STATION DESCRIPTION
DESIGNATION - L 71
PID - SW0401
STATE/COUNTY- WA/LINCOLN
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - ALMIRA (1969)
MARKER: DB = BENCH MARK DISK
SETTING: 7 = SET IN TOP OF CONCRETE MONUMENT
STAMPING: L 71 1935
MARK LOGO: CGS
PROJECTION: FLUSH
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1950
THE STATION IS LOCATED ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF STATE HIGHWAY 2.
IT IS ABOUT 1 MILE AIRLINE NORTH OF ALMIRA.
THE STATION IS 27 FEET WEST OF THE CENTER LINE OF STATE HIGHWAY 2, 2 FEET EAST OF A WIRE FENCE, AND 4 FEET SOUTH OF A WHITE WITNESS POST. IT IS A STANDARD BENCH MARK DISK SET IN THE TOP OF AN 8-INCH SQUARE CONCRETE POST THAT PROJECTS 4 INCHES ABOVE THE GROUND. THE DISK IS STAMPED--L 71 1935.
REFERENCE MARK NUMBER ONE IS 29 FEET EAST OF THE CENTER LINE OF THE HIGHWAY, 2-1/2 FEET WEST OF A WIRE FENCE, AND 2 FEET SOUTHEAST OF A TELEPHONE POLE. IT IS A STANDARD DISK SET IN THE TOP OF A 10-INCH SQUARE CONCRETE POST THAT PROJECTS 2 INCHES ABOVE THE GROUND. THE DISK IS STAMPED--BM L 71 NO 1 1950.
REFERENCE MARK NUMBER TWO IS 26 FEET WEST OF THE CENTER LINE OF THE HIGHWAY, 2 FEET EAST OF A WIRE FENCE, AND 1 FOOT NORTHEAST OF A POWER LINE POLE. IT IS A STANDARD DISK SET IN THE TOP OF A 10-INCH SQUARE CONCRETE POST THAT PROJECTS 3 INCHES ABOVE THE GROUND. THE DISK IS STAMPED--BM L 71 NO 2 1950.
THE AZIMUTH MARK IS 24 FEET EAST OF THE CENTER LINE OF A GRAVEL ROAD, 65 FEET EAST OF THE CENTER LINE OF STATE HIGHWAY 2, 2-1/2 FEET WEST OF A WIRE FENCE, AND 3 FEET NORTHWEST OF A TELEPHONE POLE. IT IS A STANDARD DISK SET IN THE TOP OF A 10-INCH SQUARE CONCRETE POST THAT PROJECTS 2 INCHES ABOVE THE GROUND. THE DISK IS STAMPED--BM L 71 1950. TO REACH THE MARK FROM THE STATION GO SOUTH ON STATE HIGHWAY 2 FOR 0.45 MILE TO A GRAVEL ROAD FORK TO THE LEFT, STRAIGHT AHEAD, AND THE MARK ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE GRAVEL ROAD AS DESCRIBED.
From the NGS Datasheet