 METER.

Condition: Mark found in good condition Designation: ELY WEST BASE NO 1 Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey Benchmark Agency (if other): NA Monumentation type: REFERENCE MARK Disk Monumentation type (if other): NA County: White Pine USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Majors Place Special category (optional): Not listed Special Category (if other): NA Find type: Searched @ "BM" on a topographic map Web address of this benchmark's datasheet (optional): [Web Link] NGS PID: KP0265 Local database's URL (optional): Not listed

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