NEWPORT CH 1988 - Newport, WA
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member T0SHEA
N 48° 10.674 W 117° 02.873
11U E 496440 N 5336074
This is the second of two Markers at the Pend Oreille County Courthouse in Newport, WA. This one, a gravity station disc, is on the south edge of the concrete base for the flagpole on the front lawn. The courthouse is on 4th Street at Scott Avenue.
Waymark Code: WMKY3H
Location: Washington, United States
Date Posted: 06/12/2014
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member NW_history_buff
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From the NGS:
DESIGNATION -  NEWPORT CH
PID         -  TO1167
STATE/COUNTY-  WA/PEND OREILLE
COUNTRY     -  US
USGS QUAD   -  NEWPORT (1986)
MARKER: DG = GRAVITY STATION DISK
SETTING: 35 = SET IN A MAT FOUNDATION OR CONCRETE SLAB OTHER THAN WITH SETTING: PAVEMENT
SP_SET: DRILL HOLE IN FLAG POLE FOOTING
STAMPING: NEWPORT CH 1988
MARK LOGO: NGS
MAGNETIC: R = STEEL ROD IMBEDDED IN MONUMENT
STABILITY: C = MAY HOLD, BUT OF TYPE COMMONLY SUBJECT TO STABILITY: SURFACE MOTION
SATELLITE: THE SITE LOCATION WAS REPORTED AS NOT SUITABLE FOR SATELLITE: SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS - December 15, 1989
HISTORY - Date Condition Report By HISTORY - 1988 MONUMENTED NGS HISTORY - 19880819 GOOD NGS HISTORY - 19891215 GOOD NGS DESCRIBED BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1988 (DW)
SITE IS AT OLD PEND OREILLE COUNTY COURTHOUSE IN NEWPORT, OREGON. STATION IS 0.31 MI (0.50 KM) SW OF FEDERAL BUILDING IN NEWPORT. TO ACCESS FROM THE INTERSECTION OF ROUTES US 2 (WALNUT STREET) AND ID 41 AT BOUNDARY BETWEEN OLDTOWN, IDAHO, AND NEWPORT, WASHINGTON, GO WEST ON US 2. GO 0.34 MI (0.55 KM) AND TURN SOUTH, LEFT, ONTO US 2 (WASHINGTON AVENUE) . GO 0.42 MI (0.68 KM) AND TURN WEST (RIGHT) ONTO 4TH STREET (ACROSS FROM RR STATION) . GO 0.17 MI (0.27 KM) TO COURTHOUSE AND STATION ON LEFT. STATION IS ON SOUTH SIDE OF FLAGPOLE BASE ( 1.54 M (5.05 FT) X 1.22 M (4.00 FT) ), 46.1 M (151.2 FT) EAST OF CENTER OF SCOTT AVENUE, 17.4 M (57.1 FT) SOUTH OF CENTER OF 4TH STREET, 7.2 M (23.6 FT) SOUTH OF SOUTH EDGE OF SIDEWALK, 1.0 M (3.3 FT) SOUTH OF NORTH EDGE OF FLAGPOLE BASE, 0.40 M (1.31 FT) SOUTH OF FLAGPOLE, 7.4 M (24.3 FT) EAST OF CENTER OF DIRT ALLEY, 7.2 M (23.6 FT) NORTH OF NE CORNER OF COURTHOUSE, 23.8 M (78.1 FT) NORTH OF BM NEWPORT (= BASE STATION NEWPORT B) AND 12.3 M (40.4 FT) EAST OF CENTER OF ENTRANCE SIDEWALK.
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: NEWPORT CH 1988

Benchmark Agency: National Geodetic Survey

Monumentation type: Gravity Station Disk

County: PEND OREILLE

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): NEWPORT

Find type: Coordinates and/or to-reach information from the NGS database (or Geocaching's copy of it) were used

NGS PID: TO1167

Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed

Monumentation type (if other): Not listed

Special category (optional): Not listed

Special Category (if other): Not listed

Web address of this benchmark's datasheet (optional): Not listed

Local database's URL (optional): Not listed

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