MW0285 - USC&GS 'R 505' BM - Modoc County, CA
N 41° 21.792 W 121° 16.309
10T E 644544 N 4580517
An NGS benchmark located just off Scarface Rd.
Waymark Code: WMVPK5
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 05/14/2017
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*NOTE* This benchmark is located on private property owned by a regional lumber company which has posted white placards on trees along this road authorizing public access. Also watch out for logging trucks which may frequent some of these roads. Be respectful of the land! A 4x4 vehicle with high clearance is required for certain sections of un-maintained roadways. Travel ONLY recommended during late spring and summer months due to muddy sections of roads during wet weather months.
I recovered this U.S. & Geodetic Survey benchmark from 1954 in good condition. This disk is also listed on a topography map as 'BM 4255'. The NGS datasheet description is adequate for station recovery. My more accurate coordinates will place you very close to this mark.
NGS datasheet info:
01/01/1954 by CGS (MONUMENTED)
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1954 14.1 MI NW FROM LOOKOUT. 7.3 MILES NORTHWEST ALONG A GRAVELED ROAD FROM THE POST OFFICE AT LOOKOUT, THENCE 6.8 MILES NORTH ALONG A DIRT ROAD (TO SCARFACE), 119 FEET NORTH OF THE APPROXIMATE CENTER OF THE INTERSECTION OF A ROAD LEADING EAST TO CRANK SPRING AND WEST TO A TIMBER SPUR, NEAR THE NORTH END OF A LARGE FLAT, IN THE TOP OF A 6- BY 5-FOOT OUTCROP PROJECTING 1 FOOT ABOVE THE GROUND, 16 1/2 FEET EAST OF THE CENTER LINE OF THE ROAD, 0.9 FOOT SOUTHEAST OF THE NORTHWEST END OF THE BOULDER, AND ABOUT LEVEL WITH THE ROAD.