NZ0008 - USGS '5839' BM - Klamath County, OR
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N 42° 50.690 W 122° 08.835
10T E 569681 N 4743936
This NGS benchmark is located just off Hwy 62 within Crater Lake National Park in Klamath County, OR.
Waymark Code: WMJAYJ
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 10/21/2013
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
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I recovered this U.S. Geological Survey benchmark from 1933 in good condition. It is an unstamped mark and monumented on a boulder flush with the ground. The NGS datasheet description is very adequate for station recovery with the only exception being that the 1933 description is wrong, there is no stamping on the disk. The mark has the designation of '5839' which is the elevation of this mark and noted on a topography map.

NGS datasheet info:

01/01/1933 by USGS (MONUMENTED)
DESCRIBED BY US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1933 2.4 MI SE FROM ANNIE SPRINGS. 2.4 MILES SOUTHEAST ALONG THE CRATER LAKE HIGHWAY (OREGON 62) FROM ANNIE SPRINGS, KLAMATH COUNTY, 300 FEET NORTH OF POLE BRIDGE CREEK, ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY, ON THE TOP OF THE FIRST CUT BANK NORTH OF POLE BRIDGE CREEK, IN A LARGE BOULDER, AND FLUSH WITH GROUND. A UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY STANDARD DISK, STAMPED 5839 1933.

01/01/1934 by NGS (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1934 RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.

01/01/1982 by USGS (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1982 2.4 MILES SOUTHEAST ALONG THE CRATER LAKE HIGHWAY (OREGON 62) FROM ANNIE SPRINGS, KLAMATH COUNTY, 300 FT. WEST OF THE CENTER LINE OF HIGHWAY. IN A LARGE BOULDER AND FLUSH WITH THE GROUND. A STANDARD USGS TABLET UNSTAMPED.
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: 5839

Benchmark Agency: U.S. Geological Survey

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

County: Klamath County

Find type: Searched @ "BM" on a topographic map

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NGS PID: NZ0008

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Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed

Monumentation type (if other): Not listed

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Not listed

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