MW0279 - USC&GS 'Q 506' BM - Modoc County, CA
N 41° 17.040 W 121° 13.771
10T E 648262 N 4571796
An NGS benchmark located just off Scarface Rd.
Waymark Code: WMVVB9
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 4243'. The NGS datasheet description is adequate for station recovery although the double-pine tree mentioned in the datasheet has since then been cut down but the trunks remain. 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 7.9 MI NW FROM LOOKOUT. 7.3 MILES NORTHWEST ALONG A GRAVELED ROAD FROM THE POST OFFICE AT LOOKOUT, THENCE 0.6 MILE NORTH ALONG A DIRT ROAD (TO SCARFACE), NEAR THE TOP OF A LOW HILL, IN THE TOP OF THE SOUTHEAST END OF A 1 1/2-FOOT-HIGH LEDGE, 67 FEET WEST OF THE CENTER LINE OF THE ROAD, 14 1/2 FEET EAST OF THE CROTCH OF A PROMINENT DOUBLE 20-INCH PINE TREE, 2.3 FEET NORTHWEST OF THE SOUTHEAST END OF THE LEDGE, AND ABOUT 7 FEET HIGHER THAN THE ROAD.