Gardner 2004 - Kern County, CA - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

DESCRIBED BY CALIFORNIA SPATIAL REFERENCE CENTER 2004 (JG) STATION IS ABOUT 40.3 KM (25 MILES) SOUTHWEST OF BAKERSFIELD AND 8.1 KM (5 MILES) EASTSOUTHEAST OF TAFT, ON THE GARDNER FIELD RD. BRIDGE OVER THE CALIFORNIA AQUEDUCT AT AQUEDUCT MILE 253.80. TO REACH FROM THE HWY 166, MARICOPA HWY EXIT AT I-5, ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF WHEELER RIDGE, GO WEST ON HWY 166 FOR 28.7 KM (17.8 MILES) TO BASIC SCHOOL RD., IN MARICOPA FLAT. TURN RIGHT ONTO BASIC SCHOOL RD. AND GO NORTH 4.8 KM (3.0 MILES), CROSSING THE CALIFORNIA AQUEDUCT AT 3.2 K (2 MILES), TO A SIDE ROAD LEFT, GARDNER FIELD RD. TURN LEFT AND GO WEST 2.3 K (1.4 MILES) TO WHERE THE ROAD FORKS. BEAR RIGHT, NORTHWEST, ON THE CONTINUATION OF GARDNER FIELD RD. 4.2 KM (2.6 MILES) TO THE AQUEDUCT CROSSING AND THE STATION ON THE LEFT. MONUMENT IS LOCATED ON THE WINGWALL AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE BRIDGE, 5.6 M (18.5 FT) SOUTH OF THE CENTERLINE OF THE ROAD, AND 0.5 M (1.5 FT) SOUTH OF THE SOUTH FACE OF THE BRIDGE WALL/RAIL. MONUMENT IS A CSRC 3- INCH ALUMINUM DISK SET FLUSH IN CONCRETE. THIS STATION WAS OBSERVED AS PART OF THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY HEIGHT MODERNIZATION SURVEY, A CSRC PROJECT.

Condition: Mark found in good condition Designation: Gardner 2004 Benchmark Agency: other (not included below) Benchmark Agency (if other): California Spatial Reference Center Monumentation type: Survey Mark County: Kern USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Mouth of Kern (1973) 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: DH6650 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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