NY0424 - USC&GS 'C 5' BM - Klamath County, OR
N 42° 04.858 W 121° 50.725
10T E 595499 N 4659411
This NGS tidal benchmark is located along the railroad tracks on top of a concrete abutment spanning an irrigation canal and west of Hwy 97 in Klamath County, OR.
Waymark Code: WMFY0K
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 12/15/2012
Views: 2
I recovered this U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey tidal disk from 1919 in good condition after digging it up from about 4-5 inches of railroad ballast. The disk is monumented on top of the SE concrete abutment that spans an irrigation canal and east of the railroad tracks. The disk face has the stamping elevation of 4090.983 ft on its face, along with 'C 5' and '1919'. The NGS datasheet description is adequate for station recovery. The NGS coordinates from the datasheet are way off and the coordinates I've provided with put you right on top of this benchmark location.
NGS datasheet info:
01/01/1919 by CGS (MONUMENTED)
01/01/1934 by NGS (GOOD)
DESCRIBED BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1934 11.1 MI S FROM KLAMATH FALLS. 11.1 MILES SOUTH ALONG THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY RAILROAD FROM THE STATION AT KLAMATH FALLS, 0.4 MILE NORTH OF A ROAD CROSSING, 0.4 MILE NORTH OF A ROCK LEDGE EXTENDING FROM THE SOUTHEAST END OF A PROMINENT BARREN HILL, AT BRIDGE 418.59 OVER A CANAL, IN THE TOP OF THE SOUTH CONCRETE ABUTMENT, 8.5 FEET WEST OF THE EAST END OF THE ABUTMENT, 6.4 FEET EAST OF THE EAST RAIL, AND ABOUT 1 1/2 FEET LOWER THAN THE TRACK.
01/01/1952 by NGS (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1952 RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.
05/21/1988 by NGS (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1988 RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.
Condition: Mark found in good condition
Designation: C 5
Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey
Monumentation type: BENCH MARK (or B.M.) Disk
County: Klamath County
USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Worden (1986)
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: NY0424
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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