QE1909 - Salem, Oregon
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member shadow101
N 44° 56.561 W 123° 04.328
10T E 494309 N 4976585
A water tower in west Salem.
Waymark Code: WM5BQM
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 12/14/2008
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Volcanoguy
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The marker used is the large water tank above a 100 foot tower atop a hill in west Salem. This was simply used by NGS as a reference point, and there is no disk, or identifying stamp.
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: -blank-

Benchmark Agency: National Geodetic Survey

Monumentation type: other (not any of the below)

Monumentation type (if other): Z

County: Salem, Polk County

Special Category (if other): water tank

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]

Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Not listed

Special category (optional): Not listed

NGS PID: Not listed

Local database's URL (optional): Not listed
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