A283 - Priest River, ID
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member T0SHEA
N 48° 10.866 W 116° 55.083
11U E 506091 N 5336432
This benchmark disc is in the south wall of the Priest River High School, about 10 feet west of the east end. It is now behind bushes, so one would have to know it is there in order to find it.
Waymark Code: WMKXJ9
Location: Idaho, United States
Date Posted: 06/08/2014
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
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From the NGS:
DESIGNATION - A 283
PID - TO0249
STATE/COUNTY- ID/BONNER
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - PRIEST RIVER (1996)

MARKER: DB = BENCH MARK DISK
SETTING: 0 = UNSPECIFIED SETTING
STAMPING: A 283 1942
STABILITY: D = MARK OF QUESTIONABLE OR UNKNOWN STABILITY

HISTORY - Date Condition Report By
HISTORY - 1942 MONUMENTED CGS
HISTORY - 1980 GOOD NGS

DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1942
0.5 MI W FROM PRIEST RIVER.
ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 195, IN SOUTHEAST CORNER OF PRIEST RIVER HIGH
SCHOOL GYMNASIUM, 5 FEET ABOVE GROUND. STAMPED A 283 1942.
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: A 283 1942

Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey

Monumentation type: BENCH MARK (or B.M.) Disk

County: Bonner County

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): PRIEST RIVER

Find type: Coordinates and/or to-reach information from the NGS database (or Geocaching's copy of it) were used

NGS PID: TO0249

Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed

Monumentation type (if other): Not listed

Special category (optional): Not listed

Special Category (if other): Not listed

Web address of this benchmark's datasheet (optional): Not listed

Local database's URL (optional): Not listed
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