LT0195 - USC&GS 'P 257 RESET 1970' BM - Lassen County, CA
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N 40° 40.867 W 120° 39.633
10T E 697704 N 4505991
This NGS benchmark is located just off Highway 139 in Lassen County.
Waymark Code: WMVVDF
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 05/28/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
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I recovered this U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey RESET benchmark from 1970 in good condition. This disk is also listed on a topography map as 'BM 5118'. The NGS datasheet description is adequate for station recovery and the posted NGS coordinates will place you very close to this mark.

NGS datasheet info:

01/01/1970 by NGS (MONUMENTED)
DESCRIBED BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1970 25.8 MI N FROM SUSANVILLE. ABOUT 25.8 MILES NORTH ALONG HIGHWAY 139 FROM THE JUNCTION OF HIGHWAY 139 AND HIGHWAY 36 IN SUSANVILLE, ON THE EAST SIDE OF EAGLE LAKE AT POST MILE 25.80, 100 FEET SOUTH OF THE BEGINNING OF A 723-FOOT LONG CURVE TO THE LEFT IN THE HIGHWAY, 70 FEET EAST OF THE CENTER LINE OF THE ROAD, ABOUT 5 FEET ABOVE THE LEVEL OF THE HIGHWAY, SET IN THE TOP OF A 2 1/2 BY 7 FOOT LAVA ROCK OUTCROP PROJECTING ABOUT 1 FOOT ABOVE GROUND LEVEL AND MARKED BY A METAL WITNESS POST.
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: P 257 RESET 1970

Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey

Monumentation type: BENCH MARK (or B.M.) Disk

County: Lassen County

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Troxel Point (1995)

Find type: Coordinates and/or to-reach information from the NGS database (or Geocaching's copy of it) were used

Web address of this benchmark's datasheet (optional): [Web Link]

NGS PID: LT0195

Local database's URL (optional): [Web Link]

Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed

Monumentation type (if other): Not listed

Special category (optional): Not listed

Special Category (if other): Not listed

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