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MW0570 - '4770 USFS' INDIAN WELL - Siskiyou County, CA - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com
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MW0570 - '4770 USFS' INDIAN WELL - Siskiyou County, CA
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N 41° 42.820 W 121° 30.517
10T E 624067 N 4619060
This NGS benchmark lies just north of Mush Pot Cave in the Lava Beds National Monument.
Waymark Code:
WMFFM4
Location:
California, United States
Date Posted:
10/12/2012
Published By:
Lat34North
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I located this U.S. Forest Service benchmark after seeing it listed on a topography map as BM 4766. The datasheet description describes a ranger station nearby the benchmark but one no longer exists and has been replaced in 2003 with a new visitor center further up the hill.
The stamping INDIAN WELL refers to a cave with the given name and lies a few hundred feet east of this benchmark. Mush Pot Cave lies only 15 feet south of this benchmark. There is a parking area east of Forest Service Rd 10 and you can walk a paved trail right to Mush Pot Cave and this benchmark.
NGS datasheet info:
01/01/1933 by USFS (MONUMENTED)
01/01/1954 by NGS (GOOD)
DESCRIBED BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1954 AT INDIAN WELLS. AT INDIAN WELLS, 85.1 FEET SOUTH OF THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE RANGER STATION, IN THE TOP OF A 1- BY 1-FOOT OUTCROP PROJECTING 0.2 FOOT ABOVE THE GROUND, 66.3 FEET SOUTHWEST OF THE FLAG POLE, 16 FEET NORTH OF THE NORTH EDGE OF MUSH POT CAVE, AND ABOUT LEVEL WITH THE DRIVEWAY AND PARKING AREA OF THE RANGER STATION.
Condition:
Mark found in good condition
Designation:
4770 USFS
Benchmark Agency:
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Forest Service
Monumentation type:
Not labeled BENCH MARK, but with an ELEVATION marked on it
County:
Siskiyou County
USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional):
Schonchin Butte (1993)
Find type:
Searched @ "BM" on a topographic map
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NGS PID:
MW0570
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Benchmark Agency (if other):
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