DF5533(A 449) - Summit County CO
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N 39° 34.462 W 106° 06.608
13S E 404652 N 4381106
This is a National Geodetic Survey vertical control mark in Summit County.
Waymark Code: WMWPNW
Location: Colorado, United States
Date Posted: 09/27/2017
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THE STATION IS LOCATED IN THE TOWN OF FRISCO, IN THE NORTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 34, T 5 S, R 78 W. OWNERSHIP--SUMMIT COUNTY PROPERTY.
TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE INTERSECTION OF INTERSTATE 70 AND EXIT 201, FRISCO-MAIN STREET EXIT, GO EAST ON MAIN STREET FOR 0.3 MI TO AN ENTRANCE TO A BIKE PATH. TURN RIGHT, SOUTH, ON THE BIKE PATH FOR 0.05 MI TO A T-INTERSECTION. TURN RIGHT, WEST, ON THE BIKE PATH FOR 0.05 MI TO THE STATION ON THE LEFT.
THE MARK IS A STANDARD DISK SET INTO A DRILL HOLE IN THE TOP OF A VERY LARGE ROCK OUTCROP 40 M BY 10 M. IT IS 43.0 M SOUTHEAST FROM THE EAST END OF A PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE OVER TEN MILE CREEK, 15.7 M SOUTHEAST FROM A FORK IN THE BIKE PATH, 9.4 M SOUTH FROM THE
CENTER OF THE BIKE PATH, 0.6 M NORTH FROM A WITNESS POST AND ABOUT 30 CM ABOVE THE BIKE PATH.
Condition: Mark found in good condition
Designation: A 449
Benchmark Agency: National Geodetic Survey
Monumentation type: Vertical Control Mark
County: Summit
USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Frisco
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: DF5533
Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed
Monumentation type (if other): Not listed
Special category (optional): Not listed
Special Category (if other): Not listed
Local database's URL (optional): Not listed
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