Benchmark E 22 - Oroville, WA
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member T0SHEA
N 48° 56.215 W 119° 26.203
11U E 321554 N 5423305
Along Highway 97 near the south end of Oroville, this benchmark ia at what is now the end of the railway tracks.
Waymark Code: WMZYWM
Location: Washington, United States
Date Posted: 01/25/2019
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
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About 70 feet east of the centerline of Highway 97, E22 is just north of the south set of railway tracks, a couple of feet south of a pair of old, cut off power poles now about 3 feet in height. An orange

The station mentioned in the datasheet was moved two blocks west in 1982 and is now the Old Oroville Depot Museum. The benchmark is in amazingly good condition given all that has happened in the vicinity since 1931.
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESIGNATION -  E 22
PID         -  TP0373
STATE/COUNTY-  WA/OKANOGAN
COUNTRY     -  US
USGS QUAD   -  OROVILLE (1982)

MARKER: DB = BENCH MARK DISK
SETTING: 7 = SET IN TOP OF CONCRETE MONUMENT
STAMPING: E 22 1931 926.419
MARK LOGO: CGS
PROJECTION: FLUSH
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1934


IN OROVILLE.
AT OROVILLE, OKANOGAN COUNTY, ON THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY, 15 FEET WEST OF THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE STATION, AT THE NORTH EDGE OF THE PLATFORM, AND 18 FEET NORTH OF THE CENTERLINE OF THE TRACK. A STANDARD DISK, STAMPED 926.419 E 22 1931 AND SET IN THE TOP OF A CONCRETE POST PROJECTING 6 INCHES ABOVE GROUND.
From the NGS Datasheet
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: E 22

Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey

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

County: Okanogan

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): OROVILLE

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: TP0373

Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed

Monumentation type (if other): Not listed

Special category (optional): Not listed

Special Category (if other): Not listed

Local database's URL (optional): Not listed
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