QD1708 - USCGS FIRST NO 1 1945 - Oregon
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N 44° 02.466 W 121° 27.932
10T E 622940 N 4877582
U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey reference mark FIRST NO 1.
Waymark Code: WMPWZG
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 11/01/2015
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Reference mark set by the U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey in 1945. The reference mark is located off F.S. Rd. 4601 about 0.6 miles west of the junction of F.S. Rd. 4601300. The reference mark is located about 500 feet north of the road on a high point of a rock ridge.
NGS PID QD1708 - (
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DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1945 (CAG) STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 8 MILES WEST AND SOUTH OF BEND ON A NARROW EAST-WEST RIDGE. IT IS 570 FEET NORTHEAST AND 83 FEET HIGHER THAN A POINT ON A GRAVELED ROAD WHERE A TRAIL ROAD CROSSES IT DIAGONALLY, 40 FEET WEST OF A BROKEN TOP TREE AND 65 FEET WEST OF A LEANING, DEAD PINE TREE. IT IS STAMPED FIRST 1945. REFERENCE MARK NO. 1 IS SOUTHEAST OF THE STATION. IT IS STAMPED FIRST NO 1 1945 AND IS LEVEL WITH THE STATION. REFERENCE MARK NO. 2 IS SOUTH OF THE STATION. IT IS STAMPED FIRST NO 2 1945 AND IS ABOUT 2 FEET LOWER THAN THE STATION. THE AZIMUTH MARK IS SOUTHEAST OF THE STATION, 50 YARDS SOUTH OF THE CENTERLINE OF A GRAVELED ROAD, 50 YARDS NORTH OF THE CREST OF AN EAST-WEST RIDGE AND 1 FOOT NORTH OF A TRIANGULAR BLAZED 18-INCH PINE TREE. IT IS STAMPED FIRST 1945 AND PROJECTS 2 FEET. TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE POST OFFICE IN BEND, GO FIRST NORTH THEN WESTERLY ON RIVERSIDE AVENUE FOR 0.35 MILE TO A CROSS STREET. THEN RIGHT FOR 0.45 MILE TO A CROSS STREET. CONTINUE AHEAD ON A GRAVEL ROAD FOR 0.35 MILE TO A FORKS. THEN RIGHT FORK FOR 6.55 MILES TO THE AZIMUTH MARK ON THE LEFT. CONTINUE AHEAD FOR 0.5 MILE TO THE STATION ON THE RIGHT. 10 MINUTE PACK.