DH6562 - NGS '299 SHA 27.04' Survey Disk - Shasta County, CA
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N 40° 37.235 W 122° 19.340
10T E 557318 N 4496860
This official NGS Survey Disk is located just off of Hwy 299, about nine miles east of Redding, CA.
Waymark Code: WMENWG
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 06/20/2012
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
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This official NGS Survey Disk is located just east of Hwy 299, heading west, off the Old Oregon Trail Rd onramp merges onto Hwy 299.

It was monumented in 2004 by the California Spatial Reference Center and through the California Department of Transportation. There is a metal cover that accesses the survey disk inside.

There is an orange witness post directly behind Survey Disk to help locate it.

Please read datasheet link below for a better description of this control mark and directions to it.
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: 299 SHA 27.04

Benchmark Agency: California Department of Transportation (CA)

Monumentation type: Survey Mark

County: Shasta

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Enterprise

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: DH6562

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

Visit Instructions:
  1. A closeup photo of the mark taken by you is required.
  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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