PZ0772 - USCGS SAW, Idaho - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

This triangulation station is located about 11 miles northwest of Mackay on U.S. Hwy. 93. The cap is located about 60 feet northeast of highway centerline and about 10 feet southwest of fenceline. Cap location is marked by steel post and sign. The cap was set in 12-inch concrete post by the U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey in 1965 and was marked SAW.
NGS PID PZ0772 - (visit link)
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1965 (JJL) THE STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF MACKAY, 0.45 MILE NORTHWEST OF MILE POST 39 AND ON THE NORTHEAST EDGE OF U.S. HIGHWAY 93 RIGHT-OF-WAY. TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE POST OFFICE IN MACKAY, GO SOUTHWEST ON THE MAIN STREET FOR 0.05 MILE TO THE JUNCTION WITH U.S. HIGHWAY 93. TURN RIGHT AND GO NORTHWEST ON U.S. HIGHWAY 93 FOR 10.8 MILES TO A SIDE ROAD RIGHT AND A SIGN LONE CEDAR RD. CONTINUE NORTHWEST ON THE HIGHWAY FOR 0.55 MILE TO THE STATION ON THE RIGHT, NORTHEAST, SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. TO REACH THE AZIMUTH MARK FROM THE STATION, GO NORTHWEST ON U.S. HIGHWAY 93 FOR 0.5 MILE TO THE AZIMUTH MARK ON THE LEFT, SOUTHWEST, SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. THE STATION MARK IS A STANDARD DISK, STAMPED SAW 1965, SET IN THE TOP OF A 12-INCH ROUND CONCRETE MONUMENT THAT PROJECTS 4 INCHES. IT IS 60 FEET NORTHEAST OF THE APPROXIMATE CENTER OF U.S. HIGHWAY 93 AND 4.1 FEET NORTHWEST OF A METAL WITNESS POST. REFERENCE MARK 1 IS A STANDARD DISK, STAMPED SAW NO 1 1965, SET IN THE TOP OF A 12-INCH ROUND CONCRETE MONUMENT THAT PROJECTS 1 INCH. IT IS 78.8 FEET NORTHEAST OF THE APPROXIMATE CENTER OF U.S. HIGHWAY 93 AND 23.4 FEET NORTH-NORTHWEST OF A METAL WITNESS POST. REFERENCE MARK 2 IS A STANDARD DISK, STAMPED SAW NO 2 1965, SET IN THE TOP OF A 12-INCH ROUND CONCRETE MONUMENT THAT PROJECTS 3 INCHES. IT IS 73.4 FEET NORTHEAST OF THE APPROXIMATE CENTER OF U.S. HIGHWAY 93 AND 22.8 FEET EAST OF A METAL WITNESS POST. THE AZIMUTH MARK IS A IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS DISK, WITH NO STAMPING AND IT IS SET IN THE TOP OF A 6-INCH SQUARE CONCRETE MONUMENT THAT PROJECTS 6 INCHES. IT IS 200 FEET SOUTHWEST OF THE APPROXIMATE CENTER OF U.S. HIGHWAY 93 AND 2.9 FEET SOUTH OF A METAL WITNESS POST. THE DISTANCE BETWEEN REFERENCE MARK 1 AND REFERENCE MARK 2 IS 32.41 FEET OR 9.879 METERS.

Condition: Mark found in good condition Designation: SAW Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey Monumentation type: TRIANGULATION STATION Disk County: Custer USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Elkhorn Creek 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: PZ0772 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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