HARN Station "Beatty High School"
This survey monument is a symbolic reference to the center of
population for the state Nevada, where an imaginary, flat
weightless and rigid map of the state of Nevada would Balance
perfectly if all of it's 1,998,257 residents (based on census 2000) were
of identical weight. The station was dedicated to the public on
October 10, 2002
This survey monument was a joint project of the
Nevada Association of Land Surveyors (NALS)
Beatty Town Advisory Board
Beatty Chamber of Commerce
Beatty High School (Nye Co. School District)
For survey information,
go to the National Geodetic Survey web site at
www.ngs.noaa.gov