QE0867 - USGS '449 B' Benchmark - University of Oregon
N 44° 02.840 W 123° 04.576
10T E 493890 N 4877132
This NGS benchmark resides at Villard Hall on the University of Oregon campus.
Waymark Code: WMN37G
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 12/17/2014
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I recovered this U.S. Geological Survey benchmark from 1903 in good condition. The 1987 log by NGS is adequate for station recovery and my more accurate posted coordinates will place you very close to this mark.
01/01/1903 by USGS (MONUMENTED)
01/01/1920 by NGS (GOOD)
DESCRIBED BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1920 IN EUGENE. IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON CAMPUS GROUNDS, ON THE SOUTHEAST FACE OF VILLARD HALL, 2 INCHES BELOW THE DATE 1885.
01/01/1954 by USGS (MARK NOT FOUND)
RECOVERY NOTE BY US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1954 MARK NOT FOUND.
01/01/1987 by NGS (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1987 RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION, A NEW DESCRIPTION FOLLOWS. IN EUGENE, AT THE INTERSECTION OF EAST 13TH AVENUE AND KINCAID STREET, SET VERTICALLY IN THE NORTH FACE OF THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE GRAINATE FOUNDATION WALL OF VILLARD HALL, ON THE CAMPUS OF UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, 187.5 M (615.2 FT) NORTH OF THE CENTERLINE OF THE AVENUE, 182.3 M (598.1 FT) EAST OF THE CENTERLINE OF THE STREET, 0.3 M (1.0 FT) WEST OF THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE BUILDING, AND 0.1 M (0.3 FT) BELOW THE DATE 1885. NOTE--THIS MARK WAS ERROROUSLY REPORTED DESTROYED. THE MARK IS 0.8 M ABOVE THE GROUND.
07/07/1989 by OR-039 (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY LANE COUNTY OREGON 1989 RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.