National Geodetic Survey, Retrieval Date = OCTOBER 27, 2004 GT1840 *********************************************************************** GT1840 DESIGNATION - MULE GT1840 PID - GT1840 GT1840 STATE/COUNTY- CA/TULARE GT1840 USGS QUAD - SENTINEL PEAK (1987) GT1840 GT1840 *CURRENT SURVEY CONTROL GT1840 ___________________________________________________________________ GT1840* NAD 83(1992)- 36 00 56.64878(N) 118 36 55.45858(W) ADJUSTED GT1840* NAVD 88 - 2484.3 (meters) 8151. (feet) VERTCON GT1840 ___________________________________________________________________ GT1840 EPOCH DATE - 1991.35 GT1840 LAPLACE CORR- 15.97 (seconds) DEFLEC99 GT1840 GEOID HEIGHT- -29.02 (meters) GEOID03 GT1840 GT1840 HORZ ORDER - SECOND GT1840 GT1840.The horizontal coordinates were established by classical geodetic methods GT1840.and adjusted by the National Geodetic Survey in March 1994. GT1840.The horizontal coordinates are valid at the epoch date displayed above. GT1840.The epoch date for horizontal control is a decimal equivalence GT1840.of Year/Month/Day. GT1840 GT1840.The NAVD 88 height was computed by applying the VERTCON shift value to GT1840.the NGVD 29 height (displayed under SUPERSEDED SURVEY CONTROL.) GT1840 GT1840.The Laplace correction was computed from DEFLEC99 derived deflections. GT1840 GT1840.The geoid height was determined by GEOID03. GT1840 GT1840; North East Units Scale Factor Converg. GT1840;SPC CA 4 - 575,790.308 2,034,669.404 MT 0.99999706 +0 13 46.0 GT1840;SPC CA 4 - 1,889,072.04 6,675,411.20 sFT 0.99999706 +0 13 46.0 GT1840;UTM 11 - 3,986,900.623 354,430.299 MT 0.99986111 -0 57 00.1 GT1840 GT1840! - Elev Factor x Scale Factor = Combined Factor GT1840!SPC CA 4 - 0.99961479 x 0.99999706 = 0.99961186 GT1840!UTM 11 - 0.99961479 x 0.99986111 = 0.99947596 GT1840 GT1840: Primary Azimuth Mark Grid Az GT1840:SPC CA 4 - MULE AZ MK 174 29 59.0 GT1840:UTM 11 - MULE AZ MK 175 40 45.1 GT1840 GT1840|---------------------------------------------------------------------| GT1840| PID Reference Object Distance Geod. Az | GT1840| dddmmss.s | GT1840| DA8461 MULE RM 1 24.596 METERS 01936 | GT1840| GT1839 MULE PEAK LOOKOUT HOUSE 31.513 METERS 02438 | GT1840| DA8460 MULE AZ MK 1744345.0 | GT1840| DA8462 MULE RM 2 9.086 METERS 25546 | GT1840|---------------------------------------------------------------------| GT1840 GT1840 SUPERSEDED SURVEY CONTROL GT1840 GT1840 NAD 83(1986)- 36 00 56.64459(N) 118 36 55.45466(W) AD(1984.00) 2 GT1840 NAD 27 - 36 00 56.83200(N) 118 36 52.13400(W) AD( ) 2 GT1840 NGVD 29 (07/19/86) 2483.1 (m) 8147. (f) VERT ANG GT1840 GT1840.Superseded values are not recommended for survey control. GT1840.NGS no longer adjusts projects to the NAD 27 or NGVD 29 datums. GT1840.See file dsdata.txt to determine how the superseded data were derived. GT1840 GT1840_U.S. NATIONAL GRID SPATIAL ADDRESS: 11SLV5443086901(NAD 83) GT1840_MARKER: DO = NOT SPECIFIED OR SEE DESCRIPTION GT1840_SETTING: 66 = SET IN ROCK OUTCROP GT1840 GT1840 HISTORY - Date Condition Report By GT1840 HISTORY - 1952 MONUMENTED CGS GT1840 HISTORY - 1952 SEE DESCRIPTION CGS GT1840 HISTORY - 1962 SEE DESCRIPTION CGS GT1840 HISTORY - 1981 GOOD LOCENG GT1840 GT1840 STATION DESCRIPTION GT1840 GT1840'DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1952 (LGT) GT1840'THE STATION IS LOCATED ON MULE PEAK NEAR THE MULE PEAK LOOKOUT GT1840'HOUSE WHICH IS ABOUT 24 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF PORTERVILLE, GT1840'ABOUT 22 MILES NORTHEAST OF DUCOR, ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST GT1840'OF KERNVILLE AND ABOUT 9 MILES NORTH OF THE SMALL VILLAGE OF GT1840'CALIFORNIA HOT SPRINGS. GT1840' GT1840'THE STATION WAS APPROACHED BY HELICOPTER DUE TO HEAVY SNOWS GT1840'AND SNOW DRIFTS AND THE RECONNAISSANCE ROUTE TO THE STATION GT1840'WAS NOT CHECKED FOR ACCURACY AND IS LISTED BELOW AS REACHED GT1840'BY THE RECONNAISSANCE PARTY. GT1840' GT1840'REACHED FROM THE POST OFFICE AT CALIFORNIA HOT SPRINGS BY GT1840'GOING EAST AND NORTH FOR 13.0 MILES TO PARKER PASS, AS PER GT1840'SIGN. CONTINUE ON TOWARD JOHNSONDALE FOR 0.5 MILE, TURN GT1840'LEFT AT SIGN CALIFORNIA HOT SPRINGS 13, JOHNSONDALE 6 AND GT1840'GO 0.3 MILE. TURN LEFT AND GO 0.2 MILE TO THE HOLSY MEADOWS GT1840'CAMP. CONTINUE PAST CAMP 0.5 MILE TURN LEFT, GO 0.3 MILE GT1840'AND KEEP RIGHT JUST AFTER CROSSING PARKER MEADOW CREEK. GO GT1840'0.1 MILE KEEP RIGHT TOWARD MULE PEAK AS PER SIGN, GO 0.1 MILE GT1840'TURN LEFT AS PER SIGN, GO 0.7 MILE KEEP RIGHT, GO 0.9 MILE GT1840'TURN LEFT AT T ROAD. FOLLOW MAIN TRAVELED ROAD FOR 2.3 GT1840'MILES, KEEP LEFT AS PER SIGN MULE PEAK L.O., GO 1.0 MILE, GT1840'KEEP LEFT, GO 0.3 MILE KEEP RIGHT, GO 0.2 MILE KEEP LEFT, GO GT1840'0.4 MILE KEEP RIGHT AS PER SIGN, MULE PEAK L.O. 1-1/2 GT1840'MILE. THIS POINT IS CRANE MEADOWS, CONTINUE TOWARD GT1840'MULE PEAK FOR 1.1 MILE TO SIGN LOOKOUT 1 MILE. CONTINUE GT1840'AHEAD FOR 0.2 MILE AND END OF TRUCK TRAVEL. PACK UP THE GT1840'GOOD TRAIL TO THE LOOKOUT HOUSE AND THE STATION. IT IS GT1840'ADVISABLE TO START EARLY TO THIS STATION AS THE LAST SEVERAL GT1840'MILES ARE NOW LOGGING ROADS AND THEY CHANGE FROM DAY TO GT1840'DAY. GT1840' GT1840'THE MARK IS 94 FEET SOUTH OF THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE LOOKOUT GT1840'HOUSE AND ABOUT 80 FEET SOUTHWEST OF THE HIGHEST POINT OF THE GT1840'HILL. THE MARK IS A STANDARD DISK SET IN THE EAST END OF GT1840'A LARGE OUTCROP THAT IS FLUSH WITH THE GROUND ON THE EAST END GT1840'AND PROJECTS ABOUT 4 FEET ON THE WEST END. THE MARK IS STAMPED GT1840'MULE 1952. GT1840' GT1840'REFERENCE MARK 1 IS APPROXIMATELY THE SAME ELEVATION AS THE GT1840'STATION. IT IS ABOUT 34 FEET NORTHWEST OF THE HIGHEST POINT GT1840'OF THE PEAK, 12.5 FEET SOUTH OF THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE GT1840'LOOKOUT HOUSE AND 9 FEET SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF A SIGN MULE PEAK GT1840'ELEV. 8150. THE MARK IS A STANDARD DISK SET IN THE TOP OF GT1840'A LARGE OUTCROP THAT IS FLUSH ON THE EAST SIDE AND PROJECTS GT1840'4 FEET ON THE WEST SIDE. THE MARK IS STAMPED MULE NO 1 1952. GT1840' GT1840'REFERENCE MARK 2 IS APPROXIMATELY 6 FEET LOWER THAN THE GT1840'STATION MARK. IT IS A STANDARD DISK SET IN THE TOP OF A LARGE GT1840'OUTCROP THAT PROJECTS ABOUT 2 FEET ON THE EAST SIDE AND ABOUT GT1840'30 FEET ON THE WEST SIDE. THE MARK IS STAMPED MULE NO 2 GT1840'1952. GT1840 GT1840 STATION RECOVERY (1952) GT1840 GT1840'RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1952 (LGT) GT1840'THE STATION WAS RECOVERED AS DESCRIBED AND ALL MARKS WERE FOUND GT1840'IN GOOD CONDITION. A NEW AZIMUTH MARK WAS ESTABLISHED AND GT1840'A DIFFERENT ROUTE WAS USED IN REACHING THE STATION. THE GT1840'DIRECTIONS TO THE REFERENCE MARKS COMPARED REASONABLY WELL GT1840'WITH THOSE OF THE ORIGINAL OCCUPATION OF THE STATION BUT THE GT1840'DISTANCES FROM THE STATION TO THE MARKS VARIED CONSIDERABLY GT1840'FROM THE ORIGINAL. THE CURRENT MEASUREMENTS WERE MINUTELY GT1840'VERIFIED AND JUDGED CORRECT. ALTHOUGH THE STATION MARK IS GT1840'SET IN A BOULDER WHICH IS NOT SECURED AT THE BASE THERE DID GT1840'NOT APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN ANY LOCAL MOVEMENT. POSSIBLE REASON GT1840'FOR ERROR MAY HAVE BEEN THE ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS AT GT1840'THE TIME OF THE ORIGINAL OCCUPATION. A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION GT1840'FOLLOWS. GT1840' GT1840'THE STATION IS LOCATED ON MULE PEAK WHICH IS THE HIGHEST POINT GT1840'IN THE VICINITY. IT IS ABOUT 23 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF THE GT1840'TOWN OF PORTERVILLE, 20 MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF GLENVILLE, GT1840'AND ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF THE TOWN OF NEW KERNVILLE. GT1840' GT1840'THE STATION CAN BE REACHED FROM THE FLAGPOLE IN JOHNSONDALE GT1840'(24 MILES NORTH OF NEW KERNVILLE) BY GOING WEST 0.1 MILE TO A GT1840'CROSSROAD AND A STOP SIGN. TURN RIGHT AND FOLLOW THE LOGGING GT1840'ROAD FOR 3.3 MILES TO A FORK. TAKE THE LEFT FORK AND CONTINUE GT1840'ON THE LOGGING ROAD FOR 0.3 MILE TO AN ALTERNATE ROAD. TAKE GT1840'THE RIGHT FORK OF THE ALTERNATE ROAD AND CONTINUE ON THE LOGGING GT1840'ROAD, OBEYING CONTROL SIGNS, FOR 2.7 MILES TO A FORK. TAKE GT1840'THE RIGHT FORK FOR 1.0 MILE TO A T ROAD AND A SIGN LONG GT1840'MEADOW, DOUBLE BUNK, HOT SPRINGS. TURN LEFT ON THE WELL GT1840'TRAVELED ROAD FOR 0.8 MILE TO A ROAD TO THE RIGHT UP THE GT1840'HILL. TURN RIGHT AS PER SIGN MULE PEAK LOOKOUT AND GO 0.1 GT1840'MILE TO A FORK. TAKE THE RIGHT FORK AND GO 0.8 MILE TO GT1840'A FORK AND SIGN MULE PEAK LOOKOUT. TAKE THE LEFT FORK AND GT1840'GO 0.7 MILE TO A FORK AND A SIGN MULE PEAK LOOKOUT VIA GT1840'BONE MEADOW. TAKE THE LEFT FORK AND GO 1.0 MILE TO A GT1840'FORK AT A SIGN MULE PEAK LOOKOUT JUST AFTER PASSING A GT1840'SIGN BONE MEADOW. TAKE THE RIGHT FORK FOR 2.0 MILES TO GT1840'A TRAIL TO THE LEFT AND A SIGN MULE PEAK LOOKOUT 1. PACK GT1840'UP THE TRAIL TO A TRIANGLE BLAZE ON A TREE ALONG THE TRAIL GT1840'IN A SMALL SADDLE. THE AZIMUTH MARK IS ABOUT 150 FEET GT1840'SOUTHWEST OF HERE IN A LARGE OUTCROP. CONTINUE ON THE GT1840'TRAIL TO THE HIGHEST POINT, THE LOOKOUT AND THE GT1840'STATION. GT1840' GT1840'THE STATION MARK, STAMPED MULE 1952, IS A STANDARD DISK GT1840'THAT IS SET IN A DRILL HOLE IN THE TOP OF A LARGE BOULDER WHICH GT1840'RESTS ON A SEAT OF BEDROCK. THE BOULDER IS ABOUT 20 FEET GT1840'LONG, 10 FEET WIDE AND 5 FEET HIGH. THE MARK IS 103.41 FEET GT1840'OR 31.519 METERS SOUTH OF THE CENTER OF THE LOOKOUT. GT1840' GT1840'REFERENCE MARK 1, STAMPED MULE NO 1 1952, IS A STANDARD GT1840'DISK THAT IS SET IN A DRILL HOLE IN AN OUTCROP OF BEDROCK GT1840'WHICH IS FLUSH WITH THE SURFACE ON THE EAST AND PROJECTS GT1840'ABOUT 4 FEET ON THE WEST. IT IS 12.5 FEET SOUTH OF THE GT1840'SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE LOOKOUT AND 9 FEET SOUTH-SOUTHWEST GT1840'OF A SIGN MULE PEAK ELEV. 8150. GT1840' GT1840'REFERENCE MARK 2, STAMPED MULE NO 2 1952, IS A STANDARD DISK GT1840'THAT IS SET IN A DRILL HOLE IN A BOULDER THAT IS ABOUT 10 GT1840'FEET LOWER THAN THE STATION. GT1840' GT1840'THE AZIMUTH MARK, STAMPED MULE 1952, IS A STANDARD DISK WHICH GT1840'IS SET IN A DRILL HOLE IN THE TOP OF A PROMINENT ROCK OUTCROP. GT1840'IT IS ABOUT 3 FEET EAST OF THE 50-FOOT PRECIPICE ON THE WEST GT1840'SIDE OF THE FORMATION. GT1840' GT1840'OBSERVATIONS TAKEN FROM A 1.48 METER TRIPOD. GT1840 GT1840 STATION RECOVERY (1962) GT1840 GT1840'RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1962 (JCC) GT1840'THE STATION WAS RECOVERED AS DESCRIBED IN OCTOBER 1952 BY GT1840'L.G. TAYLOR. ALL MARKS WERE FOUND IN GOOD CONDITION. GT1840' GT1840'A NEW ROUTE WAS USED TO REACH THE STATION DUE TO CONSTRUCTION GT1840'ALONG THE ORIGINAL ROUTE. FOLLOWING IS THE NEW ROUTE-- GT1840' GT1840'TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE JUNCTION OF STATE HIGHWAYS 65 GT1840'AND 190, ABOUT 1 MILE SOUTH OF PORTERVILLE, GO EAST ON HIGHWAY GT1840'190 FOR 1.15 MILES TO MAIN STREET. TURN RIGHT ON MAIN STREET AND GT1840'GO SOUTHERLY FOR 2.0 MILES TO JUNCTION WITH AVENUE 128. GT1840'TURN LEFT AND GO EASTERLY ON AVENUE 128 FOR 2.4 MILES TO A GT1840'CROSSROADS. TURN RIGHT AND GO SOUTHERLY ON ROAD 264 FOR 2.4 GT1840'MILES TO A FORK. TAKE THE LEFT FORK, ROAD 109, AND CONTINUE GT1840'SOUTHERLY FOR 7.2 MILES TO FOUNTAIN SPRINGS. TURN LEFT AND GT1840'FOLLOW PAVED ROAD EASTERLY FOR 17.9 MILES TO CALIFORNIA HOT GT1840'SPRINGS. CONTINUE ON PAVED ROAD, THROUGH CALIFORNIA HOT GT1840'SPRINGS, FOR 0.2 MILE TO A DIRT SIDE ROAD ON THE LEFT AND A GT1840'SIGN JOHNSONDALE 20 - PARKER PASS 12. TURN LEFT AND FOLLOW THE GT1840'DIRT ROAD FOR 11.75 MILES TO A SIGN MULE PK. LOOKOUT 6. GT1840'CONTINUE STRAIGHT AHEAD ON DIRT ROAD FOR 1.0 MILE TO A GT1840'FORK AND SIGN MULE PK. LOOKOUT 8. TURN LEFT AND FOLLOW GT1840'GOOD GRAVEL ROAD FOR 4.7 MIELS TO A SIDE ROAD LEFT AND GT1840'A SIGN MULE PK. LOOKOUT 3 1/2. TURN LEFT AS PER SIGN GT1840'AND FOLLOW DIRT ROAD FOR 4.5 MILES TO A SIGN MULE PK. GT1840'LOOKOUT 1. CONTINUE STRAIGHT AHEAD FOR 0.05 MILE TO A GT1840'CROSSROAD. TURN LEFT AND GO 0.15 MILE TO THE END OF GT1840'TRUCK TRAVEL. FROM HERE, PACK SOUTHWESTERLY UP GOOD GT1840'TRAIL FOR ABOUT 2/3 MILE TO THE LOOKOUT HOUSE AND THE GT1840'STATION. GT1840 GT1840 STATION RECOVERY (1981) GT1840 GT1840'RECOVERY NOTE BY LOCAL ENGINEER (INDIVIDUAL OR FIRM) 1981 (LW) GT1840'MULE 1952 RECOVERED FAIR. GT1840' GT1840'MULE NO 1 1952 RECOVERED GOOD. GT1840' GT1840'MULE NO 2 1952 RECOVERED GOOD. GT1840' GT1840'DISTANCE AND DIRECTION FROM NEAREST TOWN--9 MILES NORTH OF GT1840'CALIFORNIA HOT SPRINGS.