Horizontal Control Mark LINCOLN CTHSE - Davenport, WA
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member T0SHEA
N 47° 39.344 W 118° 08.861
11T E 413820 N 5278675
A second benchmark at the new Lincoln County Courthouse, this one is out front.
Waymark Code: WMYR3J
Location: Washington, United States
Date Posted: 07/14/2018
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member NW_history_buff
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The mark is in the landscaping in front of the courthouse, but the original description is not a lot of help in finding the mark, as pretty much everything in the vicinity has changed. IE - don't bother looking for the phone booth, just follow your GPS and look at the accompanying photos.

STATION DESCRIPTION
CBN         -  This is a Cooperative Base
               Network Control Station.
DESIGNATION -  LINCOLN CTHSE
PID         -  SW1589
STATE/COUNTY-  WA/LINCOLN
COUNTRY     -  US
USGS QUAD   -  DAVENPORT (1992)

MARKER: DH = HORIZONTAL CONTROL DISK
SETTING: 7 = SET IN TOP OF CONCRETE MONUMENT
STAMPING: LINCOLN CTHSE 1990
MARK LOGO: NGS
PROJECTION: FLUSH
 
DESCRIBED BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1990
THE STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 43.5 KM (27.0 MI) EAST-SOUTHEAST OF WILBUR, 37.0 KM (23.0 MI) NORTHWEST OF TYLER, 20.9 KM (13.0 MI) NORTH OF HARRINGTON AND AT THE LINCOLN COUNTY COURT HOUSE IN DAVENPORT. TO REACH FROM THE JUNCTION OF US HIGHWAY 2 AND STATE ROUTE 25 AT THE EAST EDGE OF DAVENPORT, GO WEST ON US HIGHWAY 2 FOR 0.48 KM SW1589'(0.30 MI) TO A CROSS ROAD. TURN RIGHT AND GO UPHILL ON FOURTH STREET FOR 0.24 KM (0.15 MI) TO THE INTERSECTION OF SINCLAIR AVENUE. TURN LEFT AND GO WEST ON SINCLAIR AVENUE FOR 0.087 KM (0.054 MI) TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING AND THE STATION ON THE RIGHT.

THE MARK IS SET IN THE TOP OF A ROUND CONCRETE MONUMENT THAT IS FLUSH WITH THE GROUND SURFACE. IT IS 13.4 M (44.0 FT) SOUTH OF THE SOUTH WALL OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING, 7.3 M (24.0 FT) NORTH OF THE CENTER OF SINCLAIR AVENUE, 5.3 M (17.4 FT) SOUTH OF A TELEPHONE BOOTH AND 0.3 M (1.0 FT) NORTH OF THE NORTH CURB OF THE STREET.
From the NGS Datasheet

Photo goes Here

Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: LINCOLN CTHSE 1990

Benchmark Agency: National Geodetic Survey

Monumentation type: HORIZONTAL CONTROL Disk

County: Lincoln

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Davenport

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: SW1589

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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