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.
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KJ0072
Location: Kit Carson County, CO
Designation: N 100
Marker Type: bench mark disk
Setting: set into the top of a round concrete monument
Stability: May hold, but of type commonly subject to surface motion.
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1935 2.1 MI E FROM PECONIC. 2.1 MILES EAST ALONG THE CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND AND PACIFIC RAILROAD FROM THE STATION AT PECONIC, KIT CARSON COUNTY, 2-3/4 POLES EAST OF MILE POLE 445/10, AT A NORTH-AND-SOUTH ROAD CROSSING 50 FEET WEST OF THE CENTERLINE OF THE ROAD, 45 FEET SOUTH OF THE CENTERLINE OF THE TRACK, 85 FEET NORTH OF THE CENTERLINE OF U.S. HIGHWAY 24, 8 FEET NORTH OF A FENCE AND SET IN THE TOP OF A CONCRETE POST.
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This cache is placed within a few feet of the mark.