USCGS Oakland 7 - Oakland, California
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hotshoe
N 37° 46.156 W 122° 13.762
10S E 567871 N 4180494
Benchmark near the Fruitvale drawbridge at the Oakland estuary
Waymark Code: WM5KPE
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 01/19/2009
Views: 7
It's interesting that this concrete culvert channeling Sausal Creek has stood since at least 1932, when the benchmark was monumented, in spite of floods, winter storms, and urban renovation.
from the datasheet:
"HT0012 DESCRIBED BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1956
AT OAKLAND, IN R3W T2S, AT THE T JUNCTION OF ALAMEDA AND FRUITVALE
AVENUES, AT A STORM SEWER, IN TOP OF THE NORTHEAST END OF THE
NORTHWEST CONCRETE WING WALL, 28 1/2 FEET SOUTHWEST OF THE CENTER
LINE OF ALAMEDA AVENUE, 1.8 FEET SOUTHWEST OF BENCH MARK PBM 27,
AND ABOUT 1 1/2 FEET HIGHER THAN THE AVENUE."
Condition: Mark found in good condition
Designation: Oakland 7
Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey
Monumentation type: BENCH MARK (or B.M.) Disk
County: Alameda
USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Oakland East
Find type: Coordinates and/or to-reach information from an online local database were used
Web address of this benchmark's datasheet (optional): [Web Link]
NGS PID: HT0012
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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