MW0280 - USC&GS 'W 505' BM - Modoc County, CA
N 41° 17.795 W 121° 13.696
10T E 648338 N 4573195
An NGS benchmark located just off Scarface Rd.
Waymark Code: WMVVB7
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 05/28/2017
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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 good condition. This disk is also listed on a topography map as 'BM 4216'. 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 8.8 MI NW FROM LOOKOUT. 7.3 MILES NORTHWEST ALONG A GRAVELED ROAD FROM THE POST OFFICE AT LOOKOUT, THENCE 1.5 MILES NORTH ALONG A DIRT ROAD (TO SCARFACE), 50 FEET NORTHWEST OF THE CENTER LINE OF A ROAD LEADING NORTHEAST TO UPPER ROBERTS RESERVOIR, ABOUT 180 YARDS NORTH OF A CATTLE GUARD, ON THE SOUTH BANK OF A WIDE ROCKY WASH, IN THE TOP OF A 6- BY 4-FOOT SLOPING BOULDER PROJECTING 1 FOOT ABOVE THE GROUND, 173 1/2 FEET SOUTHEAST OF THE SOUTH ONE OF A TRIPLE CORRUGATED METAL PIPE CULVERT, 168 FEET EAST OF THE CENTER LINE OF THE ROAD, AND ABOUT LEVEL WITH THE ROAD.