NGS BIL1 A 2000, Montana
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seventhings
N 45° 58.373 W 107° 59.731
13T E 267940 N 5095398
NGS BIL1 A 2000, MT, is a stainless steel rod monumented in the southeast angle of the intersection of Fly Creek Road and Lower Canal Road near Pompeys Pillar, MT.
Waymark Code: WMQ5A
Location: Montana, United States
Date Posted: 09/10/2006
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NGS BIL1 A 2000, MT, is a National Geodetic Survey (NGS) stainless steel rod monumented in the southeast angle of the intersection of Fly Creek Road and Lower Canal Road, about 1.6 miles south-southeast of Pompeys Pillar National Monument, Yellowstone County, MT. The rod is housed in a flange and logo cap that is flush with the surface. It is 138.8 feet south of the center of Lower Canal Road, 99.1 feet southeast of a utility pole with three guy cables, 28.2 feet east of the centerline of Fly Creek Road, 1.3 feet west of an orange Carsonite witness post, and about 13.3 feet below the level of the road surface. The rod was monumented by the NGS in 2000 as a CORS Reference Station for the BILLINGS 1 CORS ARP station at PID = AI7658. It is stamped BIL 1 B 2000. It is in the NGS database at PID = AI8210 (
visit link) .
To reach from Exit 23 off Interstate Highway 94 about 28 miles northeast of Billings, MT, go south on US Highway 312 (aka South 31st Street) for about 0.2 miles to Sherrod Lane leading east. Continue south on the road (now known as Fly Creek Road) for about 1.1 miles to the intersection with Lower Canal Road leading east. Continue south for about 138 feet to the station on the left. Handheld coordinates are N45.58.373 W107-59.731. Recovery of this station was first logged at the Geocaching datasheet for station BILLINGS 1 CORS ARP, PID = AI7658.