MW0570 - '4770 USFS' INDIAN WELL - Siskiyou County, CA - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

I located this U.S. Forest Service benchmark after seeing it listed on a topography map as BM 4766. The datasheet description describes a ranger station nearby the benchmark but one no longer exists and has been replaced in 2003 with a new visitor center further up the hill.

The stamping INDIAN WELL refers to a cave with the given name and lies a few hundred feet east of this benchmark. Mush Pot Cave lies only 15 feet south of this benchmark. There is a parking area east of Forest Service Rd 10 and you can walk a paved trail right to Mush Pot Cave and this benchmark.

NGS datasheet info:

01/01/1933 by USFS (MONUMENTED)

01/01/1954 by NGS (GOOD)
DESCRIBED BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1954 AT INDIAN WELLS. AT INDIAN WELLS, 85.1 FEET SOUTH OF THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE RANGER STATION, IN THE TOP OF A 1- BY 1-FOOT OUTCROP PROJECTING 0.2 FOOT ABOVE THE GROUND, 66.3 FEET SOUTHWEST OF THE FLAG POLE, 16 FEET NORTH OF THE NORTH EDGE OF MUSH POT CAVE, AND ABOUT LEVEL WITH THE DRIVEWAY AND PARKING AREA OF THE RANGER STATION.

Condition: Mark found in good condition Designation: 4770 USFS Benchmark Agency: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Forest Service Monumentation type: Not labeled BENCH MARK, but with an ELEVATION marked on it County: Siskiyou County USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Schonchin Butte (1993) Find type: Searched @ "BM" on a topographic map Web address of this benchmark's datasheet (optional): [Web Link] NGS PID: MW0570 Local database's URL (optional): [Web Link] Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed Monumentation type (if other): Not listed Special category (optional): Not listed Special Category (if other): Not listed

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