QE2229 - USC&GS 'JUNCTION CITY MUNICIPAL TANK' - Junction City, OR
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N 44° 13.227 W 123° 12.108
10T E 483880 N 4896378
The top intersected point of the Junction City Municipal Water Tank is an NGS benchmark.
Waymark Code: WMYM9F
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 06/28/2018
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
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I recovered this intersected point of the Junction City Municipal Tank from 1938 in good condition. The NGS datasheet description and posted coordinates are still adequate for station recovery.

NGS datasheet info:

01/01/1940 by CGS (MONUMENTED)
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1940 (ANS) THE JUNCTION CITY MUNICIPAL WATER TANK IS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF SEVENTH AVENUE BETWEEN GREENWOOD STREET AND THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY RAILROAD TRACK. IT IS AN ELEVATED TANK, PAINTED SILVER, WITH JUNCTION CITY IN BLACK LETTERS ON THE SIDE. THE TOP OF THE TOWER WAS INTERSECTED.

01/01/1977 by NGS (MONUMENTED)
RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1977 (JVD) THIS INTERSECTION STATION WAS RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION. THE TANK IS LOCATED EAST OF THE FIRE STATION IN THE NORTHWEST QUADRANT OF THE INTERSECTION OF SEVENTH AVENUE WEST AND FRONT STREET. AIRLINE DISTANCE AND DIRECTION FROM NEAREST TOWN IN JUNCTION CITY.
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: JUNCTION CITY MUNICIPAL TANK

Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey

Monumentation type: Elevated Tank

County: Lane County

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Junction City (1986)

Find type: Found by luck/skill/knowledge

Web address of this benchmark's datasheet (optional): [Web Link]

NGS PID: QE2229

Local database's URL (optional): [Web Link]

Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed

Monumentation type (if other): Not listed

Special category (optional): Not listed

Special Category (if other): Not listed

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