PAT (FP0411)
State: AZ
County: Apache
Quad: Kachina Point
Location: N 35° 02.634' W109° 48.042'
Elevation: 5684.76 ft.
Designation: PAT 1959
Setting: Concrete monument
Type: Triangulation Station
Year: 1959
Established By: NGS
Recovered: 19 September 2008
NGS Official Description, 1959 (see datasheet for recent updates) :
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1959 (SLH) THE STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF HOLBROOK AND 0.3 MILE SOUTH OF U.S. HIGHWAY 66. TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE INTERSECTION JUST NORTH OF THE POST OFFICE IN HOLBROOK, GO NORTH AND NORTHEAST ON U.S. HIGHWAY 66 FOR 25.0 MILES TO THE JUNCTION WITH THE PAINTED DESERT-PETRIFIED FOREST ROAD. (TURN LEFT AND GO NORTH FOR 0.25 MILE TO THE AZIMUTH MARK ON THE RIGHT.) TURN RIGHT AND GO SOUTH FOR 0.3 MILE TO THE STATION ON THE LEFT. THE STATION MARK, STAMPED PAT 1959, IS A STANDARD DISK SET IN THE TOP OF A 12 INCH SQUARE MONUMENT THAT PROJECTS 4 INCHES. IT IS 100 FEET EAST OF THE CENTER OF THE PETRIFIED FOREST ROAD AND 9.7 FEET SOUTH OF A WITNESS POST. REFERENCE MARK 1, STAMPED PAT NO 1 1959, IS A STANDARD DISK SET IN THE TOP OF A 12 INCH SQUARE CONCRETE MONUMENT THAT PROJECTS 4 INCHES. IT IS 100 FEET EAST OF THE CENTER OF THE PETRIFIED FOREST ROAD AND 9.7 FEET SOUTH OF A WITNESS POST. REFERENCE MARK 1, STAMPED PAT NO 1 1959, IS A STANDARD DISK SET IN THE TOP OF A 12 INCH SQUARE CONCRETE MONUMENT THAT PROJECTS 4 INCHES. IT IS 27.0 FEET SOUTHEAST OF A WITNESS POST. REFERENCE MARK 2, STAMPED PAT NO 2 1959, IS A STANDARD DISK SET IN THE TOP OF A 12 INCH SQUARE CONCRETE MONUMENT THAT PROJECTS 3 INCHES. IT IS 37.1 FEET SOUTH OF A WITNESS POST. THE AZIMUTH MARK, STAMPED 261 2429 56 4364 1937, IS A DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE DISK SCREWED TO THE TOP OF A 2 INCH IRON PIPE THAT PROJECTS 12 INCHES. IT IS 102 FEET NORTH OF THE CENTER OF AN EAST-WEST ROAD AND 99 FEET EAST OF THE CENTER OF THE PAINTED DESERT ROAD.
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...NGS Triangulation Station PATN 35° 02.634' W109° 48.042' |
...Eyelevel view of the station mark set in the concrete monument. It was surrounded by stone and wood debris. |
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...Looking E; proximity of the witness post to the station monument. |
...Looking NW toward I-40 and the Petrified Forest Road overpass. |
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...Jewel-like stones of all colors covered the clay soil in this area. |
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...USGS Reference Mark Disk PAT RM1N 35° 02.634' W109° 48.037' |
...Eyelevel view of the reference mark in the concrete monument. |
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...Looking approximately W toward the witness post and the station monument. |
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...USGS Reference Mark Disk PAT RM2N 35° 02.629' W109° 48.044' |
...Eyelevel view of the reference mark in the concrete monument. |
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...Looking approximately N toward the witness post and the station monument. |