T17S R9E S15 14 22 23 COR WC - Deschutes County, OR
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Cooke17513
N 44° 05.723 W 121° 37.608
10T E 609918 N 4883383
PLSS witness corner set by USDA-Forest Service, William Ham in 2004
Waymark Code: WMMEM2
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 09/09/2014
Views: 3
From the intersection with FR370 near Three Creek Lake, south of Sisters, travel generally S on FR16 for 1.4 mile to the end and a turnaround at Three Creek Lake Campground. Park and follow a trail generally W for about 790' to the witness corner on the left.
Type of survey mark: 3-1/4" aluminum cap in a collar of stones; slightly below grade
What indicators are near the mark to help people identify where it is located?:
The witness corner is uphill, about 130' S from the trail. There is a NATIONAL FOREST WILDERNESS sign mounted on a U-post, which bears S, 4' distant from the witness corner. Found four trees, all with yellow BEARING TREE tags and two with LAND SURVEY MONUMENT signs. At the location of the true corner, which bears N, 10.0' distant from the witness, found pink flagging tape knotted on a 2-1/2" magnetic nail. The nail was pushed into the dirt and covered with several small rocks. Did not disturb.
What property is this mark defining?:
Three Sisters Wilderness in Deschutes National Forest; the true corner is also described as AP 323 on the Three Sisters Wilderness Boundary legal description
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