Our first RR spike, and it's monumented by a fallen flag RR we did not have a benchmark for already :) It totally made the trip in to Wibaux MT worth it. (Yes, we know we are huge and irredeemable benchmark geeks.)
From the NGS Datasheet: (
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"RT0007 DESIGNATION - 2650.06
RT0007 PID - RT0007
RT0007 STATE/COUNTY- MT/WIBAUX
RT0007 COUNTRY - US
RT0007 USGS QUAD - WIBAUX (1982)
RT0007
RT0007 *CURRENT SURVEY CONTROL
RT0007 ______________________________________________________________________
RT0007* NAD 83(1986) POS- 46 59 15.8(N) 104 11 14.4(W) HD_HELD2
RT0007* NAVD 88 ORTHO HEIGHT -811.812 (m) 2663.42 (ft) ADJUSTED
RT0007 ______________________________________________________________________
RT0007_U.S. NATIONAL GRID SPATIAL ADDRESS: 13TEN6179704120(NAD 83)
RT0007
RT0007_MARKER: S = SPIKE
RT0007_SETTING: 30 = SET IN A LIGHT STRUCTURE
RT0007_SP_SET: WALK
RT0007_MARK LOGO: NPRR
RT0007_STABILITY: D = MARK OF QUESTIONABLE OR UNKNOWN STABILITY
RT0007_SATELLITE: THE SITE LOCATION WAS REPORTED AS SUITABLE FOR
RT0007+SATELLITE: SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS - August 31, 2013
RT0007
RT0007 HISTORY - Date Condition Report By
RT0007 HISTORY - UNK MONUMENTED NPRR
RT0007 HISTORY - 1931 GOOD NPRR
RT0007 HISTORY - 1934 GOOD NPRR
RT0007 HISTORY - 1982 GOOD NGS
RT0007 HISTORY - 20090518 GOOD GEOCAC
RT0007 HISTORY - 20130831 GOOD GEOCAC
RT0007
RT0007 STATION DESCRIPTION
RT0007
RT0007'DESCRIBED BY NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD 1931
RT0007'IN WIBAUX.
RT0007'AT WIBAUX, WIBAUX COUNTY, ON THE NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY, IN
RT0007'CONCRETE WALK AT THE EAST END OF BRIDGE 184.1, 12 FEET SOUTH
RT0007'OF BENCHMARK A 34 , SOUTH OF THE TRACK, NEAR THE LETTERS BM
RT0007'2650.06. A SPIKE.
RT0007
RT0007 STATION RECOVERY (1934)
RT0007
RT0007'RECOVERY NOTE BY NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD 1934
RT0007'RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.
RT0007
RT0007 STATION RECOVERY (1982)
RT0007
RT0007'RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1982
RT0007'RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION. NEW DESCRIPTION FOLLOWS.
RT0007'IN WIBAUX, AT THE INTERSECTION OF MAIN ST (STATE HWY 7) AND
RT0007'THE BURLINGTON NORTHERN RR (OLD NORTHERN PACIFIC RR), IN
RT0007'THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE SOUTH WALKWAY OF THE RAILROAD
RT0007'BRIDGE OVERPASS, 4.6 METERS (15.1 FT) NORTH OF THE SOUTH EDGE
RT0007'OF BRIDGE, 3.7 METERS (12.1 FT) SOUTH OF BENCH MARK A 34, 1.1
RT0007'METERS (3.6 FT) SOUTH OF NEAR RAIL 0.3 METER (1 FT) WEST OF
RT0007'THE EAST END OF THE WALKWAY. NOTE=BM 2650.06 1930 IS ETCHED
RT0007'INTO THE CONCRETE AROUND THE SPIKE.
RT0007'THE MARK IS ABOVE LEVEL WITH THE TRACKS.
RT0007
RT0007 STATION RECOVERY (2009)
RT0007
RT0007'RECOVERY NOTE BY GEOCACHING 2009 (MEL)
RT0007'HH2 465915.8 1041114.4
RT0007'
RT0007
RT0007 STATION RECOVERY (2013)
RT0007
RT0007'RECOVERY NOTE BY GEOCACHING 2013 (LPC)
RT0007'RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION."