GS0295 "N 16"

My Wife and I were able to spend a few days in and around Death Valley National Park, exploring the Valley, Badwater Basin, Furnace Creek, Stovepipe Wells, as well as Beatty and Rhyolite, Nevada. Found some benchmarks while we were there too, including this one.

Located in the Town of Beatty, Nye County, Nevada, this USGS mark lies in a vacant lot behind the Beatty Museum and Historical Society. The USGS mark stamped "3308.051 B" was found at 11:05, 17 February 2022 as described and in generally good condition. Go to description is generally adequate to find the mark, but the best access is from the intersection of Irving and Watson Avenues.

Published NAD83 coordinates are located about 85 feet south-southwesterly of the found WGS84 coordinates. WGS84 coordinates for the mark found by 2.5 minute occupation with 6 strong satellites, 5 weak satellites, and 1 WAAS satellite.

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Found Details for Benchmark: GS0295
N 36° 54.363, W 116° 45.660 (WGS 84)
Altitude: 3334
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Published Details for Benchmark: GS0295
N 36° 54.350, W 116° 45.667 (NAD 83)
Altitude: 3310.96

Coordinates may not be exact. Altitude is ADJUSTED and location is SCALED.

Location: In Nye County, NV
Designation: N 1
Marker Type: survey disk
Setting: unspecified rock
Stability: Probably hold position/elevation well.

GS0295 "N16" - Benchmark detail.

GS0295 "N16" - Benchmark and GPSr.

GS0295 "N16" - Benchmark setting.  View southeasterly toward Watson Street.

GS0295 "N16" - Benchmark setting.  View southwesterly toward the rear yard of the Beatty Museum and Historical Society.

GS0295 "N16" - Benchmark setting.  View northwesterly toward Main Street (State Route 374).

GS0295 "N16" - Benchmark setting.  View westerly toward the rear yard of the Beatty Museum and Historical Society.

GS0295 "N16" - Benchmark setting.  View northeasterly toward Fourth Street.

GS0295 "N16" - Benchmark setting.  View easterly toward Watson Street.

GS0295 "N16" - Benchmark coordinates.

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Documented History (by the NGS)

Unknown by USGS (MONUMENTED)

01 Jan 52 by NGS (GOOD)

DESCRIBED BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1952 AT BEATTY. AT BEATTY, 230 FEET EAST OF THE EAST END OF THE EL PORTAL MOTEL, 160 FEET EAST OF THE CENTERLINE OF STATE HIGHWAY 58, 23 FEET SOUTHWEST OF THE CENTERLINE OF A NORTHWEST AND SOUTHEAST DIRT ROAD, 2 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND, IN THE BOTTOM OF A SMALL RAVINE, AND SET IN THE TOP OF A GRANITE ROCK.

01 Jan 83 by NGS (GOOD)

RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1983 RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.

01 Jan 83 by NGS (GOOD)

RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1983 RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION. NEW DESCRIPTION FOLLOWS. 0.3 KM (0.2 MI) SOUTHWEST ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 374 FROM THE JUNCTION OF US HIGHWAY 95 IN BEATTY, IN TOP OF THE NORTHWEST END OF A 1- BY 5-FOOT PORTION OF A QUARTZITE BOULDER, 70.1 METERS (230 FT) SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE HIGHWAY FROM THE SOUTHEAST END OF THE EL PORTAL MOTEL, 48.7 METERS (160 FT) SOUTHEAST OF THE HIGHWAY CENTERLINE, 42.0 METERS (138 FT) NORTHWEST OF THE CENTER OF A DIRT ROAD, 22.8 METERS (75 FT) EAST OF THE EAST CORNER OF THE ST. THERESA'S CATHOLIC CHURCH. STAMPING--3308.051 B. THE MARK IS 1.8 M BELOW THE HIGHWAY.

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• The horizontal coordinates were scaled from a topographic map and have an estimated accuracy of +/- 6 seconds.
• The orthometric height was determined by differential leveling and adjusted by the National Geodetic Survey in June 1991.
• The geoid height was determined by GEOID99.
• The dynamic height is computed by dividing the NAVD 88 geopotential number by the normal gravity value computed on the Geodetic Reference System of 1980 (GRS 80) ellipsoid at 45 degrees latitude (G = 980.6199 gals.).
• The modeled gravity was interpolated from observed gravity values.