National Geodetic Survey, Retrieval Date = OCTOBER 24, 1999 HR2616 *********************************************************************** HR2616 DESIGNATION - SPLIT MTN HR2616 PID - HR2616 HR2616 STATE/COUNTY- CA/INYO HR2616 USGS QUAD - SPLIT MTN (1984) HR2616 HR2616 *CURRENT SURVEY CONTROL HR2616 ___________________________________________________________________ HR2616* NAD 83(1992)- 37 01 15.38938(N) 118 25 20.67655(W) ADJUSTED HR2616* NAVD 88 - 4286.6 (meters) 14064. (feet) VERTCON HR2616 ___________________________________________________________________ HR2616 EPOCH DATE - 1991.35 HR2616 LAPLACE CORR- -15.98 (seconds) DEFLEC99 HR2616 GEOID HEIGHT- -24.67 (meters) GEOID99 HR2616 HR2616 HORZ ORDER - FIRST HR2616 HR2616.The horizontal coordinates were established by classical geodetic methods HR2616.and adjusted by the National Geodetic Survey in March 1994. HR2616.The horizontal coordinates are valid at the epoch date displayed above. HR2616.The epoch date for horizontal control is a decimal equivalence HR2616.of Year/Month/Day. HR2616 HR2616.The NAVD 88 height was computed by applying the VERTCON shift value to HR2616.the NGVD 29 height (displayed under SUPERSEDED SURVEY CONTROL.) HR2616 HR2616.The Laplace correction was computed from DEFLEC99 derived deflections. HR2616 HR2616.The geoid height was determined by GEOID99. HR2616 HR2616; North East Units Scale Converg. HR2616;SPC CA 4 - 2,255,299.85 6,730,288.37 sFT 0.99996447 +0 20 40.5 HR2616;SPC CA 4 - 687,416.770 2,051,395.999 MT 0.99996447 +0 20 40.5 HR2616;UTM 11 - 4,098,141.258 373,470.648 MT 0.99979722 -0 51 23.6 HR2616 HR2616: Primary Azimuth Mark Grid Az HR2616:SPC CA 4 - SPLIT MTN AZ MK 345 31 21.6 HR2616:UTM 11 - SPLIT MTN AZ MK 346 43 25.7 HR2616 HR2616|---------------------------------------------------------------------| HR2616| PID Reference Object Distance Geod. Az | HR2616| dddmmss.s | HR2616| SPLIT MTN RM 1 2.857 METERS 05239 | HR2616| SPLIT MTN RM 2 3.643 METERS 18834 | HR2616| HR2617 14051 3.725 METERS 21622 | HR2616| GT1859 CASTLE PEAK APPROX.39.4 KM 2644142.3 | HR2616| HR2631 MT DARWIN APPROX.27.5 KM 3061104.0 | HR2616| HR2629 NORTH PALISADE APPROX.11.5 KM 3145107.4 | HR2616| SPLIT MTN AZ MK 3455202.1 | HR2616|---------------------------------------------------------------------| HR2616 HR2616 SUPERSEDED SURVEY CONTROL HR2616 HR2616 NAD 83(1986)- 37 01 15.38193(N) 118 25 20.67178(W) AD(1984.00) 1 HR2616 NAD 27 - 37 01 15.61760(N) 118 25 17.31330(W) AD( ) 1 HR2616 NGVD 29 - 4284.8 (m) 14058. (f) VERT ANG HR2616 HR2616.Superseded values are not recommended for survey control. HR2616.NGS no longer adjusts projects to the NAD 27 or NGVD 29 datums. HR2616.See file dsdata.txt to determine how the superseded data were derived. HR2616 HR2616 HISTORY - Date Condition Recov. By HR2616 HISTORY - 1950 MONUMENTED CGS HR2616 HR2616 STATION DESCRIPTION HR2616 HR2616'DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1950 (RJS) HR2616'THE STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 24 MILES SOUTH OF BISHOP, ABOUT HR2616'13 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF BIG PINE AND ABOUT 3 MILES EAST HR2616'SOUTHEAST OF MATHER PASS WHICH LEADS OVER INTO PALISADE HR2616'CREEK. THE STATION LIES DUE EAST OF UPPER BASIN AND HALFWAY HR2616'BETWEEN CARDINAL MOUNTAIN AND MT. PRATHER AND BETWEEN THE HEAD HR2616'OF TINNEMAHA CREEK AND REED MOUNTAIN CREEK WHICH FLOWS EAST. HR2616'THE STATION IS ON SPLIT MOUNTAIN WHICH IS THE HIGHEST POINT HR2616'IN THE VICINITY, 8 FEET NORTHEAST OF THE HIGHEST POINT AND 3 HR2616'FEET WEST OF THE EDGE OF A 1000 FOOT VERTICAL CLIFF. THE HR2616'MARK IS SET IN A BOULDER WHICH PROJECTS ABOUT 18 INCHES. IT HR2616'IS STAMPED SPLIT MTN 1950. HR2616' HR2616'REFERENCE MARK NO. 1 IS APPROXIMATELY 3 FEET LOWER THAN THE HR2616'STATION, SET IN A LARGE BOULDER WHICH IS ON THE EDGE OF A HR2616'1000 FOOT VERTICAL CLIFF AND PROJECTS ABOUT 3 FEET. THE HR2616'MARK IS STAMPED SPLIT MTN NO 1 1950. HR2616' HR2616'REFERENCE MARK NO. 2 IS APPROXIMATELY 3 FEET LOWER THAN THE HR2616'STATION MARK. IT IS ABOUT 10 FEET EAST OF THE HIGHEST POINT HR2616'AND SET IN A LARGE BOULDER WHICH PROJECTS ABOUT 2 FEET AND IS ABOUT HR2616'6 FEET NORTH FROM THE EDGE OF THE VERTICAL CLIFF. THE MARK HR2616'IS STAMPED SPLIT MTN NO 2 1950. HR2616' HR2616'A U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BENCH MARK IS LOCATED ON THE HIGHEST HR2616'POINT. IT WAS INTENDED FOR THE STATION MARK BUT WAS FOUND TO HR2616'BE UNSUITABLE. IT IS SET IN THE TOP OF A BOULDER WHICH HR2616'SHOWED SIGN OF MOVEMENT AT THE TIME THE STATION WAS BEING HR2616'BUILT. THE MARK IS STAMPED 14051 F VA. HR2616' HR2616'THE AZIMUTH MARK IS LOCATED ALONG THE ROUTE TO THE STATION HR2616'IN THE SADDLE DESIGNATED AS THE END OF HORSE TRAVEL. IT IS HR2616'LOCATED NEAR THE CENTER OF THE SADDLE ON A ROCKY POINT WHICH HR2616'PROJECTS ABOUT 20 FEET. THE MARK IS ABOUT 4 FEET LOWER THAN HR2616'THE HIGHEST POINT IN THE SADDLE, SET IN A BOULDER WHICH PROJECTS HR2616'ABOUT 2 FEET. IT IS STAMPED SPLIT MTN 1950. HR2616' HR2616'REACHED FROM THE POST OFFICE IN INDEPENDENCE BY DRIVING HR2616'NORTH ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 6 AND 395 FOR ABOUT 7 MILES TO A DIRT HR2616'ROAD LEFT AND SIGN HALLS CORRALS. TURN LEFT (WEST) AND CONTINUE HR2616'TO A FORK. TAKE THE RIGHT FORK AND CONTINUE TO THE CORRALS, A HR2616'TOTAL DISTANCE OF 2.05 MILES. FROM HERE, WITH HORSES, RIDE HR2616'NORTHERLY THENCE WESTERLY ALONG THE SAW MILL PASS TRAIL FOR HR2616'1 HOUR AND 40 MINUTES TO A POINT WHERE THE TRAIL CROSSES A HR2616'RIDGE AND CONTINUES ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF A LARGE CANYON. HR2616'CONTINUE UP THE CANYON FOR 1 HOUR AND 10 MINUTES TO A WIRE HR2616'GATE AT THE EAST EDGE OF A SMALL MEADOW. CONTINUE ALONG HR2616'TRAIL FOR 3 HOURS TO THE SUMMIT AND SIGN KINGS CANYON HR2616'NATIONAL PARK, SAW MILL PASS ENTRANCE, ELEVATION 13360. HR2616'CONTINUE WEST FOR 45 MINUTES TO WOODS LAKE AND A NUMBER OF HR2616'CAMP SITES. CONTINUE WESTERLY THENCE NORTHERLY FOR 1 HR2616'HOUR TO THE HEAD OF THE SOUTH FORK OF KINGS CANYON AND HR2616'THE INTERSECTION WITH MUIR TRAIL FROM THE WEST AT SIGN HR2616'PINCHOT PASS, EVOLUTION VALLEY, RAE LAKES, CEDAR GROVE. HR2616'CONTINUE NORTHERLY FOR 1 HOUR AND 40 MINUTES TO THE HR2616'SUMMIT OF PINCHOT PASS AND SIGN PINCHOT PASS, ELEVATION HR2616'12050. CONTINUE FOR 1 HOUR AND 10 MNUTES TO A SIGN HR2616'SOUTH FORK KINGS RIVER, CARTRIDGE PASS. CONTINUE NORTH HR2616'FOR A SHORT DISTANCE TO A FORK IN THE TRAIL AND SIGNS HR2616'MATHER PASS, PALISADE CREEK, EVOLUTION VALLEY POINTING LEFT HR2616'AND A SIGN TABOOSE PASS POINTING RIGHT. TAKE THE LEFT FORK HR2616'AND CONTINUE FOR 40 MINUTES TO A LARGE STREAM AND THE INTERSECTION HR2616'WITH A TRAIL AND SIGN CARTRIDGE PASS, MIDDLE FORK. TURN HR2616'RIGHT AND CONTINUE FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES TO A REVERSE FORK OF HR2616'THE TRAIL AND SIGN TABOOSE PASS. CONTINUE STRAIGHT AHEAD HR2616'FOR ABOUT 45 MINUTES TO A THREE FOOT CAIRN ON THE EAST SIDE OF HR2616'THE TRAIL AND ON THE NORTH EDGE OF A SMALL DRAW. AT THIS POINT HR2616'THE STATION IS IN BEARING 55 DEGREES, TRUE. CONTINUE IN HR2616'BEARING 28 DEGREES, TRUE, ACROSS ROUGH COUNTRY, KEEPING TO HR2616'THE RIGHT OF THE HIGHEST HILL. THENCE BEAR LEFT, KEEPING TO HR2616'THE LEFT OF A LONG SHALLOW LAKE, TO A LOW SADDLE. CONTINUE HR2616'A SHORT DISTANCE TO CARDINAL LAKE, THE LAKE WITH THE HR2616'GOLDEN TROUT. TURN RIGHT AND PICK YOUR WAY AROUND THE HR2616'LAKE, THEN CONTINUE EASTERLY TO THE SUMMIT OF A LOW HR2616'SADDLE AT THE AZIMUTH MARK AND END OF HORSE TRAVEL. HR2616'FROM HERE PACK SOUTHERLY UP ROCKY SLOPE TO THE HIGHEST POINT HR2616'AND STATION. HR2616' HR2616'THE TRAVEL WILL CONSIST OF APPROXIMATELY 2 DAYS WITH HORSES HR2616'AND A 2 HOUR BACK PACK. NOTE--CARE SHOULD BE TAKEN WHILE HR2616'CROSSING ROCKY SLOPE, SO AS NOT TO START A ROCK SLIDE.