National Geodetic Survey, Retrieval Date = MARCH 18, 2001 CW0900 *********************************************************************** CW0900 DESIGNATION - CORDUNA CW0900 PID - CW0900 CW0900 STATE/COUNTY- NM/OTERO CW0900 USGS QUAD - CORNUDAS MOUNTAIN (1975) CW0900 CW0900 *CURRENT SURVEY CONTROL CW0900 ___________________________________________________________________ CW0900* NAD 83(1992)- 32 01 31.52531(N) 105 30 57.79440(W) ADJUSTED CW0900* NAVD 88 - 2215.6 (meters) 7269. (feet) VERTCON CW0900 ___________________________________________________________________ CW0900 LAPLACE CORR- -1.14 (seconds) DEFLEC99 CW0900 GEOID HEIGHT- -22.42 (meters) GEOID99 CW0900 CW0900 HORZ ORDER - FIRST CW0900 CW0900.The horizontal coordinates were established by classical geodetic methods CW0900.and adjusted by the National Geodetic Survey in December 1993. CW0900 CW0900.The NAVD 88 height was computed by applying the VERTCON shift value to CW0900.the NGVD 29 height (displayed under SUPERSEDED SURVEY CONTROL.) CW0900 CW0900.The Laplace correction was computed from DEFLEC99 derived deflections. CW0900 CW0900.The geoid height was determined by GEOID99. CW0900 CW0900; North East Units Scale Converg. CW0900;SPC NM C - 113,921.377 569,327.623 MT 0.99995925 +0 23 21.2 CW0900;SPC TX C - 3,272,899.989 210,560.531 MT 1.00004126 -2 40 09.9 CW0900;UTM 13 - 3,543,370.102 451,269.106 MT 0.99962929 -0 16 25.2 CW0900 CW0900: Primary Azimuth Mark Grid Az CW0900:SPC NM C - CORDUNA AZ MK RESET 265 36 11.8 CW0900:SPC TX C - CORDUNA AZ MK RESET 268 39 42.9 CW0900:UTM 13 - CORDUNA AZ MK RESET 266 15 58.2 CW0900 CW0900|---------------------------------------------------------------------| CW0900| PID Reference Object Distance Geod. Az | CW0900| dddmmss.s | CW0900| CORDUNA RM 2 6.432 METERS 00748 | CW0900| CORDUNA RM 1 3.280 METERS 08309 | CW0900| CORDUNA AZ MK 2572147.7 | CW0900| CORDUNA AZ MK RESET 2655933.0 | CW0900| CORDUNA RM 4.634 METERS 33745 | CW0900| CW0899 CORDUNA CAIRN 7.799 METERS 35048 | CW0900|---------------------------------------------------------------------| CW0900 CW0900 SUPERSEDED SURVEY CONTROL CW0900 CW0900 NAD 83(1986)- 32 01 31.52826(N) 105 30 57.79278(W) AD( ) 1 CW0900 NAD 27 - 32 01 31.14100(N) 105 30 55.90400(W) AD( ) 1 CW0900 NGVD 29 - 2214.9 (m) 7267. (f) VERT ANG CW0900 CW0900.Superseded values are not recommended for survey control. CW0900.NGS no longer adjusts projects to the NAD 27 or NGVD 29 datums. CW0900.See file dsdata.txt to determine how the superseded data were derived. CW0900 CW0900_MARKER: DS = TRIANGULATION STATION DISK CW0900_SETTING: 66 = SET IN ROCK OUTCROP CW0900 CW0900 HISTORY - Date Condition Recov. By CW0900 HISTORY - 1909 MONUMENTED CGS CW0900 HISTORY - 1937 GOOD CGS CW0900 HISTORY - 1943 GOOD CGS CW0900 HISTORY - 1952 GOOD CGS CW0900 CW0900 STATION DESCRIPTION CW0900 CW0900'DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1937 CW0900'STATION IS NEAR THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY STATION OF THE CW0900'SAME NAME. IT IS 60 MILES AIRLINE N OF THE TOWN OF SIERRA CW0900'BLANCA, TEXAS, ABOUT 15 MILES N OF U.S. HIGHWAY 62, ABOUT CW0900'1-1/2 MILES N OF THE TEXAS-NEW MEXICO BOUNDARY, AND ABOUT CW0900'3 MILES NE OF SAN ANTONIO PEAK, ON THE HIGHEST AND MOST N CW0900'PEAK, KNOWN LOCALLY AS WIND MOUNTAIN, OF THE LAS CORNUDAS CW0900'MOUNTAINS. CW0900' CW0900'STATION WAS MARKED WITH A BRONZE STATION DISK SET IN BEDROCK. CW0900' CW0900'REFERENCE MARK, A CROSS CUT IN THE TOP OF A ROCK, IS 4.634 CW0900'METERS (15.20 FEET) FROM THE STATION N 22 DEG 17 MIN W. CW0900' CW0900'STATION CORDUNA (U.S.G.S.), MARKED WITH A CAIRN, IS 7.8 CW0900'METERS (26 FEET) FROM THE STATION N 09 DEG 12 MIN W. CW0900' CW0900'IN 1914 THE STATION WAS RECOVERED. THE CAIRN MARKING CORDUNA CW0900'(U.S.G.S.) WAS TORN DOWN AND REBUILT IN THE SAME LOCATION. CW0900' CW0900'IN 1937 THE STATION AND REFERENCE MARK WERE RECOVERED AND A CW0900'NEW REFERENCE MARK AND AN AZIMUTH MARK WERE ESTABLISHED. CW0900' CW0900'THE NEW REFERENCE MARK, A BRONZE DISK REFERENCE MARK, WAS CW0900'CEMENTED IN A DRILL HOLE IN ROCK, AND IS CW0900'3.273 METERS (10.74 FEET) FROM THE STATION N 83 DEG 09 MIN E. CW0900' CW0900'THE AZIMUTH MARK, A BRONZE AZIMUTH DISK SET IN A DRILL HOLE CW0900'IN A LARGE, FLAT ROCK ABOUT 4 BY 6 FEET ACROSS THE TOP AND CW0900'FLUSH WITH THE GROUND, IS ABOUT 1.5 MILES FROM THE STATION CW0900'S 77 DEG 22 MIN W. IT IS AT THE SE BASE OF THE CW0900'STEEP PART OF A HILL WHICH IS ABOUT 500 FEET HIGH AND ABOUT 0.4 CW0900'MILE SW OF A WIRE ENCLOSURE AND DIRT TANK. CW0900 CW0900 STATION RECOVERY (1943) CW0900 CW0900'RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1943 (EHB) CW0900'STATION IS LOCATED ON THE SUMMIT OF WIND MOUNTAIN, 1.5 MILES CW0900'N OF THE TEXAS-NEW MEXICO LINE, AT A POINT OPPOSITE MILE CW0900'CORNER 144. IT IS ON THE HIGHEST AND MOST N OF THE TWO POINTS CW0900'OF WIND MOUNTAIN. CW0900' CW0900'STATION MARK IS A BRONZE STATION DISK SET IN ROCK OUTCROP CW0900'FLUSH WITH THE GROUND. STAMPED CORDUNA 1909. CW0900' CW0900'REFERENCE MARK 1 IS E OF THE STATION. IT IS A BRONZE REFERENCE CW0900'DISK SET IN ROCK OUTCROP FLUSH WITH THE GROUND. STAMPED CW0900'CORDUNA 1909 1937. CW0900' CW0900'REFERENCE MARK 2 IS NNE OF THE STATION. IT IS A BRONZE CW0900'REFERENCE DISK SET IN ROCK OUTCROP FLUSH WITH THE GROUND. CW0900'STAMPED CORDUNA NO 2 1943. CW0900' CW0900'STATION ANTONIO SERVES AS AN AZIMUTH MARK. CW0900' CW0900'TO REACH FROM THE CORDUNA FILLING STATION, WHICH IS 61.0 MILES CW0900'E OF EL PASO ON U.S. HIGHWAY 62, GO W ON HIGHWAY 62 FOR 0.5 CW0900'MILE TO A CROSS ROAD AT CATTLEGUARD. TURN RIGHT ON BLADED CW0900'ROAD AND GO N FOR 2.3 MILES TO A WOODEN GATE. PASS THROUGH CW0900'GATE AND CONTINUE N FOR 5.3 MILES TO ANOTHER WOODEN GATE, CW0900'PASS THROUGH GATE AND CONTINUE ON MAIN ROAD FOR 2.25 MILES CW0900'TO A BOARD GATE. PASS THROUGH GATE AND PASS TO RIGHT OF THE CW0900'NEAL RANCH HOUSE AND CONTINUE N 0.25 MILE TO ANOTHER GATE. GO CW0900'THROUGH GATE AND CONTINUE ON MAIN ROAD FOR 0.25 MILE TO A CW0900'ROAD FORK, TAKE LEFT FORK AND GO 1.0 MILE TO ANOTHER FORK. CW0900'TAKE LEFT FORK AND GO 3.0 MILES TO A WIRE GATE, PASS CW0900'THROUGH GATE AND GO N FOR 2.0 MILES TO A WIRE GATE IN THE CW0900'STATE BOUNDARY FENCE. PASS THROUGH GATE AND GO N FOR 0.8 MILE CW0900'TO ROAD FORK, THENCE TAKE LEFT FORK AND CONTINUE N FOR 0.8 CW0900'MILE TO THE JONES RANCH. PASS TO RIGHT OF RANCH HOUSE AND GO CW0900'NW ON DIRT ROAD FOR 2.1 MILES TO A CATTLEGUARD. AT A CW0900'POINT ABOUT 100 FEET S OF THE CATTLEGUARD TURN SHARP LEFT CW0900'AND FOLLOW A DIM TRACK ROAD IN A CIRCLE TO THE RIGHT AND UP A CW0900'CANYON FOR 0.9 MILE TO THE FOOT OF WIND MOUNTAIN. HERE PACK SE CW0900'UP THE SLOPE GOING TOWARD WHAT LOOKS LIKE A CANYON IN THE CW0900'MOUNTAIN. KEEP TO THE LEFT OF THIS CANYON, FOLLOWING UP CW0900'THE SADDLE, THENCE TO THE RIGHT AND TO THE TOP OF CW0900'MOUNTAIN AND STATION. CW0900 CW0900 STATION RECOVERY (1952) CW0900 CW0900'RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1952 (RLE) CW0900'THE STATION, REFERENCE MARK NO. 1 AND REFERENCE MARK NO. 2 CW0900'WERE RECOVERED AND FOUND TO BE IN GOOD CONDITION. THE AZIMUTH CW0900'MARK WAS NOT FOUND SO A NEW AZIMUTH MARK WAS ESTABLISHED. CW0900' CW0900'FOLLOWING IS A NEW AND COMPLETE DESCRIPTION-- CW0900' CW0900'THE STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 70 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ALAMOGORDO, CW0900'65 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF EL PASO AND 1.5 MILES NORTH OF THE CW0900'TEXAS-NEW MEXICO STATE LINE ON THE HIGHEST POINT OF WIND CW0900'MOUNTAIN. IT IS STAMPED CORDUNA 1909. CW0900' CW0900'REFERENCE MARK NO. 1 IS ON THE SAME ELEVATION AS THE STATION CW0900'AND IS STAMPED CORDUNA NO 1 1909 1937. CW0900' CW0900'REFERENCE MARK NO. 2 IS ABOUT 1 FOOT HIGHER IN ELEVATION THAN CW0900'THE STATION AND IS STAMPED CORDUNA NO 2 1943. CW0900' CW0900'THE DISTANCE BETWEEN R.M. NO. 1 AND R.M. NO. 2 IS 21.18 FEET. CW0900' CW0900'THE AZIMUTH MARK IS A STANDARD BRONZE DISK CEMENTED IN A DRILL CW0900'HOLE IN THE SOUTH EDGE OF A CONCRETE APRON SURROUNDING A LARGE CW0900'STOCK WATERING TANK AND IS STAMPED CORDUNA 1909 RESET 1952. CW0900' CW0900'TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE SMALL RAILROAD VILLAGE OF ESCONDIDO, CW0900'(18 MILES SOUTH OF ALAMOGORDO) GO SOUTH ON U.S. HIGHWAY 54 CW0900'FOR 4.7 MILES TO A SIDE ROAD ON THE LEFT, TURN LEFT AND GO EAST CW0900'ON DIRT ROAD FOR 12.8 MILES TO A CATTLE GUARD JUST AFTER CW0900'REACHING TOP OF RIDGE. CONTINUE EAST FOR 8.3 MILES TO A FORK, CW0900'TAKE RIGHT FORK AND GO SOUTHEAST FOR 2.4 MILES TO ANOTHER CW0900'FORK, TAKE RIGHT FORK AND GO SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH FOR 3.4 CW0900'MILES TO A FORK, TAKE RIGHT FORK AND GO SOUTH FOR 15.2 MILES CW0900'TO A FORK JUST AFTER PASSING LARGE RANCH ON RIGHT. TAKE LEFT CW0900'FORK AND GO SOUTHEAST FOR 3.5 MILES TO A FORK, TAKE LEFT CW0900'FORK AND CONTINUE SOUTHEAST FOR 1.3 MILES TO A FORK, TAKE RIGHT CW0900'FORK AND CONTINUE SOUTHEAST FOR 3.2 MILES TO A FORK AND SIGN CW0900'THE GRAHAMS. TAKE RIGHT FORK AND GO SOUTH, PASSING TO CW0900'THE LEFT OF RANCH, FOR 3.3 MILES TO A FORK, TAKE RIGHT FORK CW0900'AND CONTINUE SOUTH FOR 3.3 MILES TO A FORK AT THE NORTHWEST CW0900'CORNER OF A WIRE CORRAL, TAKE LEFT FORK AND GO SOUTHEAST CW0900'FOR 0.05 MILE TO A CABIN AND AZIMUTH MARK AT SOUTH EDGE OF CW0900'WATERING TANK. FROM THIS POINT, GO EAST ALONG FENCE CW0900'LINE FOR 0.6 MILE TO THE END OF TRUCK TRAVEL AT BASE OF CW0900'HILL. PACK EASTERLY UP STEEP ROCKY SLOPE FOR ABOUT CW0900'1.5 MILES TO HIGHEST POINT AND STATION AS DESCRIBED. (A CW0900'3 HOUR PACK)