National Geodetic Survey, Retrieval Date = APRIL 25, 2000 DW0905 *********************************************************************** DW0905 DESIGNATION - KOFA 2 DW0905 PID - DW0905 DW0905 STATE/COUNTY- AZ/YUMA DW0905 USGS QUAD - PALM CANYON (1990) DW0905 DW0905 *CURRENT SURVEY CONTROL DW0905 ___________________________________________________________________ DW0905* NAD 83(1992)- 33 21 33.27414(N) 114 04 58.36059(W) ADJUSTED DW0905* NAVD 88 - 1487.9 (meters) 4882. (feet) VERTCON DW0905 ___________________________________________________________________ DW0905 LAPLACE CORR- 8.24 (seconds) DEFLEC99 DW0905 GEOID HEIGHT- -31.88 (meters) GEOID99 DW0905 DW0905 HORZ ORDER - SECOND DW0905 DW0905.The horizontal coordinates were established by classical geodetic methods DW0905.and adjusted by the National Geodetic Survey in August 1993. DW0905 DW0905.The NAVD 88 height was computed by applying the VERTCON shift value to DW0905.the NGVD 29 height (displayed under SUPERSEDED SURVEY CONTROL.) DW0905 DW0905.The Laplace correction was computed from DEFLEC99 derived deflections. DW0905 DW0905.The geoid height was determined by GEOID99. DW0905 DW0905; North East Units Scale Converg. DW0905;SPC AZ W - 261,648.545 182,380.163 MT 0.99994516 -0 10 59.0 DW0905;UTM 11 - 3,694,915.504 771,442.397 MT 1.00050852 +1 36 18.2 DW0905;UTM 12 - 3,695,360.164 213,128.013 MT 1.00061475 -1 41 47.0 DW0905 DW0905: Primary Azimuth Mark Grid Az DW0905:SPC AZ W - KOFA 2 AZ MK 328 46 37.7 DW0905:UTM 11 - KOFA 2 AZ MK 326 59 20.5 DW0905:UTM 12 - KOFA 2 AZ MK 330 17 25.7 DW0905 DW0905|---------------------------------------------------------------------| DW0905| PID Reference Object Distance Geod. Az | DW0905| dddmmss.s | DW0905| KOFA 2 RM 2 8.012 METERS 03520 | DW0905| KOFA 2 RM 1 18748 | DW0905| KOFA 2 AZ MK 3283538.7 | DW0905|---------------------------------------------------------------------| DW0905 DW0905 SUPERSEDED SURVEY CONTROL DW0905 DW0905 NAD 83(1986)- 33 21 33.27124(N) 114 04 58.36750(W) AD( ) 2 DW0905 NAD 27 - 33 21 33.15100(N) 114 04 55.58100(W) AD( ) 2 DW0905 NGVD 29 - 1487.1 (m) 4879. (f) VERT ANG DW0905 DW0905.Superseded values are not recommended for survey control. DW0905.NGS no longer adjusts projects to the NAD 27 or NGVD 29 datums. DW0905.See file dsdata.txt to determine how the superseded data were derived. DW0905 DW0905_MARKER: DS = TRIANGULATION STATION DISK DW0905_SETTING: 66 = SET IN ROCK OUTCROP DW0905 DW0905 HISTORY - Date Condition Recov. By DW0905 HISTORY - 1949 MONUMENTED CGS DW0905 HISTORY - 1952 GOOD USE DW0905 HISTORY - 1954 GOOD CGS DW0905 DW0905 STATION DESCRIPTION DW0905 DW0905'DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1949 (DHK) DW0905'THE STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 20 MILES AIR LINE SOUTH-SOUTHEAST DW0905'OF QUARTZSITE, ABOUT 8 MILES AIR LINE EAST OF STATE HIGHWAY DW0905'95, ON THE SOUTHWEST POINT OF TWO POINTS, ABOUT THE SAME DW0905'ELEVATION, ON THE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN IN THIS VICINITY. THE DW0905'STATION MARK IS 4 FEET WEST OF SMALL CAIRN, FLUSH WITH THE DW0905'GROUND AND STAMPED, KOFA 2 1949. DW0905' DW0905'REFERENCE MARK NO. 1 IS APPROXIMATELY 6 FEET LOWER THAN THE DW0905'STATION MARK, FLUSH WITH THE GROUND AND STAMPED, KOF NO 1 1934. DW0905' DW0905'REFERENCE MARK NO. 2 IS APPROXIMATELY 4 FEET LOWER THAN THE DW0905'STATION MARK, PROJECTS 12 INCHES AND STAMPED, KOFA 2 NO 2 1949. DW0905' DW0905'THE AZIMUTH MARK IS LOCATED ABOUT 100 YARDS EAST-SOUTHEAST DW0905'OF WHERE ROAD GOES INTO LARGE WASH ON THE SIDE OF THE NORTHWEST DW0905'END OF RIDGE, ABOUT 150 FEET NORTHWEST OF A HIGH SHEER CLIFFED DW0905'PINACLE AN ABOUT 20 FEET ABOVE THE VALLEY FLOOR. IT IS FLUSH DW0905'WITH THE GROUND AND STAMPED, KOFA 2 1949. DW0905' DW0905'TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE JUNCTION OF U.S. HIGHWAY 60 AND DW0905'70 AND STATE HIGHWAY 95 IN QUARTZSITE, GO SOUTH ON STATE DW0905'HIGHWAY 95 FOR 18.0 MILES TO A GRADED ROAD LEFT, EAST, AT DW0905'POWER LINE POLE 508. TURN LEFT AND GO 1.1 MILE TO CROSSROAD. DW0905'CONTINUE STRAIGHT AHEAD FOR 2.5 MILES TO FORK AND SIGN KOFA DW0905'QUEEN MINE. TURN LEFT AND FOLLOW TRACK ROAD FOR 4.3 MILES TO DW0905'SIGN KOFA QUEEN MINE AND THE AZIMUTH MARK AS DESCRIBED ABOVE. DW0905'CONTINUE ON ROAD UP WASH FOR 3.0 MILES TO LARGE WASH ON THE DW0905'RIGHT, WEST, AND THE END OF TRUCK TRAVEL. HERE PACK WEST DW0905'UP WASH ABOUT 0.5 MILE TO FORK IN WASH. THENCE PACK WEST DW0905'UP RIDGE BETWEEN THE WASHES TO A SADDLE TO THE RIGHT, DW0905'NORTH, OF A SHEER CLIFF. THENCE PACK AROUND THE SIDE OF DW0905'HILL AND INTO WASH NORTH OF SMALL BUTTE. CONTINUE WEST UP DW0905'WASH TO THE HIGHEST POINT. THE STATION IS ABOUT 150 DW0905'YARDS SOUTHWEST ON ANOTHER HIGH POINT. A 2 1/2-HOUR DW0905'PACK. DW0905 DW0905 STATION RECOVERY (1952) DW0905 DW0905'RECOVERY NOTE BY US ENGINEERS 1952 DW0905'RECOVERED REFERENCES - STATION IS COVERED WITH ROCK CAIRN. DW0905' DW0905'TO REACH FROM YUMA, TRAVEL NORTH ON HIGHWAY 95 TO MILE POST DW0905'89 (HIGHWAY 95 LEAVES 4TH AVE. AT MILE POST 25.8). TURN RIGHT DW0905'AT SIGN MARKED PALM CANYON ON NEW GRADED ROAD AND GO 3.6 DW0905'MILES TO A FORK RIGHT, GO RIGHT AND STAY ON WELL DEFINED TRACKS DW0905'FOR 4.9 MILES (ROAD IS ROUGH BUT CAN BE TRAVERSED IN 2 WHEEL DW0905'DRIVE VEHICLE), AT THIS POINT NOTICE YELLOW CLOTH ON OCOTILLO DW0905'AND A GROUP OF SMALL ROCKS SPELLING P C WITH AN ARROW POINTING DW0905'TOWARD MOUNTAIN, TURN LEFT ON DESERT PAVEMENT UNTIL HALTED DW0905'BY LARGE WASH, EITHER FIND ROUTE ACROSS WASH OR DISMOUNT DW0905'AND WALK CROSS COUNTRY 40 MINUTES TOWARD ENTRANCE OF FIRST DW0905'CANYON JUST EAST OF HIGHEST OR MAIN PART OF MOUNTAIN, DW0905'FOLLOW CANYON AND STAY IN WATERWAY. KEEP MAIN PEAK TO THE DW0905'LEFT AND TURN LEFT AT ALL MAIN FORKS IN ORDER TO ASCEND DW0905'BEHIND THE MAIN PEAK. AFTER REACHING FIRST SUMMIT DW0905'LEVEL, GO ON PAST THE STEEP ROCK ON THE LEFT AND TURN DW0905'LEFT UP SADDLE TO THE LEFT ONE OF TWO PEAKS AND THE STATION DW0905'SITE. 2-1/2 HOUR PACK FROM MOUTH OF CANYON TO STATION. DW0905 DW0905 STATION RECOVERY (1954) DW0905 DW0905'RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1954 (LSB) DW0905'THE STATION MARK AND THE TWO REFERENCE MARKS WERE RECOVERED DW0905'AND ARE IN GOOD CONDITION. DW0905' DW0905'THE AZIMUTH MARK WAS NOT SEARCHED FOR. THE 1949 DESCRIPTION IS DW0905'ADEQUATE.