QB0321 - USCGS Y321, Idaho
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N 44° 28.252 W 116° 44.039
11T E 521158 N 4924207
US Coast & Geodetic Survey benchmark Y321
Waymark Code: WMB6X7
Location: Idaho, United States
Date Posted: 04/12/2011
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member ChapterhouseInc
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The benchmark is located at the northwest corner of the Slim’s Tavern building (former Post Office building) on East Bridge Street in Midvale, Idaho.
The cap is set vertically in the exposed stone at the northwest corner of the building about a foot above the ground. The cap was set by the US Coast & Geodetic Survery in 1946 and was marked Y321.
NGS PID QB0321 - (visit link)
RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1983 RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION. NEW DESCRIPTION FOLLOWS. IN MIDVALE, AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE POST OFFICE, 0.15 KM (0.1 MI) EAST ALONG BRIDGE STREET FROM THE INTERSECTION OF US HIGHWAY 95, 0.15 KM (0.1 MI) WEST OF THE WEST END OF THE STEEL BRIDGE OVER THE WEISER RIVER, SET VERTICALLY IN THE NORTH FACE OF THE POST OFFICE, 0.3 METER (1 FT) EAST OF THE NORTHWEST CORNER, 12.5 METERS (41 FT) SOUTH OF THE CENTERLINE OF BRIDGE STREET, 0.2 METER (0.8 FT) ABOVE THE SIDEWALK. THE MARK IS 0.4 M ABOVE THE STREET.
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: Y321

Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey

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

County: Washington

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Midvale

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: QB0321

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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  2. A 'distant' photo including the mark in the view is highly recommended. Include the compass direction you faced when you took the picture.
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