NZ1325 - ODOT 'JUSTICE' Primary GPS Station - Medford, OR - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

NGS datasheet info:

01/01/1989 by OR-029 (MONUMENTED)
DESCRIBED BY JACKSON COUNTY OREGON 1989 THE STATION IS LOCATED IN MEDFORD NEAR THE SOUTHWESTERLY CORNER OF SOUTH OAKDALE AVENUE AND WEST EIGHTH STREET, IN THE RAISED PATIO AREA OF THE MAYORS FOUNTAIN, N28 DEGREES EAST, 6.858 M (22.500 FT) FROM THE FOUNTAIN HEAD. TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE COURHOUSE IN MEDFORD, PROCEED SOUTHERLY ON SOUTH OAKDALE AVENUE TO WEST EIGHTH STREET. CONTINUE ALONG SOUTH OAKDALE TO THE STEPS ASCENDING TO THE FOUNTAIN. IT IS ABOUT 4.27 M (14.01 FT) SOUTHWESTERLY OF THE TOP STEP. DESCRIBED BY VERLYN THOMAS, JACKSON COUNTY SURVEYOR.

08/10/1992 by NGS (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1992 STATION IS LOCATED IN THE SOUTHWEST SECTION OF MEDFORD, IN THE SOUTH ANGLE OF THE JUNCTION OF SOUTH OAKDALE AVENUE AND WEST EIGHTH STREET, ON THE ELEVATED PATIO AROUND THE MAYORS FOUNTAIN WHICH IS IN THE NORTH CORNER OF BLOCK CONTAINING THE COUNTY JUSTICE BUILDING, AND ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE CITY HALL. OWNERSHIP--CITY OF MEDFORD. CONTACT VERLYN THOMAS, COUNTY SURVEYOR, JACKSON COUNTY COURTHOUSE, MEDFORD, OR 97501. PHONE IS 503-776-7038. TO REACH FROM THE OVERPASS AT THE BARNETT STREET INTERCHANGE OF INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 5 (EXIT 27) IN SOUTH MEDFORD, GO WEST ON BARNETT STREET FOR 0.21 KM (0.13 MI) TO A STREET LEFT. TURN LEFT, SOUTH, THEN WEST, ON STEWART AVENUE FOR 0.47 KM (0.29 MI) TO STATE HIGHWAY 99 AT RAILROAD TRACKS. CONTINUE AHEAD ON STEWART AVENUE FOR 1.14 KM (0.71 MI) TO A CROSS STREET. TURN RIGHT, NORTH, ON SOUTH OAKDALE AVENUE FOR 1.16 KM (0.72 MI) TO WEST EIGHTH STREET AND THE FOUNTAIN AND STATION ON THE LEFT (DO NOT TURN LEFT, ITS A ONE-WAY STREET). STATION MARK IS PROJECTING IS SET IN A DRILL HOLE AND PROJECTING 3 MM ABOVE THE ELEVATED PEBBLE/CONCRETE FLOOR AROUND THE FOUNTAIN. IT IS 9.7 M (31.8 FT) SOUTHWEST OF THE OAKDALE AVENUE CURB, 18.0 M (59.1 FT) SOUTHEAST OF THE EIGHTH STREET CURB, 2.5 M (8.2 FT) EAST-SOUTHEAST OF THE NORTH CORNER OF WALL AROUND FOUNTAIN, 0.8 M (2.6 FT) NORTHEAST OF THE WALL AROUND FOUNTAIN, AND 1 M (3.3 FT) ABOVE STREET LEVEL.

10/15/1995 by NOS (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE 1995 (JGF) RECOVERED AS DESCRIBED.

05/16/1998 by NGS (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1998 (CLS) STATION IS LOCATED IN THE SOUTHWEST SECTION OF DOWNTOWN MEDFORD, IN THE SOUTH QUADRANT OF THE INTERSECTION OF SOUTH OAKDALE AVENUE AND WEST EIGHTH STREET, IN THE SMALL PARK ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF THE JACKSON COUNTY JUSTICE BUILDING, ON THE ELEVATED PATIO AROUND THE MAYORS FOUNTAIN. OWNERSHIP--CITY OF MEDFORD. CONTACT COUNTY SURVEYOR, JACKSON COUNTY COURTHOUSE, MEDFORD, OR 97501. PHONE 503-776-7038. TO REACH FROM THE OVERPASS AT THE BARNETT STREET INTERCHANGE OF INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 5 (EXIT 27) IN SOUTH MEDFORD, GO WEST ON BARNETT STREET FOR 0.21 KM (0.15 MI) TO A STREET LEFT. TURN LEFT, SOUTH, THEN WEST, ON STEWART AVENUE FOR 0.47 KM (0.30 MI) TO STATE HIGHWAY 99 AT RAILROAD TRACKS. CONTINUE AHEAD ON STEWART AVENUE FOR 1.14 KM (0.70 MI) TO A CROSS STREET. TURN RIGHT, NORTH, ON SOUTH OAKDALE AVENUE FOR 1.16 KM (0.70 MI) TO WEST EIGHTH STREET AND THE FOUNTAIN AND STATION ON THE LEFT (DO NOT TURN LEFT, ITS A ONE-WAY STREET). THE STATION IS AN OREGON PRIMARY GPS STATION DISK SET IN A DRILL HOLE IN THE ELEVATED PEBBLE/CONCRETE FLOOR AROUND THE FOUNTAIN. IT IS 18.1 M (59.4 FT) SOUTHEAST FROM THE SOUTHEAST CURB OF WEST EIGHTH STREET, 9.7 M (31.8 FT) SOUTHWEST FROM SOUTHWEST CURB OF SOUTH OAKDALE AVENUE, 2.5 M (8.2 FT) EAST-SOUTHEAST FROM THE NORTH CORNER OF THE RAISED BLOCK AROUND FOUNTAIN POOL, 1.0 M (3.3 FT) NORTHEAST FROM THE NORTHEAST EDGE OF THE RAISED BLOCK AROUND FOUNTAIN, AND ABOUT 1.0 M (3.3 FT) ABOVE STREET LEVEL.

Condition: Mark found in good condition Designation: JUSTICE Benchmark Agency: other (not included below) Benchmark Agency (if other): Oregon Department of Transportation County Surveyor Monumentation type: GPS STATION Disk County: Jackson County USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Medford West (1983) Find type: Found by luck/skill/knowledge Web address of this benchmark's datasheet (optional): [Web Link] NGS PID: NZ1325 Local database's URL (optional): [Web Link] Monumentation type (if other): Not listed Special category (optional): Not listed Special Category (if other): Not listed

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