P 333 (DA0355)
State: AZ
County: Pima
Quad: Armenta Well
Location: N 32° 09.961' W112° 45.813'
Elevation: 1825 ft.
Designation: P 333 1953
Setting: Round Concrete Monument
Type: Bench Mark Disk
Year: 1953
Established By: NGS
Recovered: 20 May 2007
A report on the condition of this station was submitted to NGS, along with the following recovery note:
Recovered in good condition. The witness post no longer exists. Handheld GPS WAAS-corrected coordinates are 32 09 57.7(N) 112 45 48.8(W).
NGS Official Description, 1953 (see datasheet for recent updates) :
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1953 18.35 MI SE FROM AJO. 0.15 MILE SOUTHEAST ALONG THE TUCSON, CORNELIA AND GILA BEND RAILROAD FROM THE STATION AT AJO, THENCE 10.75 MILES SOUTHEAST ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 86, THENCE 7.45 MILES SOUTH ALONG THE SONOYTA-AJO HIGHWAY, 0.1 MILE NORTH OF A DIP IN THE HIGHWAY, 38 FEET WEST OF THE CENTER LINE OF THE HIGHWAY, 25.4 FEET NORTH OF A PALO VERDE TREE, 3.1 FEET SOUTH OF A WITNESS POST, ABOUT 1 FOOT HIGHER THAN THE HIGHWAY, AND SET IN THE TOP OF A CONCRETE POST PROJECTING 0.4 FOOT ABOVE THE GROUND.
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...NGS Bench Mark Disk P 333N 32° 09.961' W112° 45.813' |
...Eyelevel view of the disk in the round concrete monument. No wonder we spotted this one so easily! |
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...Looking E toward Route 85. |
...Looking W, toward the enormous palo verde tree next to the mark. |
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