DX5103: MORONGO - Desert Hot Springs CA - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

1931/01/01 by MWDSC (MONUMENTED)
DESCRIBED BY METRO WATER DISTR SO. CALIFORNIA 1931 6 MILES NNE OF WHITEWATER, ON GENTLE SLOPE AT NORTHERN END OF COACHELLA VALLEY, AND ABOUT 100 FEET E OF ROAD. TO REACH FROM WHITEWATER, GO E ABOUT 1/2 MILE ON STATE HIGHWAY, GO NE 6 MILES ON MORONGO VALLEY ROAD, TURN LEFT AND FOLLOW ROAD APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE OR ALMOST TO TELEPHONE LINE. MARKED BY BRONZE DISK IN BURIED BOULDER. REFERENCE MARKS ARE BRONZE PINS. NO. 1 IS 80.62 FEET FROM STATION IN AZIMUTH 25 DEG 14 MIN. NO. 2 IS 115.40 FEET FROM STATION IN AZIMUTH 148 DEG 56 MIN.

1950/01/01 by CGS (MONUMENTED)
RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1950 (JCE) DUE TO CHANGES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS AREA, A NEW DESCRIPTION FOLLOWS-- STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 6.5 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF GARNET, ABOUT 5.5 MILES NORTHEAST OF WHITEWATER, AND ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF DESERT HOT SPRINGS ON A GENTLE SLOPE AT THE NORTHERN END OF COACHELLA VALLEY. TO REACH FROM THE POST OFFICE AT WHITEWATER--GO EAST ON U.S. HIGHWAY 60, 70, AND 99 2.3 MILES TO THE JUNCTION OF THE HIGHWAY TO 29 PALMS. TURN LEFT (NORTH) ON 29 PALMS ROAD AND GO 4.7 MILES TO THE JUNCTION OF MISSION CANYON ROAD AND SIGN 29 PALMS 38, MISSION CANYON. TURN LEFT (NORTHWEST) ON MISSION CANYON ROAD AND GO 0.1 MILE TO AZIMUTH MARK IN LARGE BOULDER AT LEFT EDGE OF ROAD. CONTINUE ON MISSION CANYON ROAD FOR 0.9 MILE TO THE CROSSING OF A TELEPHONE LINE. TURN LEFT (SOUTHWEST) ON TRACK ROAD ALONG TELEPHONE LINE AND AT THE FIFTH POLE TURN LEFT AGAIN 140 FEET TO STATION. STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 100 YARDS SOUTHWEST OF MISSION CANYON ROAD, AND 140 FEET EAST OF TELEPHONE POLE NO. 6838 JA-43. A MWD OF SC DISK SET IN THE TOP OF A BURIED BOULDER ABOUT FLUSH WITH THE GROUND. STAMPED--MORONGO 1931 REFERENCE MARK 1 IS 80.61 FEET SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF STATION AND ABOUT 2.5 FEET LOWER. IT IS A BRONZE PIN SET IN THE TOP OF A SMALL BOULDER FLUSH WITH THE TOP AND ABOUT 2 FEET ABOVE GROUND. REFERENCE MARK 2 IS 115.41 FEET NORTHWEST OF THE STATION AND ABOUT 3 FEET HIGHER. IT IS A BRONZE PINE SET IN THE TOP OF A SMALL BOULDER PROJECTING ABOUT 1/2 INCH AND ABOUT 8 INCHES ABOVE GROUND. DISTANCES AND DIRECTIONS TO REFERENCE MARKS CHECKED WITH THOSE IN ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION. AN AZIMUTH MARK WAS ESTABLISHED AT A DISTANCE OF ABOUT 0.9 MILE IN AZIMUTH 323 DEG 04 MIN 55 SEC. IT IS ABOUT 0.1 MILE NORTHWEST OF THE JUNCTION OF THE 29 PALMS HIGHWAY AND THE MISSION CANYON ROAD. MARK IS AT THE SOUTHWEST EDGE OF MISSION CANYON ROAD IN THE TOP OF A 6 FOOT BOULDER AND ABOUT 3.5 FEET ABOVE GROUND. IT IS A STANDARD DISK STAMPED-- MORONGO 1950

1960/01/01 by CGS (MONUMENTED)
RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1960 (WFM) THE STATION AND REFERENCE MARKS WERE RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION AS DESCRIBED. THE AZIMUTH MARK WAS NOT RECOVERED. THE STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 6-1/2 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF GARNET, 5-1/2 NORTHEAST OF WHITEWATER, 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF DESERT HOT SPRINGS, 1 MILE WEST OF THE TWENTY NINE PALMS ROAD AND ABOUT 50 YARDS EAST OF A TELEPHONE LINE. TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE POST OFFICE AT WHITEWATER GO EASTERLY ON A PAVED ROAD THENCE U.S. HIGHWAY 99 FOR 2.3 MILES TO THE JUNCTION WITH THE TWENTY NINE PALMS HIGHWAY. TURN LEFT AND GO NORTHERLY ON THE TWENTY NINE PALMS HIGHWAY FOR 4.7 MILES TO A DIRT AND GRAVEL ROAD LEFT, NORTHWEST, AND SIGN MISSION CANYON ROAD. TURN LEFT ON THE MISSION CANYON ROAD AND GO 0.1 MILE TO THE AZIMUTH MARK (MARK WAS NOT RECOVERED AND IS BELIEVED DESTROYED). CONTINUE FOR 0.9 MILE TO A TRACK ROAD LEFT AT TELEPHONE LINE. TURN LEFT ON TRACK ROAD AND GO TO THE FIFTH POLE. TURN LEFT TO STATION 140 FEET EAST OF THE TRACK ROAD. THE STATION MARK IS A STANDARD METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA DISK STAMPED MORONGO 1931, SET IN THE TOP OF A BOULDER ABOUT FLUSH WITH THE GROUND, 140 FEET EAST OF TELEPHONE POLE 6838 JA-43. REFERENCE MARK NO. 1 IS A COPPER PIN SET IN THE TOP OF A SMALL BOULDER PROJECTING ABOUT 2 FEET AND ABOUT THE SAME ELEVATION AS THE STATION. IT IS 80.61 FEET SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF THE STATION. REFERENCE MARK NO. 2 IS A COPPER PIN SET IN THE TOP OF A SMALL BOULDER PROJECTING ABOUT 1 INCH AND IS ABOUT 3 FEET HIGHER THAN THE STATION. IT IS 115.41 FEET NORTHWEST OF THE STATION. THE AZIMUTH MARK IS A STANDARD DISK STAMPED MORONGO 1950, SET IN THE TOP OF A 6 FOOT BOULDER PROJECTING ABOUT 3-1/2 FEET AND IS ABOUT 0.1 MILE NORTHWEST OF THE JUNCTION OF THE TWENTY NINE PALMS ROAD AND THE MISSION CANYON ROAD, AT THE SOUTHWEST EDGE OF THE MISSION CANYON ROAD. IT IS 0.9 MILE IN AZIMUTH 323 04 55 FROM THE STATION.

1962/01/01 by CA-065 (MONUMENTED)
RECOVERY NOTE BY RIVERSIDE COUNTY CALIFORNIA 1962 (FC) STATION AND REFERENCE MARKS ARE IN GOOD CONDITION AS DESCRIBED.

1971/01/01 by CA-065 (MONUMENTED)
RECOVERY NOTE BY RIVERSIDE COUNTY CALIFORNIA 1971 STATION IN EXCELLENT CONDITION

1974/01/01 by NGS (MONUMENTED)
RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1974 (CLN) THE STATION MARK AND REFERENCE MARKS 1 AND 2 WERE RECOVERED AS DESCRIBED IN 1931, 1950 AND 1960, AND WERE FOUND TO BE IN GOOD CONDITION. THE DIRECTIONS TO REFERENCE MARKS 1 AND 2 WERE CHECKED IN AZIMUTH WITH GOOD RESULTS. THE DISTANCES TO THE REFERENCE MARKS WERE MEASURED SLOPE AND THENCE REDUCED TO HORIZONTAL WITH THE RESULTS ADEQUATELY CHECKING THE 1931 AND 1950 DISTANCES. THE AZIMUTH MARK WAS RECOVERED IN A HUGE BOULDER THAT HAD BEEN UP-ENDED BY A BULLDOZER. THE DISK WAS REMOVED FROM THE BOULDER AT THIS TIME. REFERENCE MARKS 3 AND 4 (AZIMUTH NO. 2), WERE ESTABLISHED AT THIS TIME. A COMPLETE NEW DESCRIPTION FOLLOWS-- THE STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 6-1/2 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF GARNET, 5-1/2 MILES NORTHEAST OF WHITEWATER, 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF DESERT HOT SPRINGS, 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MORONGO, 0.3 MILE NORTHWEST OF THE CROSSROAD INTERSECTION OF STATE HIGHWAY 62 AND THE MISSION CREEK ROAD, AND 150 FEET SOUTHEAST OF A TELEPHONE LINE AND POWERLINE CROSSING. TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 10 - STATE HIGHWAY 62 INTERCHANGE WHICH IS ABOUT 2-1/4 MILES EAST OF WHITEWATER, DRIVE NORTH ON THE STATE HIGHWAY FOR 5.0 MILES TO ITS CROSSROAD JUNCTION WITH THE MISSION CREEK ROAD AND THE AZIMUTH MARK NUMBER 2. TURN LEFT AND DRIVE NORTHWEST FOR 0.25 MILE TO A SIDE ROAD LEFT. TURN LEFT AGAIN AND DRIVE WEST AND NORTHWEST ALONG A POWERLINE FOR 0.15 MILE TO A CROSSING OF THE POWERLINE WITH A TELEPHONE LINE AND THE STATION. THE STATION IS MARKED BY A STANDARD METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA DISK STAMPED MORONGO 1931, SET IN THE TOP OF A BOULDER THAT IS ABOUT 2 INCHES BELOW THE SURROUNDING GROUND SURFACE. IT IS 152 FEET SOUTHEAST OF THE POWER-TELEPHONE LINES CROSSING, 140.0 FEET SOUTHEAST OF TELEPHONE POLE NUMBER 6838 JA-43 AND 18.0 FEET NORTH OF POWERLINE POLE NUMBER 335818S WHICH HAS FOUR WHITE TRIANGLES PAINTED UPON IT. REFERENCE MARK 1 IS A BRONZE PIN CEMENTED IN A DRILL HOLE IN THE TOP OF A PROMINENT GRANITE BOULDER THAT PROJECTS 2-1/2 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND SURFACE AND IS ABOUT 3 FEET LOWER IN ELEVATION THAN THE STATION. IT IS ON THE SOUTHWEST SLOPE OF THE STATION RIDGE AND 62.0 FEET SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF THE POWERLINE POLE. REFERENCE MARK 2 IS A BRONZE PIN CEMENTED IN THE TOP OF A SMALL CONICAL GRANITE BOULDER THAT PROJECTS ABOUT 10 INCHES ABOVE THE GROUND SURFACE AND IS ABOUT 3 FEET HIGHER IN ELEVATION THAN THE STATION. IT IS LOCATED ON THE CREST OF THE STATION RIDGE, 72.5 FEET NORTHEAST OF TELEPHONE POLE 6838 JA-43. REFERENCE MARK 3, A STANDARD NGS REFERENCE MARK DISK STAMPED MORONGO MWDSC 1931 NO. 3 1974, IS CEMENTED IN A DRILL HOLE IN THE TOP OF A GRANITE BOULDER THAT PROJECTS ABOUT 5 INCHES ABOVE THE GROUND SURFACE AND IS ABOUT 2 FEET LOWER IN ELEVATION THAN THE STATION. IT IS LOCATED ON THE NORTHEAST SLOPE OF THE STATION RIDGE, 59.5 FEET NORTHEAST OF THE POWERLINE POLE. REFERENCE MARK 4 WAS USED FOR AZIMUTH MARK NUMBER 2. IT IS A STANDARD NGS REFERENCE MARK DISK, STAMPED MORONGO M.W.D.S.C. 1931 NO. 4 1974 AZI. NO. 2, CEMENTED IN A DRILL HOLE IN THE TOP OF A GRANITE BOULDER THAT MEASURES 3 FEET BY 1-FOOT AND PROJECTS 1-FOOT ABOVE THE GROUND SURFACE. IT IS 121.0 FEET SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF THE CENTER OF MISSION CREEK ROAD, 118.0 FEET SOUTH OF THREE MAILBOXES, 85.0 FEET WEST-NORTHWEST OF THE CENTER OF THE TWO SOUTHBOUND LANES OF STATE HIGHWAY 62 AND 3.0 FEET NORTH OF A METAL WITNESS POST WITH SIGN ATTACHED.

Condition: Mark found in good condition Designation: MORONGO Benchmark Agency: Not listed Benchmark Agency (if other): n/a Monumentation type: TRIANGULATION STATION Disk Monumentation type (if other): n/a County: Riverside County USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Riverside County Special Category (if other): n/a 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: DX5103 Local database's URL (optional): [Web Link] Special category (optional): Not listed

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