MW0525 - USCGS Z502 1954 - California
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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
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
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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 - (visit link)
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.
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: Z502

Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey

Benchmark Agency (if other): NA

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

Monumentation type (if other): NA

County: Siskiyou

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Medicine Lake

Special category (optional): Not listed

Special Category (if other): NA

Find type: Searched @ "BM" on a topographic map

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

NGS PID: MW0525

Local database's URL (optional): Not listed

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