1FO1 - Height Modernization Survey Station - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

This mark is not in the Geocaching.com benchmarks database, but it is in the NGS database.

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DESCRIBED BY MARICOPA CO DOT 1999 (GF)

THE STATION IS LOCATED WITHIN THE TONTO NATIONAL FOREST, TOWNSHIP 03 NORTH, RANGE 07 EAST, SECTION 24

TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE JUNCTION OF US 60 AND SR 87 (COUNTRY CLUB DR) (EXIT 179), DRIVE NORTH ON COUNTRY CLUB DRIVE ABOUT 5.5 MI (8.9 KM) TO MCDOWELL ROAD, CONTINUE NORTH ALONG SR 87 ABOUT 3.9 MI (6.3 KM) TO GILBERT ROAD, CONTINUE ALONG SR 87 ABOUT 6.6 MI (10.6 KM) TO THE INTERSECTION OF SHEA BLVD, CONTINUE NORTH ALONG SR 87 ABOUT 8.6 MI (13.8 KM) TO THE INTERSECTION OF BUSH HIGHWAY, THENCE TURN LEFT (WEST) TO THE SOUTHBOUND LANES OF SR 87, THENCE MAKE A U TURN ON SR 87 AND DRIVE SOUTHWESTERLY ON SR 87 FOR ABOUT 1.7 MILE (2.7 KM) (0.7 MILES PAST MILE POST 198) AND PARK AND WALK WESTERLY TO THE STATION AS DESCRIBED

MONUMENT DESCRIPTION - THE STATION IS MARKED BY AN ALUMINUM CAP COMPRESSED ON A 18.0 FOOT (5.5 M) STAINLESS STEEL ROD DRIVEN TO REFUSAL ENCASED IN A 1 INCH GREASED PVC SLEEVE ENCLOSED IN A 5 INCH PVC PIPE, ACCESS COVER STAMPED 1FO1 1999, SURROUNDED WITH A CONCRETE COLLAR FLUSH WITH THE GROUND, WITNESSED BY A WHITE CARSONITE MARKER

STATION TIES 0.7 MI (1.1 KM) SOUTH OF MILE POST 198 104 FT (31.7 M) NORTHEASTERLY OF THE CENTERLINE OF A DIRT ROAD HEADING NORTHERLY OFF SR 98 (SAID ROAD IS JUST SOUTH OF A WASH WITH A HEADWALL) 41.2 FEET (12.6 M) EAST OF THE WEST RIGHT-OF-WAY FENCE 26.5 FEET (8.1 M) WEST OF THE WEST EDGE OF PAVEMENT FOR THE SOUTHBOUND TRAFFIC 4.8 FEET (1.5 M) EAST OF THE WHITE CARSONITE MARKER

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Condition: Mark found in good condition Designation: 1FO1 Benchmark Agency: Not listed Monumentation type: Metal Rod (under a hinged cover) County: Maricopa USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): STEWART MTN 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: AJ3691 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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