PB0231 - USGS 4215.910, OR
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N 43° 44.394 W 121° 28.052
10T E 623400 N 4844125
US Coast & Geodetic Survey Benchmark 4215.910
Waymark Code: WM40YN
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 06/20/2008
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member seventhings
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This benchmark is located at the south edge of Paulina Prairie along Hwy 97 about 80 feet west of the highway centerline in the east headwall of double pipe culvert under the railroad. The cap was set by the U.S. Geologic Survey in 1927 and is stamped 4215.910.
NGS PID PB0231 - (visit link)
DESCRIBED BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1934 5.3 MI NE FROM LAPINE. 5.3 MILES NORTHEAST ALONG THE DALLES- CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY FROM LAPINE, DESCHUTES COUNTY, AT MILEAGE 166.4, AT THE SOUTH END OF A TANGENT ACCROSS PAULINA PRAIRIE, 80 FEET WEST OF THE HIGHWAY, IN THE EAST HEADWALL OF A GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY DOUBLE PIPE CULVERT OVER AN IRRIGATION DITCH, 18.0 FEET FROM THE TRACK CENTERLINE. A UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY STANDARD DISK STAMPED 4215.910 1927.
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: 4215.910

Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey

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

County: Deschutes

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Finley 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: PB0231

Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed

Monumentation type (if other): Not listed

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