1PD5 - Height Modernization Survey Station
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Arizona Ranger Team
N 34° 02.149 W 112° 08.803
12S E 394144 N 3766720
PID AJ3723 STATE/COUNTY AZ/MARICOPA USGS QUAD BLACK CANYON CITY (1969)
Waymark Code: WMB3EW
Location: Arizona, United States
Date Posted: 03/30/2011
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
Views: 5

This mark is not in the Geocaching.com benchmarks database, but it is in the NGS database.
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DESCRIBED BY MARICOPA CO DOT 1999 (CC)

THE STATION IS LOCATED WITHIN THE COUNTY OF MARICOPA, TOWNSHIP 08 NORTH, RANGE 02 EAST, SECTION 15

TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE JUNCTION OF I-17 AND ROCK SPRINGS ROAD, (EXIT 242), DRIVE SOUTH ON I-17 FOR 2.5 MI (4.0 KM) TO A DIRT ROAD TURN AROUND IN THE MIDDLE OF I-17 ON THE LEFT (JUST OF A LARGE HILL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY), THENCE TURN LEFT (EAST) INTO MEDIAN ON THE TURN AROUND (BE VERY CAREFUL MERGE OFF THE HIGHWAY), PARK IN DIRT TURN AROUND AREA AND STATION IS 350 FT (106.7 M) UPHILL TO THE MOUNTAIN LEDGE, LOCATED BETWEEN I-17 SOUTHBOUND AND I-17 NORTHBOUND

MONUMENT DESCRIPTION - THE STATION IS MARKED BY A 3 1/4 INCH MARICOPA COUNTY BRASS DISK, STAMPED 1PD5, SET IN A ROCK LEDGE, WITNESSED BY A WHITE CARSONITE MARKER

STATION TIES 350 FT (106.7 M) NORTH OF DIRT TURN AROUND, BETWEEN THE NORTH AND SOUTH BOUND LANES OF INTERSTATE 17 (BLACK CANYON HIGHWAY) UNKNOWN DISTANCE TO CARSONITE MARKER

FOR A TO REACH MAP, STATION IMAGES AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, YOU CAN VISIT WWW.MCDOT.MARICOPA.GOV SEARCH KEYWORD GDACS
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: 1PD5

Benchmark Agency: Not listed

Monumentation type: Disk (unspecified type)

County: Maricopa

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): BLACK CANYON CITY

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: AJ3723

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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