PZ0458 - USCGS T15, Idaho
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Volcanoguy
N 44° 13.821 W 113° 58.499
12T E 262405 N 4901762
U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey benchmark T15.
Waymark Code: WMC57B
Location: Idaho, United States
Date Posted: 07/26/2011
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
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This benchmark is located at the Willow Creek Summit on U.S. Hwy. 93. The cap is located about 85 feet southwest of highway centerline in a limestone outcrop. There is no marker post but some rocks are piled around the cap. The cap was set in limestone outcrop by the U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey in 1933 and was marked T15, elev 7160.888.
NGS PID PZ0458 - (visit link)
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1933 12.1 MI NW FROM CHILLY. 12.1 MILES NORTHWEST ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 27 (NOW U.S. HIGHWAY 93 ALT.) FROM THE SCHOOL AT CHILLY, CUSTER COUNTY, AT WILLOW CREEK SUMMIT, ON THE SOUTHEAST SLOPE OF A RIDGE, 300 FEET SOUTH OF A HIGHWAY MACHINE SHED, 85 FEET WEST OF THE CENTER LINE OF THE HIGHWAY, AND IN THE TOP OF THE NORTH POINT OF A SOLID LIMESTONE OUTCROP MARKED BY THE PAINTED LETTERS BM AND A ROCK CAIRN. A STANDARD DISK, STAMPED 7160.888 T 15 1933.
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: T15

Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey

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

County: Custer

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Dickey Peak

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: PZ0458

Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed

Monumentation type (if other): Not listed

Special category (optional): Not listed

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