Triangulation Station LACY 1972 w/ No Azmuth Set - PID DX5244
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Vader!
N 33° 52.271 W 116° 59.666
11S E 500514 N 3747873
Well marked and so easily found at the top of a small hill overlooking hwy 79 north of Hemet/San Jacinto and south of Beaumont.
Waymark Code: WM6TEF
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 07/18/2009
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
Views: 7

Station
33°52.271'N
116°59.666'W

RM # 1
33°52.27'N
116°59.671'W

RM # 2
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TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE INTERSECTION OF CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY 79 AND GILMAN SPRINGS ROAD, 6 MILES SOUTH OF BEAUMONT, GO NORTH ON CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY 79 FOR 2.1 MILES. STATION IS ON A RIDGE 250 FT EAST OF CENTERLINE CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY 79. STATION MARK AND REFERENCE MARKS ARE STANDARD CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF HIGHWAYS 3 IN DISKS IN OCTAGON SHAPED CONCRETE MONUMENTS. STATION MARK IS STAMPED LACY 1972, IS 0.85 MILE SOUTH FROM ROAD TO LAMB CANYON SANITARY FILL, ON A RIDGE CUT BY CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY 79, 134 FT SOUTH OF MILE POST 36.33, 250 FT EAST OF CENTERLINE CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY 79, 4 FT WEST OF METAL WITNESS POST AND PROJECTS 0.1 ABOVE GROUND. REFERENCE MARK 1 IS STAMPED LACY R.M. NO 1 1972, IS 23 FT SOUTHWEST OF METAL WITNESS POST, 4.7 LOWER THAN STATION AND FLUSH WITH THE GROUND. REFERENCE MARK 2 IS STAMPED LACY R.M. NO 2 1972, IS 20 FT NORTHWEST OF METAL WITNESS POST, 5.5 LOWER THAN STATION AND FLUSH WITH THE GROUND. NO AZIMUTH MARK WAS SET. HEIGHT OF LIGHT ABOVE STATION MARK 1.5 METERS.
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: LACY 1972

Benchmark Agency: California Division of Highways (CA)

Monumentation type: TRIANGULATION STATION Disk

County: RIVERSIDE COUNTY

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): USGS SAN JACINTO Quad, California

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

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NGS PID: DX5244

Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed

Monumentation type (if other): Not listed

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