Fish Lake - JN0377 - Sevier County, UT - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

This benchmark is at the high point in Sevier County, Utah. It is quite easy to find, if you're up to a fair amount of boulder hopping towards the end.

This is what the USGS has to say about the benchmark:

01/01/1968 by USGS (MONUMENTED)

DESCRIBED BY US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1968 (ELS) LOCATED ABOUT 10 MI. (AIRLINE) NE. OF KOOSHAREM. ABOUT 11.2 MI. NE. OF FREMONT AT THE HIGHEST POINT OF A PROMINENT ROCKY BUTTE. NEAR THE E. EDGE OF THIS SPARSELY TIMBERED BUTTE. TO REACH FROM THE POST OFFICE IN LOA, UTAH DRIVE N. THEN W. ALONG UTAH STATE HIGHWAY 24 FOR 7.65 MI. TO CROSSROADS. TAKE RIGHT FORK AND FOLLOW MAIN-TRAVELED GRADED RD. FOR 5.95 MI. TO UTAH STATE HIGHWAY 25. TURN RIGHT ONTO UTAH STATE HIGHWAY 25 AND GO 0.3 MI. TO T-RD. FORK ON LEFT. TURN LEFT AS PER SIGN HANNOCK FLAT 6 IN AND GO 1.7 MI. TO Y-RD. FORK. KEEP RIGHT FORK AND GO 1.1 MI. TO DIM CROSSROADS. CONTINUE STRAIGHT AHEAD FOR 3.1 MI. TO T-RD. FORK ON LEFT JUST PAST LOG CORRAL. CONTINUE STRAIGHT AHEAD ON MAIN-TRAVELED RD. FOR 1.05 MI. TO RD. FORK AT SHARP CURVE. TAKE RIGHT FORK AND GO 0.6 MI. TO Y-RD. FORK. KEEP TO RIGHT FORK FOR 0.25 MI. TO HANCOCK SPRING. CONTINUE STRAIGHT AHEAD ON MAIN-TRAVELED RD. FOR 1.55 MI. TO Y-RD. FORK. TURN LEFT ONTO TRACK RD. AS PER SIGN GAHEW SPR-FISHLAKE HIGH TOP MTN FOR 0.7 MI. TO Y-RD. FORK NEAR TOP OF HILL. KEEP LEFT FORK AND GO 2.9 MI. TO A POINT SE. OF A ROCKY BUTTE. DRIVE CROSS-COUNTRY TO BASE OF BUTTE AND END OF TRUCK TRAVEL. PROCEED N. TO HIGHEST POINT ON BUTTE AND STATION. ABOUT A 10-MIN. PACK. STATION MARK--A STANDARD ALUMINUM TABLET STAMPED FISH LAKE 1968, SET IN THE TOP OF A LARGE BOULDER PROJECTING ABOUT 10 FT. ABOVE NATURAL GROUND. REFERENCE MARK NO. 1--A STANDARD BRONZE TABLET STAMPED NO 1 1968 SET IN TOP OF A LARGE BOULDER PROJECTING ABOUT 4 FT. ABOVE NATURAL GROUND. REFERENCE MARK NO. 2--A STANDARD BRONZE TABLET STAMPED NO 2 1968 SET IN TOP OF THE FLAT SURFACE OF A LARGE BOULDER PROJECTING ABOUT 3 FT. ABOVE NATURAL GROUND.

01/01/1969 by USGS (MONUMENTED)
RECOVERY NOTE BY US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1969 (TS) RECOVERED AS DESCRIBED BY USGS, 1968. ALL MARKS IN GOOD CONDITION. REACHED BY HELICOPTER. LANDING SITE JUST S. OF STATION MARK.

Condition: Mark found in good condition Designation: FISH LAKE Benchmark Agency: U.S. Geological Survey Monumentation type: BENCH MARK (or B.M.) Disk County: Sevier USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): FISH LAKE (1972) Special category (optional): Mountain summit marks Find type: Found by luck/skill/knowledge Web address of this benchmark's datasheet (optional): [Web Link] NGS PID: JN0377 Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed Monumentation type (if other): Not listed Special Category (if other): Not listed Local database's URL (optional): Not listed

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