NY0835 - USC&GS 'ENNIS' Triangulation Station - Lake County, OR - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

I recovered this U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey triangulation station from 1948 in good condition. My wife's family owns the property surrounding most of this mountain and I've been wanting to recover this series for a number of years. This station mark is part of the ENNIS series of marks located on top of a small mountain a few miles south of Paisley. Access to this series is restricted via vehicle because of gates/fence lines surrounding the mountain. Hiking up to this series is the only option. The nearby RM1 and RM2 disks were also recovered in good condition. The azimuth mark was found destroyed a few years ago. The NGS datasheet description and posted coordinates are adequate for station recovery.

NGS datasheet info:

01/01/1948 by CGS (MONUMENTED)
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1948 (MTP) THE STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF VALLEY FALLS, ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTH OF PAISLEY, AND 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF STATE HIGHWAY 31 AT A CURVE, ON A BARETOPPED BUTTE AT THE EAST EDGE OF A HIGH RANGE OF HILLS. THE STATION MARK IS SET IN A 1 X 2 FOOT BOULDER THAT PROJECTS 3 INCHES ABOVE THE SURFACE OF THE GROUND. IT IS 75 FEET EAST-SOUTHEAST OF A CLUMP OF JUNIPER TREES, 3 FEET EAST OF THE HIGHEST POINT ON THE HILL, AND 10 FEET WEST OF THE EAST EDGE OF THE HILL. IT IS A STANDARD DISK STAMPED ENNIS 1948. REFERENCE MARK NO. 1 IS A STANDARD DISK SET IN A 1 X 2 FOOT BOULDER SET FLUSH WITH THE SURFACE OF THE GROUND ON ITS WEST SIDE AND PROJECTS 1 FOOT ON THE EAST SIDE. IT IS 8 FEET WEST OF THE EAST EDGE OF THE HILL. IT IS STAMPED ENNIS NO 1 1948. REFERENCE MARK NO 2 IS SET IS A 6 X 12 INCH BOULDER THAT IS FLUSH WITH THE GROUND. IT IS 2 FEET HIGHER THAN THE STATION MARK. IT IS A STANDARD DISK STAMPED ENNIS NO 2 1948. THE AZIMUTH MARK IS A STANDARD U.S.C AND GS BENCH MARK SET IS A 10 X 10 INCH CONCRETE POST THAT PROJECTS 12 INCHES ABOVE THE SURFACE OF THE GROUND. IT IS 29 FEET NORTH OF STATE HIGHWAY 31, 1-1/2 FEET SOUTH OF AN EAST-WEST FENCE LINE, AND 2 FEET EAST OF A U.S.BM WITNESS POST. IT IS STAMPED D 72 1931. TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE POST OFFICE AT PAISLEY, GO SOUTHEAST ON STATE HIGHWAY 31 FOR 6.0 MILES. TURN RIGHT AS PER SIGN CLOVER FLAT RD. AND GO SOUTH FOR 0.8 MILE, TURN RIGHT THROUGH GATE AND TAKE LEFT MIDDLE FORK. GO SOUTHWEST ACROSS FLAT AND AROUND HILL FOR 2.2 MILES TO A STOCK YARD AND 2 LARGE PINION PINE TREES ON RIGHT. TURN RIGHT AROUND WEST SIDE OF YARD AND GO NORTH TO FENCE THEN EAST TO A FENCE CORNER AND END OF TRUCK TRAVEL. FROM HERE PACK NORTHEAST TO TOP OF HILL AND STATION SITE. TO REACH THE AZIMUTH MARK CONTINUE 1.4 MILES SOUTHEAST ON HIGHWAY 31 BEYOND CLOVER FLAT ROAD TO THE AZIMUTH MARK ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY.

Condition: Mark found in good condition Designation: ENNIS Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey Monumentation type: TRIANGULATION STATION Disk County: Lake County USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Morgan Butte (1980) 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: NY0835 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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