DX0609 - USCGS 'A 517' BM - Riverside County, CA - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

I recovered this U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey benchmark from 1955 in good condition. It is monumented on top of a round concrete post and near an orange carsonite witness post, which made station recovery possible. This mark contains the designation stamping of 'A 517' and is also listed on a topography map as 'BM -195'. The posted coordinates are from the NGS datasheet and should place you reasonably close to this mark.

NGS datasheet info:

01/01/1955 by CGS (MONUMENTED)

01/01/1974 by NGS (GOOD)
DESCRIBED BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1974 0.5 MI W FROM MECCA. 0.5 MILE WEST ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 195 FROM THE JUNCTION OF STATE HIGHWAY 111 AT MECCA, 0.4 MILE WEST OF THE JUNCTION OF LINCOLN STREET, 37 1/2 FEET SOUTH OF THE CENTER LINE OF THE HIGHWAY, 119 1/2 FEET SOUTHWEST OF AND ACROSS THE HIGHWAY FROM TELEPHONE POLE 40408 CWT, 94 FEET SOUTHEAST OF AND ACROSS THE HIGHWAY FROM POWER LINE POLE 4161D, 113 FEET WEST OF THE CENTER OF THE SOUTH END OF 36-INCH CONCRETE PIPE CULVERT, 1.4 FEET EAST OF A WITNESS POST, 1.4 FEET WEST OF A WITNESS POST, ABOUT 1/2 FOOT HIGHER THAN THE HIGHWAY, AND SET IN THE TOP OF A CONCRETE POST PROJECTING 0.1 FOOT ABOVE THE GROUND. SEC 18, T 7 S, R 9 E.

01/01/1976 by NGS (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1976 RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.

01/01/1978 by NGS (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1978 RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.

01/01/1988 by NGS (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1988 RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION. NEW DESCRIPTION FOLLOWS. 0.7 KM (0.45 MI) WEST ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 195 FROM THE JUNCTION OF STATE HIGHWAY 111 IN MECCA, 11.7 M (38.4 FT) SOUTH OF THE HIGHWAY CENTERLINE, 33.2 M (108.9 FT) NORTHWEST OF A 6 BY 10 FT METAL BUILDING, 6.2 M (20.3 FT) EAST OF THE CENTER OF A DIRT ROAD. THE MARK IS 0.30 METERS E FROM A WITNESS POST THE MARK IS ABOVE LEVEL WITH THE HIGHWAY.

Condition: Mark found in good condition Designation: A 517 Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey Monumentation type: BENCH MARK (or B.M.) Disk County: Riverside County USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Mecca (1972) Find type: Searched @ "BM" on a topographic map Web address of this benchmark's datasheet (optional): [Web Link] NGS PID: DX0609 Local database's URL (optional): [Web Link] Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed Monumentation type (if other): Not listed Special category (optional): Not listed Special Category (if other): Not listed

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