USGS Survey Mark Datasheets - California


Palo Alto

Iverson's Ranch to Tar Creek (1899) 1 page
Santa Clara-La Honda Creek to Palo Alto (1899) 1 page
Half Moon Bay (1899) 1 page
San Francisquito Creek (1956) 1 page
Southern Pacific Railroad crossing (1960) 1 page
Mountain View to San Jose (1960) 1 page
San Jose to Saratoga (1960) 1 page
Cupertino (1966) 1 page
USC&GS benchmark (1968) 1 page

Total PDF: 9 pages, 265KB


San Jose

Los Gatos to Mt. Hamilton (1948) 2 pages
Mt. Hamilton to Berryessa (1948) 2 pages
Milpitas to Livermore (1948) 5 pages
Palo Alto (1960) 2 pages
Palo Alto (1966) 1 page

Total PDF: 12 pages, 434KB


Yosemite and Vicinity

Yosemite Valley
Yosemite Valley Rim
  Summaries (1952)
3 pages, 116KB

El Portal to Hetch Hetchy
  Summaries (1969)
1 page, 54KB

Recovery Notes (1986)
4 pages, 247KB

Mirror Lake to Happy Isles
Original Descriptions (1933)
3 pages, 173KB

Summaries (1969)
1 page, 46KB

Recovery Notes (1986)
2 pages, 111KB

Happy Isles to Pohono Bridge
Original Descriptions (1933)
Part A 2 pages, 130KB
Part B 7 pages, 939KB
Part C 5 pages, 678KB
Part D 9 pages, 831KB

Summaries (1969)
Part A 1 page, 58KB
Part B 3 pages, 158KB
Part C 2 pages, 109KB
Part D 3 pages, 136KB

Recovery Notes (1986)
10 pages, 634KB

Pohono Bridge to Tenaya Bridge
Original Descriptions (1933)
Part A 8 pages, 651KB
Part B 8 pages, 900KB
Part C 6 pages, 857KB

Summaries (1969)
Part A 3 pages, 148KB
Part B 3 pages, 160KB
Part C 2 pages, 92KB

Recovery Notes (1986)
11 pages, 715KB

Clark's Bridge
Original Descriptions (1933)
2 pages, 258KB

Summaries (1969)
1 page, 19KB

Recovery Notes (1986)
1 page, 52KB

New Village to Stoneman Bridge
Original Descriptions (1933)
6 pages, 698KB

Summaries (1969)
2 pages, 77KB

Recovery Notes (1986)
3 pages, 160KB

Chinquapin/Wawona
Wawona-Old Village Rd jct. to South Entrance
  Summaries (1969)
13 pages, 571KB

Recovery Notes (1986)
34 pages, 1.9MB

South Entrance
  Summaries (1969)
2 pages, 66KB

Recovery Notes (1986)
2 pages, 141KB

Big Trees Ranger Station
  Summaries (1969)
3 pages, 123KB

Recovery Notes (1986)
3 pages, 165KB

Tioga Pass Road
Hetch Hetchy Reservoir 15' Quad
Quad 455 includes the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir, Ten Lakes, Tamarack Flat, and Yosemite Falls 7.5' quads.
  Summaries (1970)
1 page, 20KB

Recovery Notes (1986)
1 page, 48KB

Tuolumne Meadows 15' Quad
Quad 454 includes the Falls Ridge, Tioga Pass, Tenaya Lake, and Vogelsang Peak 7.5' quads.
  Summaries (1954)
2 pages, 84KB

Recovery Notes (1986)
3 pages, 104KB

Mono Craters 15' Quad
Quad 453 includes the Mount Dana, Lee Vining, Koip Peak, and June Lake 7.5' quads.
  Summaries (1963)
6 pages, 152KB

Recovery Notes (1985)
2 pages, 36KB

Highway 120
Lake Eleanor 15' Quad
Quad 456 includes the Cherry Lake South, Lake Eleanor, Ascension Mountain, and Ackerson Mountain 7.5' quads.
  Summaries (1961)
4 pages, 268KB

Recovery Notes (1986)
11 pages, 344KB

Tuolumne 15' Quad
Quad 457 includes the Tuolumne, Duckwall Mountain, Groveland, and Jawbone Ridge 7.5' quads.
  Summaries (1961)
16 pages, 632KB

Recovery Notes (1979)
1 page, 28KB

Sonora 15' Quad
Quad 458 includes the Sonora, Standard, Chinese Camp, and Moccasin 7.5' quads.
  Summaries (1961)
10 pages, 372KB

El Portal/Mariposa
El Portal 15' Quad
Quad 438 includes the Kinsley, El Portal, Feliciana Mountain, and Buckingham Mountain 7.5' quads.
  Summaries (1961)
9 pages, 392KB

Mariposa 15' Quad
Quad 419 includes the Mariposa, Stumpfield Mountain, Ben Hur, and Horsecamp Mountain 7.5' quads.
  Summaries (1969)
7 pages, 76KB

Indian Gulch 15' Quad
Quad 420 includes the Indian Gulch, Catheys Valley, Owens Reservoir, and Illinois Hill 7.5' quads.
  Summaries (1960)
14 pages, 664KB

Additional Materials

Links to Geocaching.com pages and NGS datasheets for some of these marks

Results of Spirit Leveling in California: 1896 to 1907, inclusive 3 pages, 280KB

Results of Primary Triangulation and Primary Traverse: Fiscal Year 1905-6 4 pages, 422KB




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