3810 RESET - Choteau, MT
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member T0SHEA
N 47° 48.616 W 112° 10.876
12T E 411560 N 5295887
About 230 feet southeast and across First Street from the Teton County Courthouse is this benchmark disc, marked "Elevation Above Sea 3819 Feet".
Waymark Code: WMWGGZ
Location: Montana, United States
Date Posted: 09/02/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
Views: 1

About 13 feet southeast of the far west corner of the police detachment building, this benchmark is set in concrete at the top of a 4 inch metal pipe which protrudes about one foot above ground level, about one foot from the southwest wall.

STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1961
DESIGNATION -  3810 RESET
PID         -  ST0053
STATE/COUNTY-  MT/TETON
COUNTRY     -  US
USGS QUAD   -  CHOTEAU (1987)

AT CHOTEAU, AT THE TETON COUNTY JAIL, ABOUT 0.1 MILE SOUTHEAST ACROSS STATE HIGHWAY 89 FROM THE COURTHOUSE, 13.0 FEET SOUTHEAST OF THE WEST CORNER OF THE BUILDING, 1.0 FOOT SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHWEST WALL AND RIVETED ON THE TOP OF A 3 1/2 INCH IRON PIPE ENCASED IN CONCRETE PROJECTING 1.0 FOOT ABOVE THE GROUND.
From the NGS Datasheet
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: 3810 RESET

Benchmark Agency: U.S. Geological Survey

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

County: Teton County

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Choteau

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: ST0053

Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed

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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