This benchmark is located at the west entrance to this historic government building.
From the NGS datasheet: (
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DESIGNATION - M 39
PID - HF0444
STATE/COUNTY- KS/SEDGWICK
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - WICHITA EAST (1982)
*CURRENT SURVEY CONTROL
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* NAD 83(1986) POS- 37 41 30. (N) 097 20 17.(W) SCALED
* NAVD 88 ORTHO HEIGHT - 397.945 (m) 1305.59 (ft) ADJUSTED
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_U.S. NATIONAL GRID SPATIAL ADDRESS: 14SPG465729(NAD 83)
_MARKER: DB = BENCH MARK DISK
SETTING: 30 = SET IN A LIGHT STRUCTURE
_SP_SET: BALUSTRADE
_STAMPING: M 39 1934
_STABILITY: D = MARK OF QUESTIONABLE OR UNKNOWN STABILITY
_SATELLITE: THE SITE LOCATION WAS REPORTED AS SUITABLE FOR
+SATELLITE: SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS - March 15, 2013
HISTORY - Date Condition Report By
HISTORY - 1934 MONUMENTED CGS
HISTORY - 1956 GOOD CGS
HISTORY - 20040820 GOOD USPSQD
HISTORY - 20090325 GOOD GEOCAC
HISTORY - 20100528 GOOD GEOCAC
HISTORY - 20130315 GOOD GEOCAC
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1956
AT WICHITA.
AT WICHITA, 1.6 FEET WEST OF THE WEST WALL OF THE POST OFFICE,
44 FEET EAST OF THE EAST CURB OF THE MAIN STREET, 35 FT NORTH
OF THE NORTH CURB OF 3RD STREET, 4.0 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND, AT
THE WEST ENTRANCE TO THE BUILDING, SET IN THE TOP OF THE SOUTH
'GRANITE BALUSTRADE, IN SECTION 20, TOWNSHIP 27 SOUTH, RANGE 1
EAST.
STATION RECOVERY (2004)
RECOVERY NOTE BY US POWER SQUADRON 2004 (RPJ)
BUILDING IS NOW A U.S. COURTHOUSE.
STATION RECOVERY (2009)
RECOVERY NOTE BY GEOCACHING 2009 (RCF)
RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.
STATION RECOVERY (2010)
RECOVERY NOTE BY GEOCACHING 2010 (TFW)
RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.
STATION RECOVERY (2013)
RECOVERY NOTE BY GEOCACHING 2013 (LPC)
RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.