NZ1044 - USC&GS 'PELICAN' Triangulation Station - Klamath County, OR
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N 42° 30.806 W 122° 08.718
10T E 570212 N 4707138
Part of the Pelican series of benchmarks located at the summit of Pelican Butte.
Waymark Code: WM14JT0
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 07/17/2021
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
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I recovered this triangulation station in good condition as part of the Pelican bench mark series, including recovering the AZ mark about .25 miles south of the summit.

The NGS datasheet description for the triangulation station:

THE STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 29-1/2 MILES NORTHWEST OF KLAMATH FALLS, 15-1/2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT KLAMATH, 14 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF CHILOQUIN AND ON THE HIGHEST POINT OF PELICAN BUTTE. TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 66 AND HWY 140 AT THE SOUTHEAST END OF KLAMATH FALLS, GO NORTHWESTERLY ON HIGHWAY 140 24.9 MILES, TO A ROAD FORK, TAKE LEFT FORK AND GO 3.7 MILES, TURN RIGHT ON LOST CREEK ROAD, RD NO 3651, GO 1.5 MILES TO A ROAD FORK, TAKE RIGHT FORK AND GO 1.25 MILES TO A ROAD FORK, TAKE LEFT FORK AND GO 4.55 MILES TO A ROAD FORK, TAKE LEFT FORK AND GO 0.45 MILE TO A ROAD FORK, TAKE LEFT FORK AND GO 0.95 MILE TO A ROAD FORK, TAKE RIGHT FORK AND GO 1.3 MILE TO A ROAD FORK. TAKE RIGHT FORK AT SIGN PELICAN BUTTE LOT AND GO 4.55 MILES TO THE TOP OF THE HILL AND STATION.

THE STATION IS A STANDARD US COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY (NOW NOS) DISK STAMPED---PELICAN 1967---SET INTO THE TOP OF A ROUND CONCRETE MONUMENT 30 CM (12 INCHES) IN DIAMETER PROJECTING 8 CM (3 INCHES) ABOVE THE GROUND LOCATED 24.4 METERS (80 FEET) N FROM THE CENTERLINE OF A ROAD, 13.7 METERS (45 FEET) ESE FROM THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF A CONCRETE BUILDING, 5.5 METERS (18 FEET) N FROM A TRAIL LEADING TO AN OUTHOUSE, AND 1.8 METERS (6 FEET) S FROM A TRAIL ON THE TOP OF THE RIDGE.
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: PELICAN 1967

Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey

Monumentation type: TRIANGULATION STATION Disk

County: Klamath County

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Pelican Butte

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: NZ1044

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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