MW0505 - USCGS J502 1954 - California
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N 41° 34.387 W 121° 42.359
10T E 607881 N 4603190
U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey benchmark J502.
Waymark Code: WMWW3X
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 10/20/2017
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This benchmark is located about 5.7 miles west of Medicine Lake Guard Station along Road 43N48. The U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey set the disk in the top of a concrete post about 20 feet northeast of the centerline of Road 43N48. The cap is stamped J502 and was set in 1954.
NGS PID MW0505 - (
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DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1954 5.7 MI W FROM MEDICINE LAKE. 5.7 MILES WEST ALONG A GRADED ROAD FROM MEDICINE LAKE GUARD STATION, 0.1 MILE EAST OF THE JUNCTION OF DAVIS ROAD, AT THE SUMMIT OF A GRADE, 35 1/2 FEET SOUTH OF THE CENTER LINE OF AN OLD TRACK ROAD, 21 FEET NORTHEAST OF THE CENTER LINE OF THE ROAD, 2.3 FEET SOUTH OF A WITNESS POST, ABOUT 1 FOOT HIGHER THAN THE ROAD, AND SET IN THE TOP OF A CONCRETE POST PROJECTING 0.5 FOOT ABOVE THE GROUND.