U.S. ENGINEERS POINT NO. 6 - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

TOIVOLA, ABOUT 10.0 MILES WEST OF, AT THE MOUTH OF THE "MISERY RIVER" ON LAKE SUPERIOR, AT A MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES PUBLIC ACCESS SITE AND PARK. ABOUT 400 FEET SOUTH OF THE MOUTH, 35 FEET WEST OF THE CENTERLINE OF THE ACCESS ROAD AND ABOUT 3 FEET HIGHER, 27 FT EAST OF A 30-INCH WHITE PINE TREE (ORIGINAL REFERENCE TREE), IN SQUARE TAPERED CONCRETE POST PROJECTING ABOUT 1 FOOT ABOVE LEVEL WITH THE GROUND, A US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, DULUTH DISTRICT SURVEY DISK STAMPED "6".

TO REACH FROM TOIVOLA, GO WEST ALONG THE MISERY BAY ROAD FOR ABOUT 10.2 MILES TO THE PARK AND THE MARK ON THE LEFT AS DESCRIBED. SEASONAL ACCESS, PARK CLOSED IN WINTER.

USGS SURVEY DATA
THIRD ORDER 1929 NGVD
ELEVATION 611.097 FEET (186.262 METERS)
PUBLISHED ON: 2/27/1981
349 - WINONA QUADRANGLE - MICHIGAN
QUAD NUMBER: 460884

PRESENT CONDITION - DISTURBED, POST LEANING SOUTH
DATA ON HORIZONTAL POSITION NOT AVAILABLE
DATE MONUMENTED BY CORPS OF ENGINEERS IS UNKNOWN
DATE OF LEVELING BY USGS UNCERTAIN BUT BELIEVED TO BE 1937 WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH NEARBY USGS MARKS WHICH WERE NOT RECOVERED

HANDHELD DGPS POSITION (ACC. 7 FEET)
N 46° 59' 52.6"
W088° 58' 49.1"

Condition: Mark found in poor condition Designation: 6 Benchmark Agency: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Monumentation type: Disk (unspecified type) County: ONTONAGON USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Winona North Find type: Location information obtained from the USGS was used Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed Monumentation type (if other): Not listed Special category (optional): Not listed Special Category (if other): Not listed Web address of this benchmark's datasheet (optional): Not listed NGS PID: Not listed Local database's URL (optional): Not listed

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