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| Terrain: By: Tom.dog @ | Hide Date: 07/08/2014 | Status: Available Country: United States | State: Colorado Coordinates: N39° 19.626 W102° 05.489 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0 
NGS Benchmark Series. This is a series to show geocachers more of our nation's benchmarks. Though they can be found in every county in the continental U.S., benchmarks are just another little known survey tool to the public. But when you look on the NGS site or Geocaching.com you can see every detail about them. There is also description for each that tells exactly where they are. These descriptions interest me the most, at times you have to wonder where in the world did the railroad track go that was 50 feet from a certain benchmark years ago. I hope that this series gives a historical insight to geocachers of what our country looked like in the years past. ---------- KJ0071 STATION DESCRIPTION 01/01/1935 by CGS (MONUMENTED)DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1935 2.9 MI W FROM KANORADO. IN KIT CARSON COUNTY, COLORADO, 2.9 MILES WEST ALONG THE CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND AND PACIFIC RAILRAOD FROM THE STATION AT KANORADO, SHERMAN COUNTY, KANSAS, 3.1 MILES EAST OF THE STATION AT PECONIC, KIT CARSON COUNTY, COLORADO, 6 POLES WEST OF MILEPOST 444, AT A NORTH-AND-SOUTH ROAD CROSSING, 45 FEET SOUTH OF THE CENTERLINE OF THE TRACK, 40 FEET WEST OF THE CENTERLINE OF THE ROAD, 87 FEET NORTH OF THE CENTERLINE OF U.S. HIGHWAY 24, 4 FEET NORTH OF A FENCE CORNER, AND SET IN THE TOP OF A CONCRETE POST. 04/20/1991 by NGS (GOOD)RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1991 STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 15 KM (9.3 MI) EAST OF BURLINGTON, 4 KM (2.5 MI) WEST OF KANORADO, KANSAS, ALONG OLD US HIGHWAY 24, IN THE WEED STRIP BETWEEN HIGHWAY AND RAILROAD, AT A CROSSING, ON THE EAST EDGE OF SECTION 28, T 8 S, R 42 W. OWNERSHIP--UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD. TO REACH FROM THE KANORADO EXIT ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 70 (FIRST EXIT EAST OF THE COLORADO-KANSAS STATE LINE), GO NORTH ON PAVED ROAD FOR 0.50 KM (0.31 MI) TO A T-ROAD. TURN LEFT, WEST, ON STATE HIGHWAY 267, PASSING THROUGH KANORADO, FOR 2.22 KM (1.38 MI) TO THE STATE LINE. CONTINUE WEST ON OLD HIGHWAY FOR 3.71 KM (2.31 MI) TO A GRAVEL ROAD RIGHT (ROAD 58) AND STATION ON THE RIGHT. STATION MARK IS SET IN THE TOP OF A 20-CM SQUARE CONCRETE POST PROJECTING 35 CM. IT IS 23.1 M (75.8 FT) NORTH OF, AND LEVEL WITH THE OLD HIGHWAY CENTER, 11.6 M (38.1 FT) WEST OF THE ROAD CENTER, 13.0 M (42.7 FT) SOUTH OF THE SOUTH RAIL OF TRACK, 0.4 M (1.3 FT) SOUTH OF A FIBERGLASS WITNESS POST AND 3.2 M (10.5 FT) NORTHEAST OF THE NORTH ONE OF TWO WHITE NATURAL GAS VENT PIPES. DESCRIBED BY G.R.HEID 06/22/1992 by CODH (GOOD)RECOVERY NOTE BY COLORADO STATE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS 1992 STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 9.3 MI (14.97 KM) EAST OF BURLINGTON, 2.3 MI (3.70 KM) WEST OF THE COLORADO - KANSAS STATE LINE, 3.2 MI (5.15 KM) EAST OF PECONIC, ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 24, IN THE WEED STRIP BETWEEN THE HIGHWAY AND THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD TRACKS, IN THE EAST EDGE OF SECTION 28, T 8 S, R 42 W, AT STATE HIGHWAY 24 MILEPOST 465.25, INTERSTATE 70 MILEPOST 447.3. OWNERSHIP--UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD. TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE JUNCTION OF U.S. HIGHWAY 24 AND U.S. HIGHWAY 385 ON THE EAST SIDE OF BURLINGTON, GO EAST ON STATE HIGHWAY 24 FOR 9.3 MI (14.97 KM) TO COUNTY RD 58 AND THE STATION IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE INTERSECTION. THE STATION MARK IS SET IN THE TOP OF A 10 IN SQUARE CONCRETE POST PROJECTING 1.1 FT (0.34 M) ABOVE THE GROUND. IT IS 75.8 FT (23.10 M) NORTH OF THE CENTERLINE OF STATE HIGHWAY 24, 38.1 FT (11.61 M) WEST OF THE CENTER OF COUNTY RD 58, 42.7 FT (13.01 M) SOUTH OF THE SOUTH RAIL OF THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD TRACKS, 1.3 FT (0.40 M) SOUTH OF A FIBERGLASS WITNESS POST, AND 10.5 FT (3.20 M) NORTHEAST OF THE NORTHERN MOST OF 2 WHITE NATURAL GAS VENT PIPES, AND ABOUT LEVEL WITH STATE HIGHWAY 24. 04/21/1997 by NGS (GOOD)RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1997 (CSM) THE STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 9.3 MI (15.0 KM) EAST OF BURLINGTON, 2.3 MI (3.7 KM) WEST OF THE COLORADO-KANSAS STATE LINE, 3.2 MI (5.1 KM) EAST OF PECONIC, ON STATE HIGHWAY 24, IN THE WEED STRIP BETWEEN THE HIGHWAY AND THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD TRACKS, IN THE EAST EDGE OF SECTION 28, T 8 S, R 42 W, AT STATE HIGHWAY 24 MILEPOST 465.25, INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 70 MILEPOST 447.3. OWNERSHIP--UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD. TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE JUNCTION OF U.S. HIGHWAYS 24 AND 385 ON THE EAST SIDE OF BURLINGTON, GO EAST ON STATE HIGHWAY 24 FOR 9.3 MI (15.0 KM) TO COUNTY ROAD 58 AND THE STATION IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE INTERSECTION. THE STATION IS SET INTO THE TOP OF A 25 CM SQUARE CONCRETE POST PROJECTING 34 CM ABOVE GROUND. LOCATED 75.8 FT (23.1 M) NORTH OF THE CENTERLINE OF HIGHWAY 24, 38.1 FT (11.6 M) WEST OF THE CENTER OF COUNTY ROAD 58, 42.7 FT (13.0 M) SOUTH OF THE SOUTH RAIL OF RAILROAD TRACKS, 23.1 FT (7.0 M) EAST OF A TELEPHONE RISER BOX WITH 8-INCH WOODEN GUARD POST, 10.5 FT (3.2 M) NORTHEAST OF THE NORTHERNMOST OF 2 WHITE NATURAL GAS VENT PIPES, 8.6 FT (2.6 M) WEST OF AN UNDERGROUND PHONE CABLE WARNING SIGN, 1.3 FT (0.4 M) SOUTH OF A FIBERGLASS WITNESS POST AND ABOUT LEVEL WITH HIGHWAY 24. ---------- This cache is placed a few feet from the mark.
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