Santa Clara HPGN-D ADAMS RESET - Gilroy, California
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member hotshoe
N 37° 01.537 W 121° 39.327
10S E 619595 N 4098559
High Precision Geodetic Network mark along roadside; instead of following the locating directions, you can follow your GPS directly to it, within a few inches.
Waymark Code: WM5F9P
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 12/31/2008
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Black Dog Trackers
Views: 11

Text from data sheet:

"AA1876''DESCRIBED BY SANTA CLARA COUNTY CALIFORNIA 1992 (JLP)
THE STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 7 MI (11.3 KM) SOUTH OF THE CITY OF
MORGAN HILL AND ABOUT 5 MI (8.0 KM) WEST OF THE CITY OF GILROY.

TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE INTERSECTION OF U.S. HIGHWAY 101 AND
LEAVESLEY ROAD (STATE HIGHWAY 152) IN THE CITY OF GILROY, GO SOUTHWEST
ON LEAVESLEY ROAD (HIGHWAY 152) FOR 0.5 MI (0.8 KM) TO THE
INTERSECTION WITH MONTEREY STREET. TURN LEFT AND GO SOUTH ON MONTEREY
STREET (HIGHWAY 152) FOR 0.35 MI (0.56 KM) TO A SIDE ROAD RIGHT, FIRST
STREET. TURN RIGHT AND GO WEST ON FIRST STREET (HIGHWAY 152) FOR 1.5
MI (2.4 KM) TO THE INTERSECTION WITH SANTA TERESA BOULEVARD. CONTINUE
WEST ON HIGHWAY 152 (HECKER PASS HIGHWAY) FOR 2.9 MI (4.7 KM) TO A
SIDE ROAD RIGHT, WATSONVILLE ROAD (COUNTY ROAD G8). TURN RIGHT AND GO
NORTH ON WATSONVILLE ROAD FOR 1.1 MI (1.8 KM) TO THE STATION ON THE
RIGHT (EAST) SIDE OF A WIDE ASPHALT PARKING AREA.

THE STATION IS A 2.5 INCH SANTA CLARA COUNTY SURVEYOR ALUMINUM DISK
NSIDE A 6 INCH ALUMINUM ACCESS COVER FLUSH WITH THE GROUND, ABOUT 260
FT (79.2 M) SOUTHEAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF WATSONVILLE ROAD AND
REDWOOD RETREAT ROAD, 121.6 FT (37.1 M) SOUTHEAST OF AND ACROSS THE
ROAD FROM POWER POLE NO. 1025711 WITH TRANSFORMER, 90.2 FT (27.5 M)
EAST OF THE CENTERLINE OF WATSONVILLE ROAD, 77.0 FT (23.5 M) NORTH OF
THE SOUTH EDGE OF PAVEMENT, 6.4 FT (2.0 M) EAST OF AN ASPHALT CURB,
AND 3.0 FT (0.9 M) WEST OF THE TOP OF A FILL BANK. THE DISK IS 0.25 FT
(0.08 M) BELOW THE ACCESS COVER AND THE ROD IS DRIVEN TO REFUSAL AT A
DEPTH OF 28 FT (8.5 M) .

THIS STATION WAS OCCUPIED AS PART OF A CALIFORNIA HIGH PRECISION
GEODETIC NETWORK (HPGN) DENSIFICATION SURVEY. THIS STATION REPLACES
STATION HPGN D CA ADAMS WHICH WAS DESTROYED DURING THE PROJECT."

Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: HPGN-D ADAMS RESET

Benchmark Agency: other (not included below)

Benchmark Agency (if other): County of Santa Clara

Monumentation type: Survey Mark

County: Santa Clara County

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Mt Madonna

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: AA1876

Monumentation type (if other): Not listed

Special category (optional): Not listed

Special Category (if other): Not listed

Local database's URL (optional): Not listed

Visit Instructions:
  1. A closeup photo of the mark taken by you is required.
  2. A 'distant' photo including the mark in the view is highly recommended. Include the compass direction you faced when you took the picture.
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