Benchmark: KN0448 " MONA "
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member JacobBarlow
N 39° 48.393 W 111° 51.176
12S E 426988 N 4406634
Good condition and easy to find, just off the Cemetery road in Mona.
Waymark Code: WM2MC9
Location: Utah, United States
Date Posted: 11/20/2007
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Black Dog Trackers
Views: 22

RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1993 (GRH) STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 10 KM (6.20 MI) NORTH OF NEPHI, 1.4 KM (0.85 MI) SOUTH OF MONA, 1.5 KM (0.95 MI) WEST OF INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 15, ALONG A PAVED ROAD, ON THE RIGHT-OF-WAY, ADJACENT TO A FIELD, ON THE NORTH EDGE OF SECTION 5, T 12 S, R 1 E. OWNERSHIP--STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. TO REACH FROM THE UNDERPASS AT THE JUNCTION OF INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 15 AND STATE HIGHWAY 54 ( EXIT 236) AT MONA, GO WEST ON HIGHWAY 54 FOR 1.92 KM (1.20 MI) TO A CROSS ROAD IN MONA. TURN LEFT, SOUTH, ON OLD HIGHWAY FOR 1.37 KM (0.85 MI) TO A PAVED CROSSROAD. TURN LEFT, EAST, ON ROAD FOR 0.08 KM (0.05 MI) TO THE STATION ON THE RIGHT. STATION MARK IS A DISK SET IN THE TOP OF A 30-CM SQUARE CONCRETE POST FLUSH WITH THE GROUND. IT IS 9.8 M (32.2 FT) SOUTH OF, AND SLIGHTLY LOWER THAN THE ROAD CENTER, 1.3 M (4.3 FT) NORTH OF A FIBERGLASS WITNESS POST IN THE FENCELINE, 39.4 M (129.3 FT) WEST OF THE CENTER OF A GRAVEL DRIVE LEADING TO A TWO-STORY HOUSE, AND 82.1 M (269.4 FT) EAST OF THE CENTER OF THE OLD HIGHWAY. DESCRIBED BY G.R.HEID
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: MONA

Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey

Monumentation type: TRIANGULATION STATION Disk

County: JUAB

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): MONA

Find type: Found by luck/skill/knowledge

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NGS PID: KN0448

Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed

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