Benchmark N 388 - Coulee City, WA
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member T0SHEA
N 47° 36.088 W 119° 37.084
11T E 303211 N 5275327
Along Highway 2 near the middle of nowhere, this benchmark is actually quite easy to find.
Waymark Code: WMYCTX
Location: Washington, United States
Date Posted: 05/30/2018
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
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The 1959 description in the NGS datasheet refers to the Post Office and Store at Farmer, which are now long gone, The last real marker left along Highway 2 is the Farmer Community Hall, about 10¾ miles west from the benchmark. The benchmark is set in the east end of the top of the stone culvert, at the given coordinates to the north of the highway. Find the culvert, which is quite easy, and you will find the benchmark.

STATION DESCRIPTION
DESIGNATION -  N 388 1959
PID         -  SW0872
STATE/COUNTY-  WA/DOUGLAS
COUNTRY     -  US
USGS QUAD   -  JAMESON LAKE SE (1965)
MARKER: DB = BENCH MARK DISK
SETTING: 30 = SET IN A LIGHT STRUCTURE
SET: SET ON A CONCRETE BOX CULVERT
STAMPING: N 388 1959
MARK LOGO: CGS

DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1959
12.8 MI E FROM FARMER. 12.8 MILES EAST ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 2 FROM THE POST OFFICE AND STORE AT FARMER, 321 FEET EAST OF THE CENTER OF THE JUNCTION OF AN ASPHALT ROAD LEADING SOUTH TO EPHRATA, 239 FEET NORTHWEST AND ACROSS THE HIGHWAY FROM MILEPOST 97, IN TOP OF THE EAST END OF THE SOUTH CONCRETE HEADWALL OF A 4-BY 4-FOOT CONCRETE CULVERT UNDER A FORMER ALIGNMENT OF THE HIGHWAY, 48 FEET NORTH-NORTHEAST OF THE CENTER LINE OF THE PRESENT HIGHWAY, AND ABOUT 2 1/2 FEET LOWER THAN THE HIGHWAY.
From the NGS Datasheet
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: N 388

Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey

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

County: WA/DOUGLAS

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): JAMESON LAKE SE (1965)

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: SW0872

Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed

Monumentation type (if other): Not listed

Special category (optional): Not listed

Special Category (if other): Not listed

Local database's URL (optional): Not listed
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