MW0958 - NGS 'C 602 RESET' Vertical Control Disk - Modoc County, CA
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N 41° 50.483 W 121° 18.433
10T E 640542 N 4633550
An NGS benchmark located just off Highway 139.
Waymark Code: WMVJ26
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 04/23/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
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I recovered this National Geodetic Survey vertical control disk from 1990 in good condition. An orange carsonite witness post and a white reflector post near the disk aid in station recovery. The NGS posted coordinates and the datasheet description are adequate for station recovery.

NGS datasheet info:

01/01/1990 by CADT (MONUMENTED)
DESCRIBED BY CALTRANS 1990 6.1 MILES (9.8 KM) SOUTHEAST ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 139 FROM STRONGHOLD TO THE INTERSECTION WITH COUNTY ROAD 114, OLD ALTURAS HIGHWAY, THENCE CONTINUING SOUTHERLY ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 139 FOR 1.1 MILES, MARK IS 64 FEET (19.5 M) EASTERLY FROM CENTERLINE OF HIGHWAY, AND 2 FEET (0.6 M) WESTERLY FROM FENCE, FROM THE MARK, A ROCK JACK IN FENCE RUNNING ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY BEARS N 82 DEG E, 341 FEET, AND A TELEPHONE POLE WITH BRACE BEARS N 70 DEG W, 113.5 FEET.
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: C 602 RESET

Benchmark Agency: National Geodetic Survey

Monumentation type: Vertical Control Mark

County: Modoc County

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Copic (1993)

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: MW0958

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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