AI2004 - BOR 'ROCKY' - Klamath County, OR
N 42° 28.398 W 122° 05.975
10T E 574015 N 4702721
This NGS benchmark lies on a small hillside and SE of West Side Rd in Klamath County, OR.
Waymark Code: WMGEGF
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 02/22/2013
Views: 4
This Bureau of Reclamation Department of the Interior benchmark from 1998 was recovered in good condition. it lies SE of West Side Rd and on top of a small hillside and south of a private road going east. There is an orange carsonite witness post that makes for easier recovery. The NGS datasheet info is adequate for station recovery and the NGS coordinates are spot on.
NGS datasheet info:
01/01/1998 by BOR (MONUMENTED)
DESCRIBED BY US BUREAU OF RECLAMATION 1998 (DWS) THE STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 38.0 KM (23.60 MI) NORTHWEST OF KLAMATH FALLS, AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF UPPER KLAMATH LAKE NEAR THE AREA KNOWN AS ROCKY POINT. OWNERSHIP--KLAMATH COUNTY RIGHT-OF-WAY. TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE INTERSECTION OF STATE HIGHWAY 140 AND WESTSIDE ROAD (IN THE ROCKY POINT AREA), GO NORTH ON WESTSIDE ROAD FOR 3.7 KM (2.30 MI) TO APPROXIMATE MILEPOST 15.5, A PAVED DRIVEWAY ON THE RIGHT AND STATION. THE STATION IS A 6 CM DIAMETER ALUMINUM DELTA VERTICAL GPS PROJECT DISK CRIMPED ONTO A 1.6 CM ALUMINUM ROD DRIVEN TO REFUSAL, ENCASED IN A 15 CM PVC PIPE SURROUNDED BY CONCRETE FLUSH WITH THE GROUND. IT IS 11.5 M (37.7 FT) EAST FROM THE CENTER OF WESTSIDE ROAD, 9.8 M (32.2 FT) SOUTH FROM THE CENTER OF THE PAVED DRIVEWAY, 0.6 M (2.0 FT) WEST FROM A FIBERGLAS WITNESS POST, AND ABOUT 1.0 M (3.3 FT) HIGHER THAN THE ROAD.
Condition: Mark found in good condition
Designation: ROCKY
Benchmark Agency: Bureau of Reclamation
Monumentation type: Survey Mark
County: Klamath County
USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Pelican Bay (1985)
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: AI2004
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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