KQ0337 - USCGS M46 - 1954 - Nevada
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N 39° 17.933 W 117° 55.131
11S E 420770 N 4350347
U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey benchmark M46.
Waymark Code: WMVGKD
Location: Nevada, United States
Date Posted: 04/16/2017
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Benchmark M46 is located about 2.6 miles east along Nevada Hwy. 722 (old U.S. Hwy. 50) from junction with U.S. Hwy. 50. The cap is set on a square concrete monument about 46 feet north of highway centerline. The cap was set by the U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey in 1954 and was marked M46 1954.
NGS PID KQ0337 - (
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RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1967 2.2 MI W FROM EASTGATE. ABOUT 2.2 MILES WEST ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 50 FROM THE SERVICE STATION AT EASTGATE, IN SECTION 34, T 17 N, R 36 E, ON THE CREST OF A SMALL RISE, 46 1/2 FEET NORTH OF THE CENTER LINE OF THE HIGHWAY, 3.0 FEET NORTH OF A WOODEN WITNESS POST, ABOUT 1 1/2 FEET BELOW THE LEVEL OF THE HIGHWAY, AND SET IN THE TOP OF A CONCRETE POST WHICH PROJECTS 8 INCHES.