National Geodetic Survey, Retrieval Date = OCTOBER 28, 1999 JS3933 *********************************************************************** JS3933 DESIGNATION - PYRAMID JS3933 PID - JS3933 JS3933 STATE/COUNTY- CA/EL DORADO JS3933 USGS QUAD - PYRAMID PEAK (1974) JS3933 JS3933 *CURRENT SURVEY CONTROL JS3933 ___________________________________________________________________ JS3933* NAD 83(1992)- 38 50 42.07890(N) 120 09 28.44037(W) ADJUSTED JS3933* NAVD 88 - 3043.3 (meters) 9985. (feet) VERTCON JS3933 ___________________________________________________________________ JS3933 EPOCH DATE - 1991.35 JS3933 LAPLACE CORR- 2.83 (seconds) DEFLEC99 JS3933 GEOID HEIGHT- -23.70 (meters) GEOID99 JS3933 JS3933 HORZ ORDER - FIRST JS3933 JS3933.The horizontal coordinates were established by classical geodetic methods JS3933.and adjusted by the National Geodetic Survey in March 1994. JS3933.The horizontal coordinates are valid at the epoch date displayed above. JS3933.The epoch date for horizontal control is a decimal equivalence JS3933.of Year/Month/Day. JS3933 JS3933.The NAVD 88 height was computed by applying the VERTCON shift value to JS3933.the NGVD 29 height (displayed under SUPERSEDED SURVEY CONTROL.) JS3933 JS3933.The Laplace correction was computed from DEFLEC99 derived deflections. JS3933 JS3933.The geoid height was determined by GEOID99. JS3933 JS3933; North East Units Scale Converg. JS3933;SPC CA 2 - 2,074,878.79 7,086,268.01 sFT 0.99992338 +1 09 41.0 JS3933;SPC CA 2 - 632,424.319 2,159,898.809 MT 0.99992338 +1 09 41.0 JS3933;UTM 10 - 4,303,417.581 746,660.164 MT 1.00034926 +1 47 00.6 JS3933 JS3933: Primary Azimuth Mark Grid Az JS3933:SPC CA 2 - GENOA PEAK 046 14 08.7 JS3933:UTM 10 - GENOA PEAK 045 36 49.1 JS3933 JS3933|---------------------------------------------------------------------| JS3933| PID Reference Object Distance Geod. Az | JS3933| dddmmss.s | JS3933| PYRAMID RM 2 2.867 METERS 00819 | JS3933| KR1684 GENOA PEAK APPROX.32.5 KM 0472349.7 | JS3933| PYRAMID RM 1 5.430 METERS 14919 | JS3933|---------------------------------------------------------------------| JS3933 JS3933 SUPERSEDED SURVEY CONTROL JS3933 JS3933 NAD 83(1986)- 38 50 42.05256(N) 120 09 28.41599(W) AD(1984.00) 1 JS3933 NAD 27 - 38 50 42.38600(N) 120 09 24.73700(W) AD( ) 1 JS3933 NGVD 29 - 3042.0 (m) 9980. (f) VERT ANG JS3933 JS3933.Superseded values are not recommended for survey control. JS3933.NGS no longer adjusts projects to the NAD 27 or NGVD 29 datums. JS3933.See file dsdata.txt to determine how the superseded data were derived. JS3933 JS3933_STABILITY: D = MARK OF QUESTIONABLE OR UNKNOWN STABILITY JS3933 JS3933 HISTORY - Date Condition Recov. By JS3933 HISTORY - 1940 MONUMENTED CGS JS3933 HISTORY - 1941 MARK NOT FOUND USFS JS3933 HISTORY - 1954 GOOD USGS JS3933 HISTORY - 1956 GOOD USGS JS3933 JS3933 STATION DESCRIPTION JS3933 JS3933'DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1940 (JCS) JS3933'STATION IS LOCATED ON THE HIGHEST POINT OF A PROMINENT JS3933'PEAK NEAR THE SOUTH END OF THE CRYSTAL RANGE, KNOWN LOCALLY JS3933'AS PYRAMID PEAK. JS3933' JS3933'REACHED FROM KYBURZ BY GOING EAST ON U.S. HIGHWAY 50 FOR JS3933'5.2 MILES TO A DIRT ROAD LEADING NORTH (LEFT) OFF HIGHWAY. JS3933'(SIGN, WRIGHTS LAKE ROAD-WILSONS) TURN LEFT (NORTH) AND FOLLOW JS3933'ROAD FOR 0.1 MILE TO FORKS. TAKE RIGHT FORK (NORTH) ON DIRT JS3933'ROAD UP STEEP GRADE FOR 2.7 MILES TO SIGN, JACK FORNI CAMP JS3933'1 MILE. TURN RIGHT OFF MAIN TRAVELED ROAD AND FOLLOW TRACK JS3933'ROAD LEADING EAST FOR 0.7 MILE. KEEP TO RIGHT OF CABIN AND JS3933'CONTINUE ON ROAD FOR 3.0 MILES TO A SMALL MEADOW AND END OF JS3933'TRUCK TRAVEL. FROM HERE THE PEAK CAN BE SEEN TO THE NORTH. JS3933'PACK ACROSS THE MEADOW TO THE EAST AND FOLLOW TRAIL TO TWO JS3933'WOODEN CABINS. FROM HERE PACK NORTHERLY TO TOP OF RIDGE JS3933'AND FOLLOW RIDGE TO HIGHEST POINT AND STATION. A 4-HOUR JS3933'BACK PACK. JS3933' JS3933'STATION IS MARKED BY A STANDARD DISK SET IN OUTCROPPING JS3933'BEDROCK ON HIGHEST POINT OF MOUNTAIN, ABOUT 20 FEET WEST JS3933'OF THE CONTRA COSTA CLUB REGISTER BOX WHICH IS CEMENTED IN JS3933'ROCK ON TOP OF THIS PEAK. MARK STAMPED PYRAMID 1940. JS3933' JS3933'REFERENCE MARK NO. 1 IS A STANDARD DISK SET IN BEDROCK JS3933'SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF STATION ABOUT 2 FEET HIGHER THAN STATION JS3933'MARK. STAMPED PYRAMID NO. 1, 1940. JS3933' JS3933'REFERENCE MARK NO. 2 IS A STANDARD DISK SET IN BEDROCK NORTH JS3933'OF STATION ABOUT 1 FOOT HIGHER THAN STATION MARK. STAMPED JS3933'PYRAMID NO. 2, 1940. JS3933' JS3933'NO SUITABLE PLACE FOR AN AZIMUTH MARK. JS3933 JS3933 STATION RECOVERY (1941) JS3933 JS3933'RECOVERY NOTE BY US FOREST SERVICE 1941 JS3933'FOUND TABLET STAMPED PYRAMID 1940 AND TWO REFERENCE MARKS. JS3933 JS3933 STATION RECOVERY (1954) JS3933 JS3933'RECOVERY NOTE BY US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1954 JS3933'RECOVERED AS DESCRIBED. ALL MARKS IN GOOD CONDITION. RMS NOT JS3933'MEASURED. JS3933' JS3933'NOTE--FORNI CAMP RD. IS PASSABLE ONLY TO 4-WHEEL DRIVE AND JS3933'RD. NOW GOES 1 MI NEARER TO PEAK MAKING CLIMBING TIME 3 HOURS. JS3933 JS3933 STATION RECOVERY (1956) JS3933 JS3933'RECOVERY NOTE BY US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1956 JS3933'INTERSECTED ONLY.