GU1766 - U1196 1969

Published Details for Benchmark: GU1766

N 36° 19.850

W 120° 18.000 (NAD 83)

Altitude: 564.2

Coordinates may not be exact. Altitude is VERTCON and location is SCALED. (more info)

Location: In FRESNO county, CA View Original Datasheet

Designation: U 1195

Marker Type: bench mark disk

Setting: massive structures

Stability: Probably hold position/elevation well.

Documented History (by the NGS)

01/01/1969 by CGS (MONUMENTED)

DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1969 6.2 MI N FROM OILFIELDS. 6.25 MILES NORTH ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 33 FROM THE OIL KING SCHOOL AT OILFIELDS, IN R15E T18S, SECTION 25, IN THE TOP AND 1.0 FOOT SOUTHWEST OF THE NORTHEAST END OF THE SOUTHEAST CONCRETE CURB OF A BRIDGE OVER INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 5, 15 1/2 FEET SOUTHEAST OF THE CENTER LINE OF THE HIGHWAY, AND ABOUT 1 FOOT HIGHER THAN THE HIGHWAY.

01/01/1972 by NGS (GOOD)

RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1972 RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.

01/01/1983 by NGS (GOOD)

RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1983 RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION. NEW DESCRIPTION FOLLOWS. 9.9 KM (6.2 MI) NORTH ALONG OLD STATE HIGHWAY 33 FROM THE OIL KING SCHOOL IN OILFIELDS, IN TOP OF THE NORTHEAST END OF THE SOUTHEAST CURB FOR THE OVERPASS BRIDGE OVER INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 5, 4.7 METERS (15.5 FT) SOUTHEAST OF THE HIGHWAY CENTERLINE, 0.2 METER (0.8 FT) SOUTHEAST OF THE NORTHWEST EDGE OF THE CURB. THE MARK IS 0.15 M ABOVE THE HIGHWAY.

Found Details for Benchmark: GU1766

N 36° 19.865

W 120° 18.002

Elev 550

Found USC&GS mark stamped 'U1195 1969' at 19:55, 18 February 2012 as described and in good condition.  Go to description is adequate.

Published NAD83 coordinates are located about 90 feet southerly of the found WGS84 coordinates.  WGS84 coordinates for the mark found by 3 minute occupation with 7 strong satellites and 2 WAAS satellites.

Found elevation: 550 feet.

Notes:
It's obvious from the pictures that I found this one at night.  My Wife & I were looking for a nearby Geocache and I had parked near the end of the bridge.  After we found the cache, a quick look on the bridge deck turned up GU1766.  I'll have to return during thr day to get better pictures of the setting and the surrounding area.

GU1766 "U1195 1969" - Benchmark detail.

GU1766 "U1195 1969" - Benchmark and the GPSr.

GU1766 "U1195 1969" - Benchmark coordinates.

GU1766 "U1195 1969" - Benchmark setting in the curb on the I-5 overpass. View southwesterly along State Route 33.

AA4372 - C 617 RESET

Published Details for Benchmark: AA4372
N 35° 42.567
W 120° 18.233 (NAD 83)
Altitude: 1130.3

Coordinates may not be exact. Altitude is VERTCON and location is SCALED. (more info)

Location: In SAN LUIS OBISPO county, CA View Original Datasheet
Designation: C 617 RESET
Marker Type: vertical control disk
Setting: abutments and piers of large bridges
Stability: Probably hold position/elevation well.

Documented History (by the NGS)
01/01/1978 by CA3370 (MONUMENTED)
DESCRIBED BY CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO CALIFORNIA 1978 (JGA) 1.5 MILES (2.4 KM) SOUTHEAST ON HIGHWAY AND COUNTY ROAD, ABOUT 1.2 MILES (1.9 KM) SOUTH OF STORE IN CHOLAME, ALONG HIGHWAY 466, THENCE EAST 0.32 MILE (0.51 KM) TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF STEEL BRIDGE OVER CREEK BED, RESET ON NORTH END OF EAST ABUTMENT OF NEWLY CONSTRUCTED BRIDGE, NEAR OLD BRIDGE (NOW REMOVED).

Published Details for Benchmark: AA4372
Found as described

1/64th Section Corner

This is the monument for a Public Lands Survey System (PLSS) 1/64th corner located along Palmer Avenue, north of Coalinga, Calif.  It is specifically the marker to monument the South corner of the Southwest quarter of the Southeast quarter of Section 2, Township 19 South, Range 15 East, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian, as identified on the cap.  The other markings at the bottom of the cap, "JAT 1930" are the initials of the setting surveyor and the year he set the monument.

The monument is a 3" steel pipe set up 6", in a concrete filled 6" steel pipe set up 3" from the ground.  It is quite stable.

Monument for a 1/64th corner of Section 2, T.19S., R.15E., M.D.B.&M., "JAT 1930" is the initials of the setting surveyor and the date the monument was set.

Monument detail.  A galvanized pipe cap set on a 3" iron pipe, set in a concrete filled 6" iron pipe, up 10".  This was intended to be a permanent monument.

Section corner geodetic coordinates.

View northerly. The monument is near the base of the petroleum pipeline warning post.

View east. The monument is near the base of the petroleum pipeline warning post.

View southwesterly toward the water tank for the City of Coalinga. The monument is near the base of the petroleum pipeline warning post.

GU0088 - Q1040

County: FRESNO
State: CALIFORNIA

PUBLISHED DATA
Lat: N 36° 38.867
Long: W 120° 36.050
Alt: 434.1
Coordinates may not be exact. Altitude is VERTCON and location is SCALED.

Designation: Q 1040
Marker Type: bench mark disk
Setting: footings/foundation walls of small/medium structures
Stability: May hold, but of type commonly subject to surface motion.

Documented History (by the NGS)
1/1/1959 by CGS (MONUMENTED)
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1959 1 MI SW FROM PANOCHE SUBSTATION. 1.05 MILES SOUTHWEST ALONG PANOCHE AVENUE FROM THE PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY PANOCHE SUBSTATION, 0.05 MILE SOUTHWEST OF THE Y JUNCTION OF A DIRT ROAD LEADING WEST TO A HOUSE, IN TOP OF THE CONCRETE FOUNDATION FOR THE NORTH STEEL LEG OF POWER LINE STEEL TOWER 68-295, 65 FEET SOUTHEAST OF THE CENTER LINE OF THE AVENUE, 0.6 FOOT NORTH OF THE STEEL LEG, AND ABOUT 1 FOOT HIGHER THAN THE AVENUE.

1/1/1975 by NGS (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1975 RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.

11/30/1988 by NGS (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1988 RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.


FOUND DATA
Lat: 36 38.837
Long: 120 36.052
Alt: 425

Found USC&GS benchmark stamped 'Q1040 1959' at 13:55, 09 May 2009 as described and in good condition. Go to description is adequate. Set in the northerly footing for a high power transmission line tower, up about 3 feet.

Published NAD83 coordinates are located about 180 feet north of the found WGS84 coordinates. WGS84 coordinates for the mark found by 6 minute occupation with 10 strong satellites and 2 WAAS satellites.

Benchmark detail.

The benchmark and the GPSr on the tower leg footing.

The benchmark setting: the tower leg footing.

View west-southwesterly along Panoche Road. The mark is set in the tower leg footing.

View east northeasterly along Panoche Road. The mark is set in the tower leg footing.

GU0087 - J928

County: FRESNO
State: CALIFORNIA

PUBLISHED DATA
Lat: N 36° 38.683
Long: W 120° 36.400
Alt: 445.2
Coordinates may not be exact. Altitude is VERTCON and location is SCALED.

Designation: J 928
Marker Type: bench mark disk
Setting: footings/foundation walls of small/medium structures
Stability: May hold, but of type commonly subject to surface motion.

Documented History (by the NGS)
1/1/1957 by CGS (MONUMENTED)
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1957 1.5 MI SW FROM PANOCHE SUBSTATION. 1.5 MILES SOUTHWEST ALONG PANOCHE AVENUE FROM THE PANOCHE SUBSTATION OF THE PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY, AT HIGH-VOLTAGE POWER LINE STEEL TOWER 67/293, IN THE TOP OF THE CONCRETE FOUNDATION OF THE NORTH STEEL LEG OF TOWER, 62 FEET SOUTHEAST OF THE CENTER LINE OF THE AVENUE, 0.6 FOOT NORTH OF THE LEG, ABOUT 1 FOOT HIGHER THAN THE AVENUE AND 1 FOOT ABOVE THE GROUND.

1/1/1975 by NGS (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1975 RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.

11/30/1988 by NGS (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1988 RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.


FOUND DATA
Lat: 36 38.684
Long: 120 36.052
Alt: 433

Found USC&GS benchmark stamped 'J928 1957' at 13:35, 09 May 2009 as described and in good condition. Go to description is adequate. Set in the northerly footing for a high power transmission line tower, up about 2 feet.

42 feet southeasterly of the southeasterly edge of pavement of Panoche Road;
58 feet southeasterly of the centerline of Panoche Road;

Published NAD83 coordinates are located about 347 feet east of the found WGS84 coordinates. WGS84 coordinates for the mark found by 7 minute occupation with 8 strong satellites and 2 WAAS satellites.

Benchmark detail.

View southerly at the benchmark setting in the tower leg footing.

View west-southwesterly along Panoche Road. The mark is set in the tower leg footing.

View east northeasterly along Panoche Road. The mark is set in the tower leg footing.