MW0259 - USC&GS 'J 280' BM - Modoc County, CA - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

I recovered this U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey benchmark from 1940 in good condition although the designation stamping was impossible to decipher since it has been nicked up. It is monumented on top of a concrete semaphore base on the west side the railroad tracks. This BM also appears on a topography map as 'BM 4036.2 J 280'. The NGS datasheet is adequate for station recovery although the semaphore pole has been removed and there is no longer any witness post. My more accurate coordinates will place you very close to this mark.

NGS datasheet info:

01/01/1935 by CGS (MONUMENTED)

01/01/1940 by NGS (GOOD)
DESCRIBED BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1940 3.7 MI SE FROM TULE LAKE. IN MODOC COUNTY, 3.7 MILES SOUTHEAST ALONG THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO. RAILROAD FROM THE STATION AT TULE LAKE, SISKIYOU COUNTY, 0.7 MILE NORTHWEST OF THE CROSSING OF THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY, AT SEMAPHORE 5261, IN THE TOP OF THE CONCRETE BASE, 11 FEET SOUTHWEST OF THE CENTERLINE OF THE TRACK, AND AT A WHITE WOODEN WITNESS POST. A STANDARD DISK, STAMPED J 280 1935.

Condition: Mark found in good condition Designation: J 280 Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey Monumentation type: BENCH MARK (or B.M.) Disk County: Modoc County USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Tulelake (1988) 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: MW0259 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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