DESERT PARK (FP0273)

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State: AZ
County: Apache
Quad: Kachina Point
Location: N 35° 04.540' W109° 46.162'
Elevation: 5816.99 ft.
Designation: DESERT PARK 1936
Setting: Concrete monument
Type: Triangulation Station
Year: 1936
Established By: NGS
Recovered: 19 September 2008

NGS Official Description, 1936 (see datasheet for recent updates) :

DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1936 (JB) THE STATION IS LOCATED ACROSS THE ROAD (SOUTH) FROM THE DESERT PARK ZOO AND CURIO SHOP, WHICH IS ON U.S. HIGHWAY 66, BETWEEN HOLBROOK AND NAVAJO. THE STATION IS ON A SMALL KNOLL 100 YARDS SOUTH OF THE HIGHWAY. TO REACH THE STATION FROM HOLBROOK, GO EASTERLY ON U.S. HIGHWAY 66 (TOWARDS NAVAJO) FOR 26.4 MILES TO THE DESERT PARK ZOO AND CURIO SHOP. HERE TURN RIGHT OFF THE HIGHWAY THROUGH A STEEL FRAME GATE AND THEN A SMALL WOOD GATE, AND TO THE EDGE OF THE MESA, A TOTAL OF 100 YARDS FROM THE HIGHWAY. THE STATION MARK IS A STANDARD TRIANGULATION MARK SET IN THE TOP OF A SQUARE BLOCK OF CONCRETE, NOTE 1A. THE MARK IS STAMPED DESERT PARK 1936. THE UNDERGROUND MARK IS A STANDARD TRIANGULATION MARK SET IN THE TOP OF A BLOCK OF CONCRETE 3 FEET BELOW THE SURFACE OF THE GROUND. IT IS STAMPED DESERT PARK 1936. REFERENCE MARK NO. 1 IS 12.313 METERS (40.39 FEET) NORTHWEST OF THE STATION. IT IS A SQUARE BLOCK OF CONCRETE WITH STANDARD REFERENCE MARK IN THE TOP. IT IS STAMPED DESERT PARK NO. 1 1936. REFERENCE MARK NO. 2 IS 12.162 METERS (39.91 FEET) SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF THE STATION. IT IS A SQUARE BLOCK OF CONCRETE WITH A STANDARD REFERENCE MARK SET IN THE TOP. THE MARK IS STAMPED DESERT PARK NO. 2 1936. THE AZIMUTH MARK IS AN ARIZONA STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT BENCH MARK (ELEVATION 5785.70 FEET) STATION 283 + 00,1934. IT IS 0.4 MILE WEST OF THE STATION IN THE NORTH WINGWALL OF A CONCRETE CULVERT ON U.S. HIGHWAY 66. A 4-FOOT STAND SAW ALL STATIONS.