Kind of an odd location for a benchmark: In a parkway of a nice leafy neighborhood.
From the NGS datasheet: (
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"KK1279 DESIGNATION - 81
KK1279 PID - KK1279
KK1279 STATE/COUNTY- CO/DENVER
KK1279 COUNTRY - US
KK1279 USGS QUAD - ENGLEWOOD (1997)
KK1279
KK1279 *CURRENT SURVEY CONTROL
KK1279 ______________________________________________________________________
KK1279* NAD 83(1986) POSITION- 39 42 33.67 (N) 104 58 21.18 (W) HD_HELD1
KK1279* NAVD 88 ORTHO HEIGHT - 1617.289 (meters) 5306.06 (feet) ADJUSTED
KK1279 ______________________________________________________________________
KK1279
KK1279_MARKER: DB = BENCH MARK DISK
KK1279_SETTING: 7 = SET IN TOP OF CONCRETE MONUMENT
KK1279_STAMPING: 5303.90 BM NO 81 DENVER 1936
KK1279_MARK LOGO: USGS
KK1279_PROJECTION: FLUSH
KK1279_STABILITY: C = MAY HOLD, BUT OF TYPE COMMONLY SUBJECT TO
KK1279+STABILITY: SURFACE MOTION
KK1279
KK1279 HISTORY - Date Condition Report By
KK1279 HISTORY - 1936 MONUMENTED USGS
KK1279 HISTORY - 1983 GOOD NGS
KK1279 HISTORY - 20090627 GOOD GEOCAC
KK1279
KK1279 STATION DESCRIPTION
KK1279
KK1279'DESCRIBED BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1983
KK1279'IN DENVER.
KK1279'IN DENVER, AT THE INTERSECTION OF ALARION PARKWAY AND DAKOTA AVENUE,
KK1279'12.1 METERS (39.7 FT) WEST OF THE CENTER OF THE SOUTH BOUND LANES OF
KK1279'THE PARKWAY, 5.8 METERS (19.0 FT) NORTH OF THE CENTER OF THE AVENUE,
KK1279'AND 1.0 METER (3.3 FT) SOUTH OF THE SOUTH EDGE OF A SIDEWALK.
KK1279'THE MARK IS 0.3 M ABOVE THE AVENUE.
KK1279
KK1279 STATION RECOVERY (2009)
KK1279
KK1279'RECOVERY NOTE BY GEOCACHING 2009 (LPC)
KK1279'RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION."