860J (31C860J) [TP0904] - Laurier, Ferry County, WA
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N 49° 00.005 W 118° 13.517
11U E 410380 N 5428188
860J is in the barbed wire fence right on the border 64 metres (210 feet) west of the silver painted steel monument(MON-165) west of the railway. Pipe is about 8" tall, easy to find.
Waymark Code: WMG49V
Location: Washington, United States
Date Posted: 01/10/2013
Views: 4
There is a small paved road running along the border at this point, so it is possible either to walk to the benchmark from the Laurier border crossing or, from the Canadian side, backtrack up the highway to Ponderosa Road, then follow the small road back south and drive right to 860J.
TP0904 860 J GSC 49 00 00. /118 13 27. 504.308 1 DZ
The "Z" at the end of the line above means that the USGS presumes this benchmark to have been destroyed. As a result, it no longer has a datasheet. I can assure you that it lives on. Below, however, is an excerpt from the NRCAN data sheet.
Unique Number : 31C860J
Name : 860J
Established by : Geodetic Survey Division - Nrcan
Province : BC
Prov. Identifier : None
NTS Map No : 082E01
STATION COORDINATES
Method : Scaled
Latitude : N49 00' 00
Longitude : W118 13' 26
Agency : Geodetic Survey Division - NRCan
UTM : Zone = 11 Scale Factor = .9997 N = 5428178 m E = 410474 m
VERTICAL DATA
Vertical Datum : CGVD28
Elevation : 503.050 m
Order : First Order
Method : Differential
Adjustment Line : VA108
Published Year : 1979
STATION MARKER INFORMATION AND LOCATION
Marker Type : Permanent Agency Marker
Inspected in : 1931
Status : Good
Inspection Comments : None
LAURIER
IRON PIPE WITH BRASS CAP ON INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY ALONG HIGHWAY NO. 395, 64.0 M WEST OF MONUMENT NO. 165, SITUATED BETWEEN CANADIAN CUSTOMS OFFICE AND STATION. (HISTORICAL NUMBER 377357).
Inspected in : 1931
Status : Good
Condition: Mark found in good condition
Designation: 860J
Benchmark Agency: other (not included below)
Benchmark Agency (if other): Geodetic Survey Division - Nrcan
Monumentation type: BENCH MARK (or B.M.) Disk
County: Ferry County
USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Boundary Mountain
Find type: Found by luck/skill/knowledge
Web address of this benchmark's datasheet (optional): [Web Link]
NGS PID: TP0904
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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