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DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1940 (JCS) STATION IS ON CIMA MESA, 1/2 MILE NE OF THE SAWVEL RANCH BUILDINGS, ABOUT 6 MILES W OF VALYERMO, 6 MILES SSE OF LITTLE ROCK, AND 15 MILES SE OF PALMDALE. STATION, REFERENCE, AND AZIMUTH MARKS ARE STANDARD BRONZE DISKS WEDGED IN DRILL HOLE IN BOULDERS. THE STATION MARK IS 22-1/2 FEET S OF CENTER LINE OF ROAD AND PROJECTS 10 INCHES, STAMPED CIMA 1940. REFERENCE MARK NO. 1 IS SAME HEIGHT AS STATION AND PROJECTS 10 INCHES. STAMPED CIMA 1940 R.M. NO. 1. REFERENCE MARK NO. 2 IS SAME HEIGHT AS STATION AND PROJECTS 6 INCHES. STAMPED CIMA 1940 R.M. NO. 2. THE AZIMUTH MARK IS 0.25 MILE W BY S, 125 FEET W OF N-AND-S ROAD AND 40 FEET N OF AN E-AND-W FENCE LINE. STAMPED CIMA 1940. TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE INTERSECTION OF U.S. HIGHWAY 6 AND STATE HIGHWAY 138 IN PALMDALE FOLLOW STATE HIGHWAY 138 TOWARDS LITTLE ROCK FOR 12.7 MILES, TURN RIGHT, S, AND FOLLOW A MAIN-TRAVELED GRADED DIRT HIGHWAY FOR 5.6 MILES, TURN RIGHT AT SIGN SAWVEL RANCH AND GO 0.5 MILE TO END OF TRUCK TRAVEL AND STATION.
1/1/1964 by CGS (MONUMENTED)
RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1964 (JJL) THE STATION WAS RECOVERED AS DESCRIBED, AND ALL MARKS WERE FOUND IN GOOD CONDITION. DUE TO CONSTRUCTION AND CHANGES IN THE VICINITY OF THE STATION, A NEW AND COMPLETE DESCRIPTION FOLLOWS-- THE STATION IS LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CIMA MESA ROAD, ABOUT 5-1/2 MILES SOUTH AND 2 MILES EAST OF LITTLEROCK, AND ABOUT 1 MILE NORTHWEST OF THE COMMUNITY OF JUNIPER HILLS. TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE POST OFFICE IN LITTLEROCK, GO EAST ON STATE HIGHWAY 138 FOR 2.9 MILES TO THE INTERSECTION WITH 106TH STREET EAST ON THE RIGHT. TURN RIGHT, SOUTH, AND FOLLOW 106TH STREET EAST FOR 5.5 MILES TO THE INTERSECTION WITH CIMA MESA ROAD. TURN RIGHT, WEST, ON CIMA MESA ROAD FOR 0.5 MILE TO THE STATION ON THE LEFT. THE STATION MARK IS A STANDARD DISK STAMPED CIMA 1940 CEMENTED IN A DRILL HOLE IN A BOULDER THAT PROJECTS 1 FOOT. IT IS 54 FEET WEST OF A POWER POLE, 23 FEET SOUTH OF THE CENTER OF CIMA MESA ROAD, AND 4.9 FEET NORTHWEST OF A WITNESS POST. REFERENCE MARK 1 IS A STANDARD DISK STAMPED CIMA NO 1 1940 CEMENTED IN A DRILL HOLE IN A BOULDER THAT PROJECTS 1 FOOT. IT IS 54 FEET SOUTHWEST OF THE POWER POLE, 50 FEET SOUTH OF THE CENTER OF CIMA MESA ROAD, AND 25.9 FEET SOUTHEAST OF THE WITNESS POST. REFERENCE MARK 2 IS A STANDARD DISK STAMPED CIMA NO 2 1940 CEMENTED IN A DRILL HOLE IN A BOULDER THAT PROJECTS 4 INCHES. IT IS 29 FEET SOUTH OF THE CENTER OF CIMA MESA ROAD, 69 FEET WEST OF THE POWER POLE, AND 19.2 FEET WEST OF THE WITNESS POST. THE AZIMUTH MARK IS A STANDARD DISK STAMPED CIMA 1940 CEMENTED IN A DRILL HOLE IN A BOULDER THAT PROJECTS 2 FEET. IT IS 150 FEET WEST OF THE CENTER OF CIMA MESA ROAD, 22 FEET NORTH OF THE CENTER OF A TRACK ROAD, 11 FEET SOUTHWEST OF A POWER POLE, AND 0.9 FOOT EAST OF A WITNESS POST. TO REACH THE AZIMUTH MARK FROM THE STATION, GO WEST ON CIMA MESA ROAD FOR 0.25 MILE TO WHERE THE MAIN ROAD CURVES NORTH. THE MARK IS STRAIGHT AHEAD 150 FEET WEST.

Azimuth Condition: Good Your Directions: From PBH turn South on 106th St.E to Cima Mesa RD. Go right (West) for about .75 miles to where road curves North. AZ MK is straight ahead (West)about 150 Ft. Station Link: [Web Link] Parking Coords: Not Listed

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