JR0085 - USC&GC 'E 359' BM - Hawthorne, NV
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N 38° 31.548 W 118° 37.614
11S E 358184 N 4265410
A NGS benchmark located at a gymnasium in Hawthorne.
Waymark Code: WMY1ZD
Location: Nevada, United States
Date Posted: 04/04/2018
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
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I recovered this US Coast & Geodetic Survey benchmark from 1953 in good condition. This disk is monumented on the east side of a gymnasium.

NGS datasheet info :

01/01/1953 by CGS (MONUMENTED)
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1953 AT HAWTHORNE. AT HAWTHORNE, AT THE INTERSECTION OF C AND SIXTH STREETS, AT THE HAWTHORNE HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASIUM, SET VERTICALLY IN THE EAST CONCRETE WALL, 1.7 FEET SOUTH OF THE NORTHEAST CORNER, AND 1.4 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND.

STATION RECOVERY (2010)
RECOVERY NOTE BY GEOCACHING 2010 (TDL)
MARK HAS BEEN PAINTED, DIFFICULT TO SEE UNLESS CLOSE TO IT.
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: E 359

Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey

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

County: Mineral County

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Hawthorne West (1987)

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: JR0085

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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