MW0283 - USC&GS 'T 505' BM - Modoc County, CA
N 41° 20.092 W 121° 15.411
10T E 645860 N 4577397
An NGS benchmark located just off Scarface Rd.
Waymark Code: WMVV7W
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 05/27/2017
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*NOTE* This benchmark is located on private property owned by a regional lumber company which has posted white placards on trees along this road authorizing public access. Also watch out for logging trucks which may frequent some of these roads. Be respectful of the land! A 4x4 vehicle with high clearance is required for certain sections of un-maintained roadways. Travel ONLY recommended during late spring and summer months due to muddy sections of roads during wet weather months.
I recovered this U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey benchmark from 1954 in poor condition as the concrete monument has broken into pieces around the disk face and the disk itself was recovered slightly loose in its setting. This disk is also listed on a topography map as 'BM 4265'. The NGS datasheet description is adequate for station recovery. My more accurate coordinates will place you very close to this mark.
NGS datasheet info:
01/01/1954 by CGS (MONUMENTED)
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1954 11.9 MI NW FROM LOOKOUT. 7.3 MILES NORTHWEST ALONG A GRAVELED ROAD FROM THE POST OFFICE AT LOOKOUT, THENCE 4.6 MILES NORTH ALONG A DIRT ROAD (TO SCARFACE), AT THE INTERSECTION OF A ROAD LEADING EAST TO CRANK SPRING AND WEST TO EGG LAKE, 90 FEET SOUTH OF THE CENTER LINE OF THE ROAD LEADING EAST, 65 1/2 FEET EAST OF THE CENTER LINE OF THE ROAD, 4.4 FEET NORTHWEST OF A WITNESS POST, ABOUT 2 FEET HIGHER THAN THE ROAD, AND SET IN THE TOP OF A CONCRETE POST PROJECTING 0.6 FOOT ABOVE THE GROUND.