NZ0491 - USGS '914' BM - Grants Pass, OR
N 42° 25.315 W 123° 24.138
10T E 466903 N 4696701
An NGS benchmark located along Redwood Avenue just outside Grants Pass.
Waymark Code: WMXC9B
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 12/25/2017
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I recovered this U.S. Geological Survey benchmark from 1904 in good condition. It is an aluminum cap mounted on a metal pipe surrounded by concrete and projecting about two feet above the ground. This benchmark is also listed as a triangulation station on a topography map as 'BM 915'. The cap has the designation '913.014' stamped on its face. The NGS datasheet info is adequate for station recovery. My posted coordinates will place you very close to this mark.
NGS datasheet info:
01/01/1904 by USGS (MONUMENTED)
01/01/1975 by NGS (GOOD)
DESCRIBED BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1975 5 MI SW FROM GRANTS PASS. REACHED FROM THE GRANTS PASS POST OFFICE BY GOING SOUTH ON U.S. HIGHWAY 99 FOR 0.9 MILE TO THE JUNCTION WITH U.S. HIGHWAY 199, TURN RIGHT, AND GO SOUTHWEST ON U.S. HIGHWAY 199 FOR 0.9 MILE TO THE JUNCTION WITH REDWOOD AVENUE AT A FORK, TAKE THE RIGHT FORK, AND GO WEST ON REDWOOD AVENUE FOR 2.3 MILES TO THE CONCRETE BRIDGE OVER SAND CREEK, CONTINUE WEST ON REDWOOD AVENUE FOR 0.75 MILE TO THE BENCH MARK ON THE RIGHT, 0.1 MILE EAST OF MILEPOST NO. 3, 0.05 MILE WEST OF THE JUNCTION OF PHILLIPS LANE, AND REDWOOD AVENUE, 240 FEET WEST OF A CULVERT UNDER REDWOOD AVENUE, 90 FEET WEST OF A T FENCE CORNER, 38 FEET WEST OF POWER POLE NO. 3830, 28 FEET NORTH OF THE CENTER OF REDWOOD AVENUE, 4 FEET SOUTH OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY FENCE LINE, AND 1 FOOT SOUTH OF A METAL WITNESS POST, A USGS CAP ON A PIPE SET IN A CONCRETE TILE THAT PROJECTS 2-FEET.
Condition: Mark found in good condition
Designation: 914
Benchmark Agency: U.S. Geological Survey
Monumentation type: BENCH MARK (or B.M.) Disk
County: Josephine County
USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Wilderville (1996)
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: NZ0491
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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