PB0107 - OSHD 38, Oregon
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Volcanoguy
N 43° 47.056 W 120° 29.814
10T E 701412 N 4850957
Oregon State Highway Department benchmark 38.
Waymark Code: WM6FCF
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 05/25/2009
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Black Dog Trackers
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This benchmark is located along along U.S. Hwy. 20, about 5.7 miles southeast of Brothers. The benchmark is set in a rock about 75 feet south of highway centerline. The benchmark was set by the Oregon State Highway Department in 1927 and marked 38, elev. 4698.
NGS PID PB0107 - (visit link)
DESCRIBED BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1943. ABOUT 5.7 MILES SOUTHEAST ALONG THE CENTRAL OREGON HIGHWAY (U.S. 20) FROM THE STORE AND SERVICE STATION AT BROTHERS, DESCHUTES COUNTY, ABOUT 0.1 MILE EAST OF THE SUMMIT OF A HILL, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE DESCENT INTO HAMPTON VALLEY, 77 FEET SOUTH OF THE CENTER LINE OF THE HIGHWAY, 20 FEET NORTHEAST OF THE EAST END OF A SNOW FENCE, IN THE TOP OF A ROCK, AND 2 FEET SOUTHWEST OF A WHITE WOODEN WITNESS POST. AN OREGON STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT STANDARD DISK, STAMPED 4698 38 1937.
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: 38

Benchmark Agency: Oregon State Highway Div (OR)

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

County: Deschutes

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Imperial Valley North

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: PB0107

Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed

Monumentation type (if other): Not listed

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