National Geodetic Survey, Retrieval Date = NOVEMBER 24, 2002 FT1480 *********************************************************************** FT1480 DESIGNATION - MCLAIN FT1480 PID - FT1480 FT1480 STATE/COUNTY- CA/INYO FT1480 USGS QUAD - IBEX SPRING (1985) FT1480 FT1480 *CURRENT SURVEY CONTROL FT1480 ___________________________________________________________________ FT1480* NAD 83(1992)- 35 50 03.06342(N) 116 24 08.65409(W) ADJUSTED FT1480* NAVD 88 - 1319.4 (meters) 4329. (feet) VERTCON FT1480 ___________________________________________________________________ FT1480 EPOCH DATE - 1991.35 FT1480 LAPLACE CORR- 2.56 (seconds) DEFLEC99 FT1480 GEOID HEIGHT- -29.66 (meters) GEOID99 FT1480 FT1480 HORZ ORDER - SECOND FT1480 FT1480.The horizontal coordinates were established by classical geodetic methods FT1480.and adjusted by the National Geodetic Survey in June 1996. FT1480.The horizontal coordinates are valid at the epoch date displayed above. FT1480.The epoch date for horizontal control is a decimal equivalence FT1480.of Year/Month/Day. FT1480 FT1480.The NAVD 88 height was computed by applying the VERTCON shift value to FT1480.the NGVD 29 height (displayed under SUPERSEDED SURVEY CONTROL.) FT1480 FT1480.The Laplace correction was computed from DEFLEC99 derived deflections. FT1480 FT1480.The geoid height was determined by GEOID99. FT1480 FT1480; North East Units Scale Converg. FT1480;SPC CA 4 - 558,749.947 2,234,677.864 MT 1.00003548 +1 32 58.9 FT1480;SPC CA 4 - 1,833,165.45 7,331,605.63 sFT 1.00003548 +1 32 58.9 FT1480;SPC CA 5 - 760,086.794 2,144,354.568 MT 1.00010081 +0 54 38.3 FT1480;SPC CA 5 - 2,493,718.09 7,035,269.95 sFT 1.00010081 +0 54 38.3 FT1480;UTM 11 - 3,965,722.108 553,972.749 MT 0.99963589 +0 20 59.5 FT1480 FT1480: Primary Azimuth Mark Grid Az FT1480:SPC CA 4 - MCLAIN AZ MK 061 05 20.8 FT1480:SPC CA 5 - MCLAIN AZ MK 061 43 41.4 FT1480:UTM 11 - MCLAIN AZ MK 062 17 20.2 FT1480 FT1480|---------------------------------------------------------------------| FT1480| PID Reference Object Distance Geod. Az | FT1480| dddmmss.s | FT1480| CC5602 MCLAIN RM 1 2.404 METERS 03504 | FT1480| CC5601 MCLAIN AZ MK 0623819.7 | FT1480| CC5603 MCLAIN RM 2 1.688 METERS 11444 | FT1480|---------------------------------------------------------------------| FT1480 FT1480 SUPERSEDED SURVEY CONTROL FT1480 FT1480 NAD 83(1992)- 35 50 03.06252(N) 116 24 08.65409(W) AD(1991.35) 2 FT1480 NAD 83(1986)- 35 50 03.06301(N) 116 24 08.65420(W) AD(1984.00) 2 FT1480 NAD 27 - 35 50 03.19700(N) 116 24 05.55000(W) AD( ) 2 FT1480 NGVD 29 - 1318.6 (m) 4326. (f) VERT ANG FT1480 FT1480.Superseded values are not recommended for survey control. FT1480.NGS no longer adjusts projects to the NAD 27 or NGVD 29 datums. FT1480.See file dsdata.txt to determine how the superseded data were derived. FT1480 FT1480_U.S. NATIONAL GRID SPATIAL ADDRESS: 11SNV5397365722(NAD 83) FT1480_MARKER: Z = SEE DESCRIPTION FT1480_SETTING: 0 = UNSPECIFIED SETTING FT1480 FT1480 HISTORY - Date Condition Report By FT1480 HISTORY - 1950 MONUMENTED CGS FT1480 HISTORY - 1952 SEE DESCRIPTION CGS FT1480 FT1480 STATION DESCRIPTION FT1480 FT1480'DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1950 (RJS) FT1480'THE STATION IS LOCATED NEAR THE HIGHEST POINT OF THE SOUTHERN FT1480'END OF THE AMARGOSA RANGE, ABOUT 44 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE FT1480'TOWN OF BAKER, ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SHOSHONE, AND ABOUT FT1480'5 MILES WEST OF MCLAIN PARK. THE WEST SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN FT1480'HAS VERTICAL CLIFFS OF APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET. THE STATION FT1480'MARK, A U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BENCH MARK DISK, IS ABOUT 30 FT1480'PACES NORTH OF THE HIGHEST POINT, 8 FEET EAST OF THE WEST EDGE FT1480'OF THE CREST, AND 8 FEET SOUTH OF A CAIRN. THE MARK IS SET FT1480'FLUSH WITH THE TOP OF THE BEDROCK AND IS STAMPED MCLAIN 1949. FT1480' FT1480'REFERENCE MARK NUMBER 1 IS APPROXIMATELY 6 INCHES LOWER THAN FT1480'THE STATION AND 3 FEET EAST OF A CAIRN. IT IS U.S. GEOLOGICAL FT1480'SURVEY REFERENCE MARK DISK THAT IS SET FLUSH WITH THE TOP OF FT1480'AN OUTCROP OF BEDROCK AND STAMPED NO 1. FT1480' FT1480'REFERENCE MARK NUMBER 2 IS A U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY REFERENCE FT1480'MARK DISK THAT IS SET IN BEDROCK ON THE EAST SLOPE OF THE FT1480'CREST AT ABOUT THE SAME ELEVATION AS THE STATION. THE MARK FT1480'IS SET FLUSH WITH THE TOP OF THE BEDROCK AND STAMPED NO 2. FT1480' FT1480'THE AZIMUTH MARK, STAMPED MCLAIN USGS 1950, IS 6 PACES NORTH FT1480'OF THE CENTER OF THE ROAD TO THE STATION, 8 PACES EAST OF FT1480'A CAIRN, AND 2 FEET WEST OF A 4X4 WITNESS POST. THE MARK FT1480'PROJECTS ABOUT 3 INCHES ABOVE THE SURROUNDING SURFACE. FT1480' FT1480'THE STATION CAN BE REACHED FROM THE SHOSHONE POST OFFICE BY FT1480'GOING SOUTH ALONG CALIFORNIA STATE HIGHWAY 127 FOR 9.0 MILES FT1480'TO A SIGN SHOSHONE 8, ETC. CONTINUE WEST ALONG THE HIGHWAY FT1480'FOR 1.0 MILE TO A POINT WHERE THE THE HIGHWAY BEARS LEFT AND FT1480'A DIRT ROAD CONTINUES STRAIGHT AHEAD. LEAVE THE HIGHWAY AND FT1480'CONTINUE STRAIGHT AHEAD ON DIRT ROAD FOR 0.1 MILE TO A FORK. FT1480'TAKE THE LEFT FORK FOR 4.6 MILES TO THE AZIMUTH MARK ON THE FT1480'LEFT AS DESCRIBED ABOVE. CONTINUE FOR 0.6 MILE TO A FORK. FT1480'TAKE THE RIGHT FORK FOR 0.3 MILE TO A LOADING CHUTE IN A WASH FT1480'AND THE END OF TRUCK TRAVEL. FROM THE END OF TRUCK TRAVEL, FT1480'PACK WESTERLY UP THE WASH TO A SADDLE. THEN LEFT, SOUTH TO FT1480'SOUTHWESTERLY, ALONG THE RIDGE, KEEPING TO THE RIGHT OF A FT1480'HIGH POINTED BUTTE, TO THE TOP OF THE NEXT RIDGE. PACK FT1480'WESTERLY ALONG THE RIDGE TO A LOW SADDLE, THENCE UP THE FT1480'STEEP SLOPE TO A CAIRN ON THE HIGHEST POINT AND THE FT1480'STATION. A 2 HOUR PACK. FT1480 FT1480 STATION RECOVERY (1952) FT1480 FT1480'RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1952 (WRH) FT1480'THE STATION WAS RECOVERED AS DESCRIBED AND ALL THE MARKS WERE FT1480'IN GOOD CONDITION. A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION FOLLOWS. FT1480' FT1480'THE STATION IS LOCATED ON A HIGH POINT NEAR THE SOUTHERN END FT1480'OF THE AMARGOSA MOUNTAINS. IT IS ABOUT 44 MILES AIRLINE FT1480'NORTH-NORTHWEST OF BAKER, ABOUT 12 MILES AIRLINE SOUTH-SOUTHWEST FT1480'OF SHOSHONE, AND ABOUT 5 MILES AIRLINE WEST OF MCLAIN PARK FT1480'AND STATE HIGHWAY 127. THE WEST SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN HAS FT1480'VERTICLE CLIFFS OF ABOUT 300 FEET, AND THERE IS A HIGHER POINT FT1480'ABOUT 100 FEET SOUTH OF THE STATION. FT1480' FT1480'THE STATION IS A STANDARD USGS DISK SET IN A DRILL HOLE IN FT1480'BEDROCK THAT IS FLAT ON THE EXPOSED SURFACE. THE DISK IS STAMPED FT1480'MCLAIN 1949. IT IS 8 FEET EAST OF THE EDGE OF A CLIFF, AND 8 FT1480'FEET SOUTH OF A CAIRN. FT1480' FT1480'REFERENCE MARK NUMBER ONE IS A STANDARD USGS REFERENCE MARK FT1480'DISK SET IN A DRILL HOLE IN BEDROCK AND IS ABOUT 6 INCHES FT1480'LOWER THAN THE STATION. THE DISK IS STAMPED NO 1. IT IS 3 FEET FT1480'OF THE CAIRN. FT1480' FT1480'REFERENCE MARK NUMBER TWO IS A STANDARD USGS REFERENCE MARK FT1480'DISK SET IN A DRILL HOLE IN BEDROCK ON THE EAST SLOPE OF THE FT1480'CREST OF THE HILL AND IS ABOUT THE SAME ELEVATION AS THE FT1480'STATION. THE DISK IS STAMPED NO 2. FT1480' FT1480'THE AZIMUTH MARK IS A STANDARD DISK SET IN A DRILL HOLE IN FT1480'A BOULDER THAT PROJECTS 3 INCHES. IT IS 3 FEET WEST OF A FT1480'WHITE WITNESS POST, 20 FEET NORTH OF THE CENTER LINE OF THE FT1480'ROAD, AND 25 FEET EAST OF A 3-FOOT CAIRN. THE DISK IS STAMPED FT1480'MCLAIN USGS 1950. FT1480' FT1480'TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE POST OFFICE IN BAKER GO FT1480'NORTHERLY ON STATE HIGHWAY 127 FOR 46.3 MILES TO A RIGHT FT1480'CURVE IN THE HIGHWAY AND A REVERSE Y FORK ON THE LEFT. TURN FT1480'SHARP LEFT, WEST, AND GO 0.1 MILE TO A FORK. TAKE THE LEFT FT1480'FORK FOR 4.0 MILES TO THE CREST OF A RIDGE AND THE AZIMUTH FT1480'MARK ON THE RIGHT. CONTINUE STRAIGHT AHEAD, WEST, FOR 0.6 FT1480'MILE TO A FORK. TAKE THE RIGHT FORK AND GO 0.4 MILE TO A FT1480'SHARP LEFT TURN AND A PARKING PLACE ON THE RIGHT AND THE FT1480'END OF TRUCK TRAVEL. FROM THE PARKING AREA PACK FT1480'SOUTHWESTERLY UP THE DRAW TO A LOW SADDLE. GO TO THE LEFT UP FT1480'THE RIDGE TO A POINT BELOW A LARGE ROCK OUTCROP. KEEP TO THE FT1480'RIGHT OF THE OUTCROP AND GO WEST TO THE CREST OF THE RIDGE FT1480'THAT IS BEHIND THE OUTCROP. GO WEST ALONG THE TOP OF THE FT1480'RIDGE, KEEPING TO THE LEFT OF THE NEXT HILL, TO A LOW FT1480'SADDLE. CLIMB THE STEEP SLOPE TO THE WEST TO THE SUMMIT OF FT1480'THE MOUNTAIN, THE CAIRN, AND THE STATION. IT IS ABOUT A 2 FT1480'HOUR PACK OVER THIS ROUTE. FT1480' FT1480'OBSERVED FROM A 1.33 M WOOD STAND FT1480' FT1480'REFERENCE MARKS AND CAIRN WERE TOO CLOSE TO FOCUS.