KR1324 - USCGS 'V 306' BM - Sparks, NV
N 39° 32.083 W 119° 45.183
11S E 263395 N 4379737
This NGS benchmark resides in front of the Sparks Museum at the corner of Victorian Ave. and Pyramid Way.
Waymark Code: WMKTAM
Location: Nevada, United States
Date Posted: 05/26/2014
Views: 3
This U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey BM from 1947 was recovered in good condition. The only change in the datasheet description is that the Washoe County Library is now the Sparks Museum.
NGS info:
01/01/1947 by CGS (MONUMENTED)
01/01/1969 by NGS (GOOD)
DESCRIBED BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1969 IN SPARKS. AT SPARKS, AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF U.S. HIGHWAY 40 (B STREET) AND PYRAMID WAY, AT 814 B STREET, SET VERTICALLY IN THE SOUTH FACE OF THE BRICK WALL OF THE JUSTIC COURT BUILDING AND WASHOE COUNTY LIBRARY, 130 1/2 FEET WEST OF THE WEST CURB OF THE WAY, 35.3 FEET NORTH OF THE NORTH CURB OF THE STREET, 0.8 FOOT EAST OF THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE BUILDING, AND 3.5 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. SEC 5, T19N, R20E.
Condition: Mark found in good condition
Designation: V 306
Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey
Monumentation type: BENCH MARK (or B.M.) Disk
County: Washoe County
USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): RENO (1982)
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: KR1324
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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