JP0059 - USCGS F33 - 1933 - Nevada
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N 38° 45.919 W 115° 26.029
11S E 636069 N 4291898
U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey benchmark F33.
Waymark Code: WMV9EY
Location: Nevada, United States
Date Posted: 03/18/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
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Benchmark F33 is located about 3 miles NE of Currant, Nevada, at the junction of U.S. Hwy. 6 and NV Hwy 379. The cap is set in a limestone outcrop about 30 feet west of highway centerline. The cap was set by the U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey in 1933 and was marked F33 1933.
NGS PID JP0059 - (visit link)
RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1984 RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION, NEW DESCRIPTION FOLLOWS. 4.3 KM (2.7 MI) NORTHEAST ALONG US HIGHWAY 6 FROM ITS JUNCTION WITH STATE HIGHWAY 379 AT CURRANT, IN TOP OF AND 3.0 METERS (10 FT) NORTH OF THE SOUTH END OF A 20 BY 30 FOOT LIMESTONE OUTCROP PROJECTING 1 FOOT ABOVE THE SURFACE OF THE GROUND, 0.4 KM (0.25 MI) SOUTHWEST OF MILEPOST 121, AT THE SOUTH END OF A CURVE AND 9.1 METERS (30 FT) WEST OF THE HIGHWAY CENTERLINE. THE MARK IS 0.4 METERS N FROM A WITNESS POST. THE MARK IS 0.6 M ABOVE THE HIGHWAY.
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: F33

Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey

Benchmark Agency (if other): NA

Monumentation type: BENCH MARK (or B.M.) Disk

Monumentation type (if other): NA

County: Nye

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): White Pine Peak

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: JP0059

Local database's URL (optional): Not listed

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