QD1286 - USCGS Y358, Oregon - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

This cap is located along an abandoned section of the old Bend to Elk Lake Road. The road segment is about 800 feet southeast of the current Cascade Lakes Highway. The cap is set in a boulder about 20 feet SE of the old road centerline. The cap was set by the U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey in 1942 and was marked Y358.
In addition to the benchmark cap there is a bolt set in a rock about 10 feet to the east. The bolt was probably also set by the USCGS in about 1942. Bolts like this were generally used as temporary benchmarks at the time of the initial leveling survey. After the survey was completed, permanent benchmarks were placed somewhere near the temporary points.
NGS PID QD1286 - (visit link)
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1942 48.7 MI N FROM ODELL LAKE LODGE. ALONG ELK LAKE ROAD, 8.8 MILES NORTH OF ELK LAKE RANGER STATION. 25 FEET EAST OF CENTER LINE OF ROAD, 2 FEET BELOW ROAD LEVEL, ON WEST SIDE LAVA BOULDERS. WITNESS POST SET.

Condition: Mark found in good condition Designation: Y358 Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey Monumentation type: BENCH MARK (or B.M.) Disk County: Deschutes USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Broken Top Special category (optional): Not listed 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: QD1286 Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed Monumentation type (if other): Not listed Special Category (if other): Not listed Local database's URL (optional): Not listed

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