NY0793 - USCGS VALLEY FALLS, OR
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Volcanoguy
N 42° 29.057 W 120° 16.929
10T E 723378 N 4707127
USCGS Triangulation Station VALLEY FALLS.
Waymark Code: WM2DMP
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 10/16/2007
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Black Dog Trackers
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This triangulation station is located about at Valley Falls, Oregon at the junction of Ore. Hwy. 31 and U.S. Hwy 395. The cap is set in a concrete post, 150 feet northeast of the Valley Falls Store, 65 feet west of U.S. Hwy. 395 centerline, and 40 feet east of Ore. Hwy. 31 centerline. The triangulation station was set by the U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey in 1948 and was stamped VALLEY FALLS.
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: VALLEY FALLS

Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey

Monumentation type: TRIANGULATION STATION Disk

County: Lake

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Valley Falls

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: NY0793

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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