MW0258 - USC&GS 'V 603' BM - Modoc County, CA
N 41° 54.718 W 121° 25.149
10T E 631104 N 4641210
An NGS benchmark located at a semaphore along railroad tracks and just off Highway 139.
Waymark Code: WMVJ0K
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 04/23/2017
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I recovered this U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey benchmark from 1940 in good condition. 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 4036.5 V 603'. 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:
01/01/1940 by CGS (MONUMENTED)
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1940 1.1 MI NW FROM STRONGHOLD. 1.1 MILES NORTHWEST ALONG THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO. RAILROAD FROM THE FLAG STATION AT STRONGHOLD, MODOC COUNTY, 400 FEET NORTHWEST OF THE CROSSING OF THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY, 120 FEET SOUTHWEST OF THE CENTERLINE OF THE CANBY-KLAMATH FALLS HIGHWAY, AT A SEMAPHORE, IN THE TOP OF THE CONCRETE BASE, 9 FEET SOUTHWEST OF THE TRACK, AND AT A WHITE WOODEN WITNESS POST. A STANDARD DISK, STAMPED V 603 1940.
Condition: Mark found in good condition
Designation: V 603
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: MW0258
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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