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Elevation at BLM monument

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(@poindexter)
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Bidwell Monument

Is there a way to find the elevation of the BLM monument in the attached photo? Or does BLM not track or provide that info? It does not appear to be at a section boundary.

Thanks!

 
Posted : January 29, 2019 4:56 pm
(@dave-karoly)
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That looks like a mineral survey corner.

 
Posted : January 29, 2019 5:17 pm
(@aliquot)
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No, BLM doesn't care about elevations, unless they are surveying a boundary that is dependent on elevation.?ÿ

 
Posted : January 29, 2019 5:31 pm
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Posted by: Dave Karoly

That looks like a mineral survey corner.

I was thinking the same thing Dave.

 
Posted : January 29, 2019 5:36 pm
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Yeah, it looks like a witness corner to a mill site.?ÿ Survey number is 4?76B, with the ? being either a "3", "8" or "9" (my guess is "3").?ÿ

If you are looking for a reliable elevation, you most likely need to look elsewhere.?ÿ It may be that in 2017 the BLM conducted the survey with GPS and there is a geodetic position for this shiny new brass cap.

In Colorado, the BLM will sometimes prepare a GPS Corner RecoveryLocation Card for a found corner.?ÿ The examples I've seen have lat/long/height.?ÿ On one card the height was reported to the nearest 0.1 ft., but I have no idea if that is an ellipsoid height or an elevation.?ÿ The card states it was an RTK observation and this is below the lat/long/height values, "NAD83 (2011)", which indicates the horizontal datum was NAD83 (NSRS2011).

 
Posted : January 29, 2019 6:12 pm