22 BKC (FQ0812)

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State: AZ
County: Coconino
Quad: Wupatki SW
Location: N 35° 32.007' W111° 26.120'
Elevation: 5417.12 ft.
Designation: 22 BKC 1968
Setting: Copper-clad steel rod w/o sleeve (10 ft.+)
Type: Bench Mark Disk
Year: 1968
Established By: USGS
Recovered: 11 September 2008

A report on the condition of this benchmark was submitted to NGS.

USGS Official Description, 1968 (see datasheet for recent updates) :

DESCRIBED BY US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1968 FROM THE ANTELOPE HILLS CAFE AND MOTEL LOCATED 26 MILES SOUTH OF THE SUSPENSION BRIDGE AT CAMERON, ARIZONA, PROCEED 2.2 MILES NORTH ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 89 TO THE JUNCTION OF A ROAD LEADING TO THE WUPATKI NATIONAL MONUMENT, THENCE 7.6 MILES EAST ALONG THE MONUMENT ROAD, 53 FEET SOUTH OF THE CENTERLINE OF THE ROAD, 3 FEET NORTH OF A WITNESS POST. A COPPER-CLAD STEEL ROD ENCASED IN A PIPE FLUSH WITH THE GROUND.

USGS Bench Mark Disk 22 BKC

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USGS Bench Mark Disk 22 BKC

N 35° 32.007' W111° 26.120'

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Eyelevel view of the mark on rod, near the base of the witness post.
Eyelevel view of the mark on rod, near the base of the witness post.
Clear view of the witness sign.

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Clear view of the witness sign.

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Looking approximately S toward one of the volcanic cinder cones (possibly Sunset Crater).
Looking approximately S toward one of the volcanic cinder cones (possibly Sunset Crater).
Looking N toward the Loop Road.

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Looking N toward the Loop Road.

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