National Geodetic Survey, Retrieval Date = NOVEMBER 24, 2002 JP0339 *********************************************************************** JP0339 DESIGNATION - WHEELER PEAK JP0339 PID - JP0339 JP0339 STATE/COUNTY- NV/WHITE PINE JP0339 USGS QUAD - WHEELER PEAK (1990) JP0339 JP0339 *CURRENT SURVEY CONTROL JP0339 ___________________________________________________________________ JP0339* NAD 83(1994)- 38 59 08.82583(N) 114 18 50.00641(W) ADJUSTED JP0339* NAVD 88 - 3982.3 (meters) 13065. (feet) VERTCON JP0339 ___________________________________________________________________ JP0339 LAPLACE CORR- 8.64 (seconds) DEFLEC99 JP0339 GEOID HEIGHT- -20.34 (meters) GEOID99 JP0339 JP0339 HORZ ORDER - FIRST JP0339 JP0339.The horizontal coordinates were established by classical geodetic methods JP0339.and adjusted by the National Geodetic Survey in June 1998. JP0339 JP0339.The NAVD 88 height was computed by applying the VERTCON shift value to JP0339.the NGVD 29 height (displayed under SUPERSEDED SURVEY CONTROL.) JP0339 JP0339.The Laplace correction was computed from DEFLEC99 derived deflections. JP0339 JP0339.The geoid height was determined by GEOID99. JP0339 JP0339; North East Units Scale Converg. JP0339;SPC NV E - 8,470,787.132 309,980.151 MT 1.00004889 +0 47 55.4 JP0339;UTM 11 - 4,318,631.601 732,659.397 MT 1.00026659 +1 41 26.4 JP0339 JP0339: Primary Azimuth Mark Grid Az JP0339:SPC NV E - WHEELER PEAK AZ MK 322 11 16.0 JP0339:UTM 11 - WHEELER PEAK AZ MK 321 17 45.0 JP0339 JP0339|---------------------------------------------------------------------| JP0339| PID Reference Object Distance Geod. Az | JP0339| dddmmss.s | JP0339| DD7024 WHEELER PEAK RM 1 2.498 METERS 00338 | JP0339| KP0313 MOUNT MORIAH CAIRN APPROX.33.4 KM 0171707.9 | JP0339| DD7027 WHEELER PEAK RM 4 6.944 METERS 07341 | JP0339| KO0454 SAWTOOTH MOUNTAIN=KNOTCH PEAK APPROX.80.2 KM 0770745.9 | JP0339| JO0545 FRISCO MOUNT TREE 1194458.6 | JP0339| DD7025 WHEELER PEAK RM 2 2.618 METERS 12235 | JP0339| JO0582 INDIAN PEAK APPROX.88.5 KM 1541712.5 | JP0339| HP0337 HIGHLAND PEAK SUMMIT 1905234.7 | JP0339| HP0360 MOUNT IRISH 2125445.2 | JP0339| DD7026 WHEELER PEAK RM 3 2.403 METERS 22843 | JP0339| JP0381 MOUNT GRAFTON SUMMIT APPROX.49.5 KM 2285508.1 | JP0339| DD7028 WHEELER PEAK RM 5 3.846 METERS 25121 | JP0339| JP0384 DUCKWATER CAIRN APPROX.96.7 KM 2652023.3 | JP0339| KP0342 WARD SMALL CAIRN APPROX.54.0 KM 2834720.6 | JP0339| KP0343 WARD NORTH SUMMIT APPROX.57.2 KM 2874505.9 | JP0339| DD7023 WHEELER PEAK AZ MK 3225911.4 | JP0339| KP0335 SHELL CREEK SOUTH PEAK APPROX.46.1 KM 3273957.6 | JP0339| KP0333 SHELL CREEK NORTH PEAK APPROX.53.5 KM 3323614.1 | JP0339| KP0322 WHEELER PEAK AZIMUTH APPROX. 3.9 KM 3482905.4 | JP0339| KP0323 BALDY MTN CAIRN APPROX. 3.9 KM 3482909.4 | JP0339|---------------------------------------------------------------------| JP0339 JP0339 SUPERSEDED SURVEY CONTROL JP0339 JP0339 NAD 83(1994)- 38 59 08.82584(N) 114 18 50.00644(W) AD( ) 1 JP0339 NAD 83(1986)- 38 59 08.82164(N) 114 18 50.01158(W) AD( ) 1 JP0339 NAD 27 - 38 59 09.01700(N) 114 18 47.01900(W) AD( ) 1 JP0339 NGVD 29 - 3980.7 (m) 13060. (f) VERT ANG JP0339 JP0339.Superseded values are not recommended for survey control. JP0339.NGS no longer adjusts projects to the NAD 27 or NGVD 29 datums. JP0339.See file dsdata.txt to determine how the superseded data were derived. JP0339 JP0339_U.S. NATIONAL GRID SPATIAL ADDRESS: 11SQD3265918632(NAD 83) JP0339_MARKER: Z = SEE DESCRIPTION JP0339_SETTING: 0 = SET IN TOP OF IRREGULAR CONCRETE JP0339_STABILITY: D = MARK OF QUESTIONABLE OR UNKNOWN STABILITY JP0339 JP0339 HISTORY - Date Condition Report By JP0339 HISTORY - 1882 MONUMENTED CGS JP0339 HISTORY - 1882 GOOD CGS JP0339 HISTORY - 1925 GOOD CGS JP0339 HISTORY - 1944 GOOD CGS JP0339 HISTORY - 1957 GOOD CGS JP0339 JP0339 STATION DESCRIPTION JP0339 JP0339'DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1882 JP0339'ALL MARKS IN GOOD CONDITION. JP0339' JP0339'STATION MARK--A COPPER BOLT, UNSTAMPED, LEADED IN A DRILL HOLE IN A JP0339'BOULDER ABOUT 2 FEET SQUARE AND PROJECTS 3 INCHES. THE BOLT EXTENDS JP0339'1 INCH ABOVE THE BOULDER AND HAS A CROSS MARKED ON TOP. JP0339 JP0339 STATION RECOVERY (1925) JP0339 JP0339'RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1925 (WM) JP0339'ON WHEELER PEAK, THE HIGHEST AND MOST PROMINENT MOUNTAIN OF THE JP0339'SNAKE RANGE, ON THE W OR HIGHER PRONG OF THE DOUBLE PEAK. JP0339' JP0339'STATION IS MARKED BY A COPPER BOLT LEADED IN A DRILL HOLE IN JP0339'SOLID ROCK. IT IS ALSO MARKED, A FEW INCHES ABOVE THE BOLT, BY A JP0339'DRILL HOLE IN A FLAT STONE SECURED IN POSITION BY THE MASONRY JP0339'FOUNDATION BUILT FOR THE INSTRUMENT. THE STATION IS NEARLY JP0339'SURROUNDED BY A RINGWALL OF ROCKS. THREE DRILL HOLES IN SOLID JP0339'ROCK ARE JUST OUTSIDE THE RINGWALL AT THE FOLLOWING DISTANCES JP0339'FROM THE STATION--2.40 METERS (7.9 FEET), N. 2.60 METERS (8.5 JP0339'FEET), E. AND 2.40 METERS (7.9 FEET), SW. THE VERTICAL-CIRCLE JP0339'STATION, ALSO SURROUNDED BY A RINGWALL, IS 57.75 METERS JP0339'(189.5 FEET) E OF THE STATION. JP0339' JP0339'STATION IS BEST REACHED FROM BAKER, NEVADA, BY ROAD TO LEHMAN JP0339'CAVES NATIONAL MONUMENT, THENCE BY TRAIL AND ON FOOT TO JP0339'STATION. JP0339 JP0339 STATION RECOVERY (1944) JP0339 JP0339'RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1944 (EHB) JP0339'STATION WAS RECOVERED AND ALL MARKS FOUND TO BE IN GOOD CONDITION. JP0339'REFERENCE MARKS 4 AND 5 AND AN AZIMUTH MARK WERE ESTABLISHED. JP0339'AT THIS TIME THERE IS NO MASONRY FOUNDATION OVER THE MARK. JP0339'A WOOD STAND 2.33 METERS IN HEIGHT WAS USED FOR THE OBSERVATIONS. JP0339'THE RINGWALL OF ROCKS AROUND THE STATION IS STILL IN GOOD JP0339'CONDITION BUT THE WALL THAT WAS ONCE AROUND THE VERTICAL-CIRCLE JP0339'STATION HAS BEEN DEMOLISHED AND NO MEASUREMENT OR DIRECTION WAS JP0339'TAKEN TO IT. THE DRILL HOLES WERE FOUND TO BE IN BOULDERS IN JP0339'OR JUST OUTSIDE OF THE WALL. THEY APPEARED TO BE INSECURE JP0339'AND MAY HAVE BEEN MOVED. THE LARGE CAIRNS ON THE E AND W JP0339'ENDS OF THE RIDGE APPEARED TO BE IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. JP0339' JP0339'WHEELER PEAK IS THE HIGHER AND W OF TWO, THERE BEING A DEEP JP0339'GASH BETWEEN. THE PEAK IS LOCATED IN THE NEVADA NATIONAL FOREST JP0339'AND IS ABOUT 5 MILES W OF THE LEHMAN CAVES NATIONAL MONUMENT. JP0339' JP0339'STATION IS A COPPER BOLT LEADED IN A BOULDER OR A PIECE OF BROKEN JP0339'BEDROCK PROJECTING ABOUT 3 INCHES ABOVE THE GENERAL SURFACE. THE JP0339'BOLT EXTENDS ABOUT 1 INCH ABOVE THE BOULDER, HAS A CROSS MARKED JP0339'ON THE TOP, AND IS NOT STAMPED. IT IS APPROXIMATELY IN THE JP0339'CENTER OF THE RINGWALL WHICH IS ABOUT 11 FEET IN DIAMETER AND JP0339'3 TO 4 FEET HIGH. JP0339' JP0339'REFERENCE MARK 1 IS A DRILL HOLE IN A BOULDER. IT IS ABOUT JP0339'1 FOOT LOWER IN ELEVATION THAN STATION MARK AND IS JUST OUTSIDE JP0339'THE ROCK WALL. JP0339' JP0339'REFERENCE MARK 2 IS A DRILL HOLE IN A BOULDER. IT IS AT ABOUT THE JP0339'SAME ELEVATION AS THE STATION MARK AND IS JUST OUTSIDE THE ROCK JP0339'WALL. JP0339' JP0339'REFERENCE MARK 3 IS A DRILL HOLE IN A BOULDER. IT IS ABOUT 1/2 JP0339'FOOT LOWER IN ELEVATION THAN THE STATION MARK AND IS JUST JP0339'OUTSIDE OF THE ROCK WALL. JP0339' JP0339'REFERENCE MARK 4 IS A BRONZE REFERENCE DISK SET IN OUTCROPPING JP0339'BEDROCK ABOUT FLUSH WITH THE GROUND. IT IS ABOUT 1 FOOT LOWER JP0339'IN ELEVATION THAN THE STATION MARK AND IS STAMPED WHEELER PEAK JP0339'NO 4 1944. JP0339' JP0339'REFERENCE MARK 5 IS A BRONZE REFERENCE DISK SET IN OUTCROPPING JP0339'BEDROCK ABOUT FLUSH WITH THE GROUND. IT IS ABOUT 1 FOOT LOWER IN JP0339'ELEVATION THAN THE STATION MARK AND IS STAMPED WHEELER PEAK NO 5 JP0339'1944. JP0339' JP0339'AZIMUTH MARK IS A BRONZE AZIMUTH DISK SET IN A SHARP 2-INCH JP0339'DEPRESSION IN A BOULDER AND IS STAMPED WHEELER PEAK 1944. JP0339'IT IS 5 FEET ENE OF A 3-FOOT CAIRN. JP0339' JP0339'TO REACH STATION FROM BAKER, GO S ON MAIN ROAD FOR 0.8 JP0339'MILE TO A ROAD LEADING RIGHT AND A SIGN READING LEHMAN CREEK JP0339'FOREST CAMP, TURN RIGHT AND CONTINUE FOR 3.4 MILES, KEEP RIGHT JP0339'AND CONTINUE FOR 0.15 MILE TO A RIGHT FORK. TAKE RIGHT FORK JP0339'AND CONTINUE FOR 0.5 MILE TO A SIGN READING NEVADA NATIONAL JP0339'FOREST BOUNDARY, CONTINUE FOR 1.4 MILES, KEEP RIGHT AND CONTINUE JP0339'FOR 0.1 MILE TO THE ENTRANCE TO LEHMAN CAVES NATIONAL MONUMENT. JP0339'KEEP STRAIGHT AHEAD FOR 0.3 MILE TO A PICNIC AREA, KEEP RIGHT JP0339'AND CONTINUE FOR 0.6 MILE TO A T-JUNCTION, TURN LEFT AND JP0339'CONTINUE FOR 2.0 MILES TO A PICNIC AREA, KEEP RIGHT AND JP0339'CONTINUE FOR 1.1 MILES ON A TRAIL ROAD TO THE END OF TRUCK JP0339'TRAVEL. FROM HERE VARIOUS FOREST SERVICE SIGNS POINT THE JP0339'WAY UP A WELL MARKED TRAIL TO STELLA LAKE WHICH IS AT THE JP0339'BASE OF THE PEAK AND FROM THIS POINT THE PEAK STANDS OUT JP0339'SHARPLY TO THE S. FROM THE LAKE HIKE W UP TO THE TOP OF JP0339'THE RIDGE AND THEN TO THE LEFT ON A DISTINCT TRAIL LEADING JP0339'DIRECTLY UP TO THE PEAK AND THE STATION. THE AZIMUTH MARK IS JP0339'TO THE LEFT OF THE TRAIL, ABOUT 29 PACES, IN A SMALL SADDLE JP0339'JUST BEFORE THE LAST SHARP CLIMB TO THE STATION. THE JP0339'POSITION ON THE TRAIL HAS BEEN MARKED BY A CAIRN. JP0339 JP0339 STATION RECOVERY (1957) JP0339 JP0339'RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1957 (WRH) JP0339'STATION RECOVERED AS DESCRIBED AND ALL MARKS FOUND IN GOOD JP0339'CONDITION. THE THREE DRILL HOLES IN BOULDERS WERE RECOVERED AND JP0339'APPEAR TO BE INSECURE AND MAY HAVE BEEN MOVED. THE RINGWALL JP0339'OF ROCKS AROUND THE STATION AND THE TWO LARGE CAIRNS ON THE EAST JP0339'AND WEST END OF THE PEAK ARE IN GOOD CONDITION. A COMPLETE JP0339'DESCRIPTION FOLLOWS. JP0339' JP0339'STATION IS LOCATED ON WHEELER PEAK, THE HIGHEST AND MOST JP0339'PROMINENT MOUNTAIN OF THE SNAKE RANGE AND ON THE WEST AND HIGHEST JP0339'PRONG OF THE DOUBLE PEAK. IT IS, AIRLINE, ABOUT 10 MILES WEST JP0339'SOUTHWEST OF BAKER AND 5 MILES WEST OF THE LEHMAN CAVES NATIONAL JP0339'MONUMENT. JP0339' JP0339'STATION IS REACHED AS FOLLOWS--FROM THE U.S. POST OFFICE IN JP0339'BAKER, GO WEST ON A BLACKTOP ROAD, TOWARDS THE LEHMAN CAVES, JP0339'FOR 4.8 MILES TO A SIGN LEHMAN CREEK, CAMP GROUNDS 2. TURN JP0339'RIGHT AS PER SIGN AND GO 2.6 MILES TO A DIM RIGHT FORK AND A JP0339'SIGN WHEELER PEAK 7. TURN RIGHT ON THE TRACK ROAD AND GO 1.1 JP0339'MILES TO THE END OF THE ROAD AND THE START OF THE TRAIL. FROM JP0339'HERE PACK WEST UP A DISTINCT TRAIL FOR ABOUT 4 MILES TO JP0339'STELLA LAKE WHICH IS AT THE BASE OF THE PEAK WHICH STANDS JP0339'OUT SHARPLY TO THE SOUTH. FROM THE LAKE PACK NORTHWESTERLY JP0339'UP THE TRAIL THAT CURVES AROUND TO THE LEFT AND FOLLOWS THE JP0339'MAIN RIDGE SOUTHERLY AND DIRECTLY TO THE STATION WHICH IS ABOUT JP0339'2 MILES. THE AZIMUTH MARK IS TO THE LEFT OF THE TRAIL IN JP0339'A SMALL SADDLE JUST BEFORE THE LAST SHARP CLIMB TO THE JP0339'STATION AND MARKED BY A LARGE CAIRN. TIME OF PACK IS ABOUT JP0339'4-1/2 HOURS. THE LAST WATER IS AT STELLA LAKE. HORSES CAN BE JP0339'TAKEN TO THE LAST SHARP CLIMB TO THE STATION WHICH IS JUST JP0339'BEYOND THE AZIMUTH MARK. JP0339' JP0339'STATION MARK, UNSTAMPED, IS A COPPER BOLT LEADED IN A DRILL JP0339'HOLE IN A BOULDER ABOUT 2 FEET SQUARE AND PROJECTS 3 INCHES. JP0339'THE BOLT EXTENDS 1 INCH ABOVE THE BOULDER AND HAS A CROSS MARKED JP0339'ON TOP. IT IS APPROXIMATELY IN THE CENTER OF THE RINGWALL OF JP0339'ROCKS WHICH IS ABOUT 11 FEET IN DIAMETER AND 3 TO 4 FEET HIGH. JP0339' JP0339'REFERENCE MARK NUMBER 1 IS A DRILL HOLE IN A BOULDER 2 BY 1 JP0339'FEET AND ABOUT 1 FOOT LOWER THAN THE STATION. IT IS 1 FOOT JP0339'OUTSIDE THE ROCK WALL. JP0339' JP0339'REFERENCE MARK NUMBER 2 IS A DRILL HOLE IN A BOULDER 18 BY 10 JP0339'INCHES, PROJECTING 3 INCHES AND IS AT ABOUT THE SAME ELEVATION AS JP0339'THE STATION. IT IS 1 FOOT OUTSIDE THE ROCK WALL. JP0339' JP0339'REFERENCE MARK NUMBER 3 IS A DRILL HOLE IN A BOULDER 2 BY 1 FEET, JP0339'PROJECTING 1 FOOT AND ABOUT 1/2 FOOT HIGHER THAN THE STATION. IT JP0339'IS 1 FOOT OUTSIDE THE ROCK WALL. JP0339' JP0339'REFERENCE MARK NUMBER 4, STAMPED WHEELER PEAK NO 4 1944, IS A JP0339'STANDARD DISK CEMENTED IN A DRILL HOLE IN OUTCROPPING BEDROCK JP0339'36 BY 8 INCHES EXPOSED, PROJECTING 1 FOOT AND ABOUT 2 FEET JP0339'LOWER THAN THE STATION. IT IS 12 FEET OUTSIDE THE ROCK WALL. JP0339' JP0339'REFERENCE MARK NUMBER 5, STAMPED WHEELER PEAK NO 5 1944 IS A JP0339'STANDARD DISK CEMENTED IN A DRILL HOLE IN OUTCROPPING BEDROCK JP0339'FLUSH WITH THE GROUND AND AT ABOUT THE SAME ELEVATION AS THE JP0339'STATION. IT IS 3 FEET OUTSIDE THE ROCK WALL AND MARKED BY JP0339'A 1 FOOT CAIRN. JP0339' JP0339'AZIMUTH MARK, STAMPED WHEELER PEAK 1944, IS A STANDARD DISK JP0339'CEMENTED IN A DRILL HOLE IN A 2 INCH DEPRESSION IN A BOULDER JP0339'2 BY 3 FEET AND PROJECTING 1 FOOT. IT IS ABOUT 60 FEET EAST JP0339'OF THE TRAIL AND A 3 FOOT CAIRN AND 3 FEET EAST OF A 2 FOOT JP0339'CAIRN. JP0339' JP0339'HEIGHT OF STAND--1.39 MTRS.