MW0525 - USCGS Z502 1954 - California
Posted by: Volcanoguy
N 41° 31.331 W 121° 32.826
10T E 621223 N 4597745
U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey benchmark Z502.
Waymark Code: WMWW3V
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 10/20/2017
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This benchmark is located about 8 miles southeast of Medicine Lake Guard Station near the junction of Road 43N45 with Road 43N17. The U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey set the disk in the top of a concrete post about 25 feet north of the centerline of Road 43N17. The cap is stamped Z502 and was set in 1954.
NGS PID MW0525 - (
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DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1954 7.8 MI SE FROM MEDICINE LAKE. 7.8 MILES SOUTHEAST ALONG A GRADED ROAD FROM MEDICINE LAKE GUARD STATION, IN A SMALL CLEARING, 26 FEET NORTHEAST OF THE CENTER LINE OF THE ROAD, 2.1 FEET SOUTHWEST OF A WITNESS POST, ABOUT 1 FOOT HIGHER THAN THE ROAD, AND SET IN THE TOP OF A CONCRETE POST PROJECTING 0.5 FOOT ABOVE THE GROUND.