MX0152 - USC&GS 'W 494' BM - Siskiyou County, CA
N 41° 27.788 W 122° 21.324
10T E 553830 N 4590371
A NGS benchmark located just off Hwy 97 in Siskiyou County, CA.
Waymark Code: WMRCV9
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 06/10/2016
Views: 4
Recovered in good condition as described in the NGS datasheet. There is a metal witness post near this BM for easier recovery. I had to climb over a barbed wire fence to get to this station. This BM is also listed on a topography map as 'BM 3481'. My more accurate coordinates should place you very close to this station.
Per the NGS datasheet:
01/01/1954 by CGS (MONUMENTED)
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1954 3.3 MI NE FROM WEED. 0.2 MILE WEST ALONG ALAMO STREET FROM THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY RAILROAD STATION AT WEED, THENCE 3.1 MILES NORTHEAST ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 97, ON THE TOP OF A ROCKY CUT BANK, IN THE TOP OF A LARGE BOULDER PROJECTING 3 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND, 251 1/2 FEET NORTH OF THE NORTHEAST END OF A WOODEN GATE, 218 FEET NORTH OF A FENCE CORNER POST, 62.3 FEET NORTHWEST OF THE CENTER LINE OF THE HIGHWAY, 11.5 FEET NORTHWEST OF A WIRE FENCE, 122.7 FEET EAST (SLOPE MEASURMENT) OF THE EAST EDGE OF THE MOST PROMINENT BOULDER ON THE HILLSIDE, AND ABOUT 12 FEET HIGHER THAN THE HIGHWAY.
01/01/1988 by NGS (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1988 RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.
Condition: Mark found in good condition
Designation: W 494
Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey
Monumentation type: BENCH MARK (or B.M.) Disk
County: Siskiyou County
USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): HOTLUM (1986)
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: MX0152
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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