KK0360 W1 -- Denver CO
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N 39° 44.300 W 104° 58.983
13S E 501452 N 4398715
A really cool but practically invisible benchmark at the Colorado State Capitol
Waymark Code: WMXW3C
Location: Colorado, United States
Date Posted: 03/05/2018
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
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If you don't know it's there, you'll never know it's there. But a little water and a datasheet description reveals it :)

From the NGS Datasheet: (visit link)

"KK0360 DESIGNATION - W 1
KK0360 PID - KK0360
KK0360 STATE/COUNTY- CO/DENVER
KK0360 USGS QUAD - ENGLEWOOD (1984)
KK0360
KK0360 *CURRENT SURVEY CONTROL
KK0360 ___________________________________________________________________
KK0360* NAD 83(1986)-39 44 18. (N) 104 58 59. (W) SCALED
KK0360* NAVD 88- 1609.486 (meters) 5280.46 (feet) POSTED
KK0360 ___________________________________________________________________
KK0360
KK0360_STABILITY: D = MARK OF QUESTIONABLE OR UNKNOWN STABILITY
KK0360
KK0360 HISTORY - Date Condition Recov. By
KK0360 HISTORY - UNK MONUMENTED USGS
KK0360 HISTORY - 1939 GOOD NGS
KK0360
KK0360 STATION DESCRIPTION
KK0360
KK0360''DESCRIBED BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1939
KK0360''AT DENVER.
KK0360''AT DENVER, DENVER COUNTY, AT THE EAST ENTRANCE TO THE STATE
KK0360''CAPITOL BUILDING, AND AT THE SOUTH END OF THE STEPS. THE TOP
KK0360''OF A GRANITE PEDESTAL IN WHICH ARE CUT THE LETTERS USBM.
KK0360''NOTE-- THIS MARK WAS PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED AND DESIGNATED AS
KK0360''BM (USGS) = W 1
KK0360
KK0360 STATION RECOVERY (2004)
KK0360
KK0360'RECOVERY NOTE BY GEOCACHING 2004 (BMC)
KK0360'MARK RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.
KK0360
KK0360 STATION RECOVERY (2006)
KK0360
KK0360'RECOVERY NOTE BY US POWER SQUADRON 2006
KK0360'RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.
KK0360
KK0360 STATION RECOVERY (2007)
KK0360
KK0360'RECOVERY NOTE BY GEOCACHING 2007 (TFW)
KK0360'RECOVERED AS DESCRIBED
KK0360
KK0360 STATION RECOVERY (2009)
KK0360
KK0360'RECOVERY NOTE BY GEOCACHING 2009 (LPC)
KK0360'RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.
KK0360
KK0360 STATION RECOVERY (2014)
KK0360
KK0360'RECOVERY NOTE BY GEOCACHING 2014 (KEN)
KK0360'RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION."
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: U S B M

Benchmark Agency: U.S. Geological Survey

Monumentation type: other (not any of the below)

Monumentation type (if other): Chiseled USBM

County: Denver Co. CO

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Englewood

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: KK0360

Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed

Special category (optional): Not listed

Special Category (if other): Not listed

Local database's URL (optional): Not listed

Visit Instructions:
  1. A closeup photo of the mark taken by you is required.
  2. A 'distant' photo including the mark in the view is highly recommended. Include the compass direction you faced when you took the picture.
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