MX0337 - USC&GS 'F 35' BM - Hilt, CA - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

I recovered this U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey BM from 1920 in good condition. It is a tidal BM monumented on top of a concrete culvert in the NE corner, just north of some railroad tracks. The 1988 NGS datasheet description is adequate for station recovery. This BM also exists on a topography map as 'BM 884.2'. My posted coordinates should place you very close to this mark.

On a side note, the community of Hilt is a shell of its former glory days as a logging/box company town from the late 1800s to the early 1970s. Virtually every building in town has been destroyed or burned down. Only two buildings remain worth noting. The nearby Hilt Church and the former Cole Stage Coach Station, now a private home. The Old Oregon-California Stage Road from 1856-1887 passed through here. Lots of history over the decades in this dying community.

01/01/1920 by CGS (MONUMENTED)

01/01/1954 by NGS (GOOD)
DESCRIBED BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1954 AT HILT. AT HILT, ALONG THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY RAILROAD, 66.7 FEET EAST OF AND ACROSS THE TRACK FROM THE EAST CORNER OF THE STATION, ABOUT 4 RAILS SOUTHEAST OF ROAD CROSSING 401.9, AT A CULVERT, IN THE TOP OF THE SOUTHEAST END OF THE NORTHEAST CONCRETE HEAD WALL, 33 FEET NORTHWEST OF A BOARD WALK LEADING TO THE POST OFFICE, 19.1 FEET NORTHEAST OF THE NORTHEAST RAIL OF THE MAIN TRACK, 6.0 FEET NORTHEAST OF THE NORTHEAST RAIL OF A SIDE TRACK, AND ABOUT 1 FOOT LOWER THAN THE TRACK.

01/01/1988 by NGS (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1988 RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION. A NEW DESCRIPTION FOLLOWS. 2.0 KM (1.25 MI) NORTHWESTERLY ALONG HORNBROOK ROAD FROM ITS JUNCTION WITH HENLEY-HORNBROOK ROAD IN HORNBROOK, THENCE 8.7 KM (5.40 MI) NORTHERLY ALONG INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 5, THENCE 1.8 KM (1.10 MI) NORTHWESTERLY ALONG HILT ROAD, IN TOP OF AND 0.35 M (1.1 FT) NORTHWEST OF THE SOUTHEAST END OF THE NORTHEAST CONCRETE HEADWALL OF A CULVERT UNDER THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD, 41.3 M (135.5 FT) SOUTHEAST OF THE CENTER OF THE ROAD, AND 5.7 M (18.7 FT) NORTHEAST OF THE NEAR RAIL. THE MARK IS 0.4 M BELOW THE TRACKS.

Condition: Mark found in good condition Designation: F 35 Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey Monumentation type: BENCH MARK (or B.M.) Disk County: Siskiyou County USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Hornbrook (1984) 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: MX0337 Local database's URL (optional): [Web Link] Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed Monumentation type (if other): Not listed Special category (optional): Not listed Special Category (if other): Not listed

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