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MW0198 - USC&GS 'A 505' BM - Modoc County - CA - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com
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MW0198 - USC&GS 'A 505' BM - Modoc County - CA
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N 41° 31.383 W 121° 09.233
10T E 654030 N 4598468
An NGS benchmark located off Lookout Rd.
Waymark Code:
WMVPJ5
Location:
California, United States
Date Posted:
05/14/2017
Published By:
Ernmark
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I recovered this U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey benchmark from 1954 in good condition. This was a fun find for me mainly because I was only going off the datasheet description since there is no witness post, this disk doesn't appear on a topography map (like most do in this area) and the posted GPS coordinates are not the most accurate (but not bad). I got very lucky after a 10-minute search. Most of the datasheet is now obsolete: The road .15 miles to the north has been abandoned and impossible to see; the tree mentioned with the timber sale sign is gone since there has been much logging in the area over the decades; and I also believe the highway has been re-aligned since the 1954 log because the disk was found less than 80 feet from the road and much higher than 5 feet above the highway (more like 15 feet now). The boulder is located on top of and east of the road embankment. I'm using the posted NGS coordinates which should place you in the general area.
NGS datasheet info:
01/01/1954 by CGS (MONUMENTED)
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1954 4.7 MI S FROM HACKAMORE. 2.2 MILES SOUTH ALONG A GRADED ROAD FROM THE WATER TOWER AT HACKAMORE, THENCE 1.6 MILES WEST ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 139, THENCE 0.9 MILE SOUTH ALONG LOOKOUT ROAD, 0.15 MILE SOUTH OF THE Y JUNCTION OF A DIRT ROAD LEADING NORTHEAST, IN THE TOP OF THE APPROXIMATE CENTER OF A 2 1/2-BY 3-FOOT BOULDER PROJECTING 1 1/2 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND, 83 1/4 FEET SOUTHEAST OF AN 8-INCH PINE TREE SUPPORTING A FOREST SERVICE SIGN BOUNDARY OF TIMBER SALE, 80 FEET EAST OF THE CENTER LINE OF THE ROAD, AND ABOUT 5 FEET HIGHER THAN THE ROAD.
Condition:
Mark found in good condition
Designation:
A 505
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):
Spaulding Butte (1993)
Find type:
Coordinates and/or to-reach information from the NGS database (or Geocaching's copy of it) were used
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NGS PID:
MW0198
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