QD1262 - USCGS W111, OR
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Volcanoguy
N 44° 03.470 W 120° 43.049
10T E 682822 N 4880829
USCGS benchmark W111 along Ore. Hwy. 27.
Waymark Code: WM3JVT
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 04/13/2008
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member seventhings
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This benchmark is located along Ore Hwy 27. The benchmark cap is set in a boulder located about 35 feet northeast of highway centerline a few hundred feet south of the end of pavement. The cap was set by the US Coast & Geodetic Survey in 1934 and was stamped W111, 1934.
NGS PID QD1262 - (visit link)
DESCRIBED BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1936 25.8 MI S FROM PRINEVILLE. 25.8 MILES SOUTH OF CROOK COUNTY COURTHOUSE AT PRINEVILLE. 4.2 MILES SOUTH OF JUNCTION OF STATE HIGHWAY 27 AND PAULINA ROAD. 500 FEET SOUTHEAST OF RANCH HOUSE ON NORTHEAST OF HIGHWAY. 34 FEET NORTHEAST OF CENTER LINE OF STATE HIGHWAY 27. 1 FOOT SOUTHWEST RIGHT OF WAY FENCE. SET IN TOP OF EMBEDDED BOULDER. AT NORTHEAST END OF WHERE HIGHWAY GOES ALONG ROCKIE SLOP OF RIDGE. U.S. COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY STANDARD DISK SET IN BOULDER.
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: W111

Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey

Monumentation type: BENCH MARK (or B.M.) Disk

County: Crook

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Alkali Flat

Find type: Coordinates and/or to-reach information from the NGS database (or Geocaching's copy of it) were used

Web address of this benchmark's datasheet (optional): [Web Link]

NGS PID: QD1262

Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed

Monumentation type (if other): Not listed

Special category (optional): Not listed

Special Category (if other): Not listed

Local database's URL (optional): Not listed

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