PB0223 - ODOT Q315, OR
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Volcanoguy
N 43° 50.610 W 121° 25.238
10T E 626957 N 4855703
Oregon State Highway Department benchmark Q315
Waymark Code: WM3ZPY
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 06/12/2008
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Shorelander
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This benchmark is located about 0.45 miles north of Fall River Junction along the old 1926 alignment of Hwy 97 about 35 feet east of the old centerline in roadcut. The cap was set in south corner of culver headwall by the Oregon State Highway Department in 1929 and was stamped Q315, 4196.212 feet.
NGS PID PB0223 - (visit link)
DESCRIBED BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1934 13.0 MI N FROM LAPINE. 13.0 MILES NORTH ALONG THE DALLES - CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY FROM LAPINE, DESCHUTES COUNTY, AT MILEAGE 158.7, 150 FEET NORTHEAST OF THE NORTHEAST END OF THE CURVE WHERE THE HIGHWAY LEAVES THE OREGON TRUNK RAILWAY, IN THE SOUTHEAST HEADWALL OF A CULVERT, 34 FEET FROM THE HIGHWAY CENTERLINE AND 8 FEET LOWER. AN OREGON STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT STANDARD DISK STAMPED 4196.212 1929.
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: Q315

Benchmark Agency: State Highway Department (OR)

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

County: Deschutes

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Anns Butte

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: PB0223

Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed

Monumentation type (if other): Not listed

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