PZ0146 - USCGS IDA 15-144 1959 - Idaho
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N 44° 23.231 W 112° 11.619
12T E 404924 N 4915570
U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey azimuth mark 15-144, Idaho.
Waymark Code: WMEJ2Y
Location: Idaho, United States
Date Posted: 06/02/2012
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Lat34North
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This azimuth mark is located along the I-15 frontage road (old US 91) about 2 miles north of Spencer, Idaho. The cap is set in boulder located about 100 feet southwest of the frontage road centerline and about 12 higher. The cap was set by the U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey in 1959 and was marked IDA 15-144.
NGS PID PZ0146 - (visit link)
DESCRIBED BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1967 2.1 MI N FROM SPENCER. 2.1 MILES NORTH ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 91 FROM THE SCHOOL AT SPENCER, 0.1 MILE NORTHWEST OF THE CROSSING OF A TELEPHONE LINE, AT THE JUNCTION OF A TRACK ROAD NORTHWEST, ON THE OUTSIDE OF A LONG CURVE, IN THE TOP OF A 2- BY 2 1/2-FOOT BOULDER PROJECTING ABOUT 1 FOOT ABOVE THE GROUND, 115 FEET SOUTHWEST AND ACROSS THE ROAD FROM THE CENTER LINE OF THE HIGHWAY, 87 FEET SOUTHWEST OF THE CENTER LINE OF THE ROAD, 5.2 FEET NORTHEAST OF A WITNESS POST, AND ABOUT 12 FEET HIGHER THAN THE HIGHWAY. NOTE-- TO REACH FROM BENCH MARK F 8 GO 0.25 MILE NORTH ALONG THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD TO SIGNALS, THENCE 0.2 MILE WEST ACROSS COUNTRY, THENCE 0.2 MILE NORTH ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 91.
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: IDA 15-144

Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey

Monumentation type: AZIMUTH MARK Disk

County: Clark

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Spencer North

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: PZ0146

Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed

Monumentation type (if other): Not listed

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