NY0123 - OSHD '4699.44' Station Mark - Klamath County, OR
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N 42° 21.727 W 120° 56.773
10T E 669125 N 4692026
An NGS disk located along Hwy 140 east of Bly.
Waymark Code: WM128B2
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 03/27/2020
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
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I recovered this NGS station in good condition. I didn't attempt to recover RMs or AZ mark. The datasheet description is adequate for station recovery with the exceptions that Hwy 66 is now known as Hwy 140 and there is a newer culvert located just east of the station.

01/01/1948 by ORDT (MONUMENTED)
DESCRIBED BY OREGON DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 1948 (MTP) THE STATION IS ABOUT 5 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF BLY AND ON THE NORTH SIDE OF STATE HIGHWAY 66. IT IS ALONG A TANGENT OF THE HIGHWAY AND 0.1 MILE WEST NORTHWEST OF MILE POST 59. THE STATION MARK, STAMPED 4699.44 IS A STANDARD OREGON STATE HIGHWAY BENCH MARK DISK CEMENTED IN A 4 INCH PIPE PROJECTING 15 INCHES ABOVE THE GROUND. IT IS 12.6 METERS NORTH OF THE CENTER LINE OF THE HIGHWAY AND 2.2 METERS EAST OF A RIGHT OF WAY POST MARKED P.O.T. 2469 + 088. REFERENCE MARK NO. 1, STAMPED O S H BM 4699 NO 1 1948, IS A STANDARD USC AND GS DISK SET IN A BOULDER, 1-1/2 FEET BY 2 FEET, PROTRUDING 3 INCHES ABOVE THE GROUND. IT IS 20 METERS NORTH OF THE CENTER LINE OF THE HIGHWAY AND 10 METERS SOUTH OF A TRANSMISSION LINE. REFERENCE MARK NO. 2, STAMPED O S H BM 4699 NO 2 1948, IS A STANDARD USC AND GS DISK SET IN A BOULDER, 2 FEET BY 2 FEET, PROTRUDING 4 INCHES ABOVE THE GROUND. IT IS 18 METERS NORTH OF THE CENTER LINE OF THE HIGHWAY AND 12 METERS SOUTH OF A TRANSMISSION LINE. THE AZIMUTH MARK, STAMPED O S H BM 4699 1948, IS A STANDARD USC AND GS DISK SET IN A BOULDER, 3 FEET BY 4 FEET, PROTRUDING 2 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. IT IS 23-1/2 METERS NORTH OF THE CENTER LINE OF THE HIGHWAY, 6 METERS SOUTH OF A TRANSMISSION LINE, AND 1-1/2 METERS NORTHEAST OF A WHITE WITNESS POST. TO REACH THE AZIMUTH MARK FROM THE STATION GO EASTERLY ON THE HIGHWAY 0.25 MILE TO THE MARK ON LEFT, 0.15 MILE BEYOND MILE POST 59. TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE HOTEL AT THE MAIN INTERSECTION IN BLY GO EASTERLY ON STATE HIGHWAY 66, TOWARDS LAKEVIEW, FOR 5.55 MILES TO THE STATION ON LEFT, AS DESCRIBED ABOVE.
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: 4699.44

Benchmark Agency: State Highway Department (OR)

Monumentation type: Pipe Cap

County: Lake County

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

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NGS PID: NY0123

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