National Geodetic Survey, Retrieval Date = JUNE 2, 2003 KQ0479 *********************************************************************** KQ0479 DESIGNATION - TWIN KQ0479 PID - KQ0479 KQ0479 STATE/COUNTY- NV/CHURCHILL KQ0479 USGS QUAD - DESATOYA PEAK (1969) KQ0479 KQ0479 *CURRENT SURVEY CONTROL KQ0479 ___________________________________________________________________ KQ0479* NAD 83(1994)- 39 21 54.76667(N) 117 45 32.77437(W) ADJUSTED KQ0479* NAVD 88 - 3041.1 (meters) 9977. (feet) VERTCON KQ0479 ___________________________________________________________________ KQ0479 LAPLACE CORR- 9.36 (seconds) DEFLEC99 KQ0479 GEOID HEIGHT- -22.70 (meters) GEOID99 KQ0479 KQ0479 HORZ ORDER - FIRST KQ0479 KQ0479.The horizontal coordinates were established by classical geodetic methods KQ0479.and adjusted by the National Geodetic Survey in June 1998. KQ0479 KQ0479.The NAVD 88 height was computed by applying the VERTCON shift value to KQ0479.the NGVD 29 height (displayed under SUPERSEDED SURVEY CONTROL.) KQ0479 KQ0479.The Laplace correction was computed from DEFLEC99 derived deflections. KQ0479 KQ0479.The geoid height was determined by GEOID99. KQ0479 KQ0479; North East Units Scale Converg. KQ0479;SPC NV W - 4,512,464.037 871,024.900 MT 0.99996209 +0 31 22.1 KQ0479;SPC NV C - 6,512,709.252 405,862.788 MT 1.00000908 -0 41 34.6 KQ0479;UTM 11 - 4,357,580.698 434,606.728 MT 0.99965265 -0 28 53.4 KQ0479 KQ0479: Primary Azimuth Mark Grid Az KQ0479:SPC NV W - TWIN AZ MK 097 57 46.0 KQ0479:SPC NV C - TWIN AZ MK 099 10 42.7 KQ0479:UTM 11 - TWIN AZ MK 098 58 01.5 KQ0479 KQ0479|---------------------------------------------------------------------| KQ0479| PID Reference Object Distance Geod. Az | KQ0479| dddmmss.s | KQ0479| DA9913 TWIN RM 1 7.406 METERS 04225 | KQ0479| DA9912 TWIN AZ MK 0982908.1 | KQ0479| KQ0478 TWIN CAIRN 3.220 METERS 14623 | KQ0479| DA9914 TWIN RM 2 5.179 METERS 31430 | KQ0479| KQ0484 MT GRANT CAIRN APPROX.35.8 KM 3532524.8 | KQ0479| KQ0477 DESATOYA NORTH TWIN PEAK CAIRN 453.466 METERS 3532849.4 | KQ0479|---------------------------------------------------------------------| KQ0479 KQ0479 SUPERSEDED SURVEY CONTROL KQ0479 KQ0479 NAD 83(1986)- 39 21 54.77862(N) 117 45 32.76667(W) AD( ) 1 KQ0479 NAD 27 - 39 21 55.05345(N) 117 45 29.34705(W) AD( ) 1 KQ0479 NGVD 29 - 3039.7 (m) 9973. (f) VERT ANG KQ0479 KQ0479.Superseded values are not recommended for survey control. KQ0479.NGS no longer adjusts projects to the NAD 27 or NGVD 29 datums. KQ0479.See file dsdata.txt to determine how the superseded data were derived. KQ0479 KQ0479_U.S. NATIONAL GRID SPATIAL ADDRESS: 11SMD3460757581(NAD 83) KQ0479_MARKER: DS = TRIANGULATION STATION DISK KQ0479_SETTING: 80 = SET IN A BOULDER KQ0479 KQ0479 HISTORY - Date Condition Report By KQ0479 HISTORY - 1954 MONUMENTED CGS KQ0479 HISTORY - 1954 GOOD CGS KQ0479 HISTORY - 1955 GOOD CGS KQ0479 HISTORY - 1958 SEE DESCRIPTION CGS KQ0479 HISTORY - 1959 GOOD CGS KQ0479 HISTORY - 1966 GOOD CGS KQ0479 KQ0479 STATION DESCRIPTION KQ0479 KQ0479'DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1954 (LGT) KQ0479'THE STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 54 MILES, AIR LINE, EAST-SOUTHEAST KQ0479'OF FALLON, 38 MILES, AIR LINE, WEST-SOUTHWEST OF AUSTIN, AND 7 KQ0479'MILES, AIR LINE, NORTHEAST OF EAST GATE. IT IS 10.6 FEET NORTHWEST KQ0479'OF THE HIGHEST POINT OF A BARE, PROMINENT PEAK WHICH IS THE KQ0479'SOUTH ONE OF TWO PEAKS. THE PEAK IS LOCALLY KNOWN AS DESATOYA KQ0479'PEAK. KQ0479' KQ0479'TO REACH FROM EAST GATE, WHICH IS 56 MILES EAST OF FALLON VIA KQ0479'U.S. HIGHWAY 50, GO EAST ON U.S. HIGHWAY 50 FOR 17.8 MILES TO A KQ0479'SIDE ROAD LEFT AND SIGN NEW PASS POTTER CANYON SMITH CREEK. KQ0479'TURN LEFT AND FOLLOW THE GRAVELED ROAD FOR 14.6 MILES TO THE KQ0479'SMITH CREEK RANCH WHERE KEYS FOR LOCKED GATES WERE OBTAINED. KQ0479'FOLLOW ROAD WEST FOR 0.5 MILE, CROSSING DAM, TO LOCKED GATE. KQ0479'PASS THROUGH THE GATE AND FOLLOW ROAD UP CREEK FOR 4.6 MILES KQ0479'TO A FORK AND CABIN. TAKE THE RIGHT FORK AND GO 2.0 MILES KQ0479'TO A FORK. TAKE THE LEFT FORK AND FOLLOW THE TRACK ROAD UP KQ0479'THE RIDGE FOR 1.3 MILES. TURN RIGHT AND PICK WAY WEST UP KQ0479'RIDGE FOR 0.8 MILE TO THE END OF TRUCK TRAVEL. PACK WEST UP KQ0479'THE STEEP, ROCKY SLOPE TO THE AZIMUTH MARK. CONTINUE KQ0479'ALONG THE RIDGE TO THE HIGHEST POINT AND STATION. A 1 KQ0479'1/2-HOUR PACK. KQ0479' KQ0479'NOTE--REQUIRES A 4-WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLE TO DRIVE LAST TWO MILEAGES. KQ0479' KQ0479'THE STATION MARK, A STANDARD DISK STAMPED TWIN 1954, IS SET KQ0479'IN A DRILL HOLE IN A BOULDER WHICH PROJECTS 4 INCHES ABOVE KQ0479'THE GROUND. KQ0479' KQ0479'REFERENCE MARK 1, A STANDARD DISK STAMPED TWIN NO 1 1954, IS KQ0479'SET IN A DRILL HOLE IN A BOULDER WHICH PROJECTS 6 INCHES ABOVE KQ0479'THE GROUND. IT IS ABOUT 3 FEET LOWER THAN THE STATION. KQ0479' KQ0479'REFERENCE MARK 2, A STANDARD DISK STAMPED TWIN NO 2 1954, IS KQ0479'SET IN A DRILL HOLE IN A BOULDER WHICH IS FLUSH WITH THE GROUND. KQ0479'IT IS ABOUT 18 INCHES LOWER THAN THE STATION. KQ0479' KQ0479'THE AZIMUTH MARK, A STANDARD DISK STAMPED TWIN 1954, IS SET IN A KQ0479'DRILL HOLE IN A BOULDER WHICH PROJECTS 6 INCHES ABOVE THE KQ0479'GROUND. IT IS ON THE SOUTHEAST END OF A RIDGE AND IS 18 INCHES KQ0479'WEST OF A SMALL CAIRN. KQ0479' KQ0479'THE CAIRN AT STATION IS ABOUT 5 FEET HIGH AND IS ON THE HIGHEST KQ0479'POINT OF THE PEAK. KQ0479 KQ0479 STATION RECOVERY (1954) KQ0479 KQ0479'RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1954 (LSB) KQ0479'THE STATION AND ALL MARKS WERE RECOVERED AS DESCRIBED AND KQ0479'FOUND TO BE IN GOOD CONDITION. KQ0479' KQ0479'THE STATION CAN BE DRIVEN WITH A 4-WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLE BY KQ0479'PICKING WAY ON UP THE RIDGE VIA THE ORIGINAL ROUTE. KQ0479 KQ0479 STATION RECOVERY (1955) KQ0479 KQ0479'RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1955 (LSB) KQ0479'THE STATION MARK, BOTH REFERENCE MARKS, AND THE AZIMUTH MARK KQ0479'WERE RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION. THE ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION KQ0479'IS ADEQUATE. KQ0479 KQ0479 STATION RECOVERY (1958) KQ0479 KQ0479'RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1958 (ILC) KQ0479'ALL MARKS AT THE STATION WERE RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION. KQ0479'THE STATION WAS REACHED FROM AUSTIN, BUT THE LAST MILEAGES KQ0479'OF THE ROUTE ARE THE SAME AS IN 1954. THE TRACKS OF A KQ0479'FOUR-WHEEL-DRIVE VEHICLE COULD BE DISCERNED ON THE MOUNTAIN AS FAR KQ0479'AS THE AZIMUTH MARK, BUT THE LATER 1954 DESCRIPTION WAS TOO KQ0479'INDEFINITE TO ENABLE THE 1958 PARTY TO FOLLOW THEM, AND WE KQ0479'WERE ONLY ABLE TO REACH THE ORIGINAL END OF TRUCK TRAVEL BY KQ0479'USING A JEEP. ANOTHER DESCRIPTION FOLLOWS-- KQ0479' KQ0479'THE STATION IS LOCATED AIRLINE ABOUT 38 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST KQ0479'OF AUSTIN, 8 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF EASTGATE, AND 8 MILES KQ0479'NORTH-NORTHWEST OF CARROL SUMMIT ON U.S. HIGHWAY 50, ON THE KQ0479'SOUTH AND HIGHER OF TWO PEAKS NEAR THE SOUTH END OF THE KQ0479'DESATOYA MOUNTAINS. KQ0479' KQ0479'TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE U.S. POST OFFICE IN AUSTIN, GO WEST KQ0479'ON U.S. HIGHWAY 50 FOR 0.9 MILE TO THE JUNCTION OF STATE HIGHWAY KQ0479'8A ON THE RIGHT, AND CONTINUE WESTERLY ON U.S. HIGHWAY 50 FOR 18.8 KQ0479'MILES TO THE SUMMIT OF RAILROAD PASS. CONTINUE WEST 0.8 MILE TO KQ0479'A GRAVEL FORK ON THE RIGHT AT A SIGN, SMITH CREEK, PORTER KQ0479'CANYON. BEAR RIGHT AND GO 9.2 MILES TO A CROSSROAD. GO ACROSS, KQ0479'WEST, 0.8 MILE TO A SIDE ROAD SHARP ON THE LEFT AND CONTINUE KQ0479'WEST 2.5 MILES ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF HAYFIELDS AND CORRALS KQ0479'TO THE SMITH CREEK RANCH BUILDINGS. OBTAIN KEYS HERE TO TWO KQ0479'LOCKED GATES. PROCEED WEST 0.4 MILE PAST THE MAIN HOUSE TO KQ0479'AN EARTH-FILLED DAM ACROSS THE CANYON. CROSS THE DAM TO A KQ0479'LOCKED GATE, PASS THROUGH, AND GO 2.9 MILES TO A FORK. TAKE THE KQ0479'LEFT FORK AND GO 1.6 MILES TO A LOCKED GATE AT A CORRAL ON KQ0479'THE LEFT. PASS THROUGH AND CONTINUE UP ALONG THE BROOK 0.2 KQ0479'MILE TO A WHITE HOUSE AND A FORK. BEAR RIGHT AROUND THE KQ0479'SOUTH SIDE OF THE HOUSE AND CONTINUE UP THE BROOK 2.2 MILES KQ0479'TO A FORK. LEAVE THE BROOK HERE AND CLIMB THE RIDGE ON KQ0479'A TRACK ROAD 0.8 MILE TO A STOCK WATER-TANK. CONTINUE ON KQ0479'THE TRACK ROAD AROUND THE RIDGE 1.5 MILES TO THE END KQ0479'OF THE ROAD AT A SMALL BENCH. LEAVE THE ROAD AND CLIMB KQ0479'NORTH TO THE CREST OF THE RIDGE, THENCE UP THE RIDGE 0.4 MILE TO KQ0479'THE END OF TRUCK TRAVEL. PACK WEST UP THE RIDGE TO THE TOP KQ0479'OF THE NEXT HUMP AND THE AZIMUTH MARK. CONTINUE WEST ALONG KQ0479'THE RIDGE AROUND THREE HUMPS AND UP TO THE HIGHEST POINT AND KQ0479'THE STATION. PACK TIME IS ABOUT 1-1/2 HOURS. KQ0479' KQ0479'THE STATION MARK IS A STANDARD DISK STAMPED TWIN 1954 CEMENTED KQ0479'IN A DRILL HOLE IN BEDROCK PROJECTING FOUR INCHES ABOVE KQ0479'GROUND. THE ROCK IS ABOUT 1 FOOT SQUARE. KQ0479' KQ0479'REFERENCE MARK NUMBER ONE IS A STANDARD DISK STAMPED TWIN NO KQ0479'1 1954 CEMENTED IN A DRILL HOLE IN OUTCROPPING BEDROCK PROJECTING KQ0479'6 INCHES ABOVE GROUND. IT IS ABOUT 5 FEET LOWER THAN THE KQ0479'STATION AND IS 1 FOOT WEST OF A SMALL CAIRN. KQ0479' KQ0479'REFERENCE MARK NUMBER TWO IS A STANDARD DISK STAMPED TWIN KQ0479'NO 2 1954 CEMENTED IN A DRILL HOLE IN OUTCROPPING BEDROCK KQ0479'FLUSH WITH THE GROUND. IT IS ABOUT 3 FEET LOWER THAN THE STATION KQ0479'MARK AND IS 1 FOOT EAST OF A SMALL CAIRN. KQ0479' KQ0479'THE AZIMUTH MARK IS A STANDARD DISK STAMPED TWIN 1954 CEMENTED KQ0479'IN A DRILL HOLE IN OUTCROPPING BEDROCK 2 FEET BY 1 FOOT EXPOSED KQ0479'AND PROJECTING 6 INCHES ABOVE GROUND. IT IS ABOUT 1-1/2 FEET KQ0479'WEST OF A SMALL CAIRN. KQ0479 KQ0479 STATION RECOVERY (1959) KQ0479 KQ0479'RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1959 (OSR) KQ0479'THE STATION AND ALL MARKS WERE RECOVERED AS DESCRIBED. THIS KQ0479'PARTY WAS UNABLE TO DRIVE TO THE STATION WITH A LARGE 4-WHEEL KQ0479'DRIVE VEHICLE. KQ0479 KQ0479 STATION RECOVERY (1966) KQ0479 KQ0479'RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1966 (CAA) KQ0479'THE STATION MARK, REFERENCE MARKS 1 AND 2 AND THE AZIMUTH MARK WERE KQ0479'RECOVERED AS DESCRIBED IN THE ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION BY THE BUIDING KQ0479'PARTY. DUE TO SNOW AND HIGH WINDS THE DIRECTION TO THE MARKS WAS KQ0479'NOT CHECKED AT THIS TIME. KQ0479' KQ0479'AIRLINE DISTANCE AND DIRECTION FROM NEAREST TOWN KQ0479'38 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF AUSTIN.