MW0281 - USC&GS V 505' BM - Modoc County, CA
N 41° 18.440 W 121° 14.073
10T E 647788 N 4574378
An NGS benchmark located just off Scarface Rd.
Waymark Code: WMVV7Z
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 05/27/2017
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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. Coast & Geodetic Survey benchmark from 1954 in poor condition as it was found uprooted and laying on the ground near the original wooden witness post. I propped the concrete monument and disk up for pictures and returned it back to its found location. This disk is also listed on a topography map as 'BM 4254'. 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 9.6 MI NW FROM LOOKOUT. 7.3 MILES NORTHWEST ALONG A GRAVELED ROAD FROM THE POST OFFICE AT LOOKOUT, THENCE 2.3 MILES NORTH ALONG A DIRT ROAD (TO SCARFACE), 0.2 MILE NORTHWEST OF THE T JUNCTION OF A ROAD LEADING WEST OF LITTLE EGG LAKE, NEAR THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF A LARGE AREA CLEARED OF TIMBER, 34 FEET SOUTHWEST OF THE CENTER LINE OF THE ROAD, 2.6 FEET NORTHEAST OF A WITNESS POST, ABOUT LEVEL WITH THE ROAD, AND SET IN THE TOP OF A CONCRETE POST PROJECTING 0.4 FOOT ABOVE THE GROUND.