T13S R9E S9 16 1/4 COR - Jefferson County, OR
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Cooke17513
N 44° 27.015 W 121° 39.881
10T E 606245 N 4922750
PLSS quarter corner remonumented by USDI-Bureau of Land Management, James E. Jelley in 1966; National Forest Survey Corner Visitation Card, Index File No. 1159
Waymark Code: WMR5Q9
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 05/13/2016
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member bluesnote
Views: 1

From the Sisters Ranger Station, travel generally NW on US20 for 9.5 miles to the intersection with FR14. Turn right on FR14 and continue 2.7 miles. Bear left on FR1419 and continue for 1.6 miles. Turn left on Tamarack Lane and continue 0.6 miles to the corner on the left.
Type of survey mark: 3-1/4" brass cap on galvanized iron pipe; rising 7"

What indicators are near the mark to help people identify where it is located?:
The monument is at the NE corner of a wood fence. There are two U-posts. One with a PROPERTY BOUNDARY sign bears E, 36" distant. The other with PROPERTY BOUNDARY and LAND SURVEY MONUMENT signs bears S, 48" distant. In addition there is a 1-1/2" pipe, driven flush, which bears SW, 7" distant. Found three ponderosa pines. The two original trees each have a chopped, scribed blaze, a yellow BEARING TREE tag, a BEARING TREE metal ribbon and a LAND SURVEY MONUMENT sign on the backside. The new, NE bearing tree has a LOCATION POSTER and a LAND SURVEY MONUMENT sign on the back.


What property is this mark defining?:
The entire E half of section 16 is private property except for a 10-acre bump-out of the W half of the section, which is Deschutes National Forest land. See also USDI- Bureau of Land Management, Field Notes of the Remonumentation of Certain Original Corner Points, Township 13 South, Range 9 East of the Willamette Meridian in the State of Oregon; Survey Completed August 22, 1966


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