Found this Forest Service monument while on a deer hunt in Catron County, New Mexico northwest of Alma.?ÿ It is at the top of Indian Peak and doesn't show up on the NGS data sheets.?ÿ The wilderness boundary for the Blue Range Wilderness has an angle point on the top of this mountain.
The Pueblo designation probably came from Pueblo Creek which is situate a mile or two east.?ÿ There were two rolls of rusted smooth wire lying on the rock mound, and the old anchor wires were still in place tied into rocks.?ÿ About 15 feet southwest was an old cedar crag that had been trimmed back probably for line of sight. ?ÿ?ÿ
Has anyone seen other Forest Service monuments like this?
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It might have been part of the USGS system, but would not have been brought in the NGS system.
Sure, and similar monuments set by:
Bureau of Reclamation
Bureau of Public Roads
National Park Service
Soil Conservation Service
and many others.
Not to mention various State and Local "agencies."
Like many of the USGS Stations (Triangulation, Traverse, Trilateration, Leveling) most of these Stations never got into the USC&GS/NGS data base. Finding data on these stations can be quite a challenge, and as often as not, of little value when you do. In any case, these monument CAN be very important depending on what you are doing.
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