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CZ1693

PID	Report Date	COND	AGENCY	COP	TEXT
CZ1693	1962	S	CGS	HWK	STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 17 MILES NORTH OF TUCSON, 16 MILES EAST OF MARANA, AND 6 MILES SOUTH OF ORACLE JUNCTION, ON A LOW RIDGE RUNNING NORTH AND SOUTH BETWEEN TWO DRY WASHES. TO REACH FROM THE EAST ENTRANCE TO EVERGREEN CEMETERY ON ORACLE ROAD IN THE NORTH PART OF TUCSON, GO NORTH ON U.S. HIGHWAY 80, 89, AND STATE HIGHWAY 789 FOR 15.1 MILES TO A SIDE ROAD ON THE LEFT AND BENCH MARK E 399 WHICH SERVES AS THE AZIMUTH MARK. TURN LEFT AND GO WEST ACROSS CATTLEGUARD ON OILED ROAD 0.2 MILE TO A BLADED ROAD ON LEFT JUST AFTER CROSSING A CULVERT OVER A WASH. FOLLOW BLADED ROAD SOUTH AND WEST 0.6 MILE TO A WIRE GATE ON THE WEST SIDE OF A SANDY WASH. (BIG WASH). PASS THROUGH GATE AND PROCEED WEST 0.2 MILE. AT THIS MILEAGE LEAVE BLADED ROAD AND PICK WAY NORTH THROUGH BRUSH AND CACTUS, AND ACROSS A WASH 0.4 MILE TO THE STATION ON TOP OF A LOW RIDGE BETWEEN TWO WASHES. A FOUR-WHEEL-DRIVE VEHICLE IS ADVISED TO CROSS WASHES. THE STATION MARK IS A STANDARD DISK STAMPED DEL 1962 SET IN THE TOP OF A 12-INCH-DIAMETER CYLINDRICAL CONCRETE MONUMENT PROJECTING 2 INCHES ABOVE GROUND. IT IS 3 FEET WEST OF A METAL WITNESS POST AND SIGN. REFERENCE MARK NUMBER ONE IS A STANDARD DISK STAMPED DEL NO 1 1962 SET IN THE TOP OF A 12-INCH-DIAMETER CYLINDRICAL CONCRETE MONUMENT PROJECTING 3 INCHES ABOVE GROUND. IT IS AT ABOUT THE SAME ELEVATION AS THE STATION AT THE TOP OF THE NORTH SLOPE OF THE HILL. REFERENCE MARK NUMBER TWO IS A STANDARD DISK STAMPED DEL NO 2 1962 SET IN THE TOP OF A 12-INCH-DIAMETER CYLINDRICAL CONCRETE MONUMENT PROJECTING 5 INCHES ABOVE GROUND. IT IS AT ABOUT THE SAME ELEVATION AS THE STATION AT THE TOP OF A STUBBY EAST RIDGE OFF THE STATION RIDGE. BENCH MARK E 399 WHICH SERVES AS THE AZIMUTH MARK IS A STANDARD DISK STAMPED E 399 1962 SET IN THE TOP OF A 12-INCH-DIAMETER CONCRETE CYLINDER PROJECTING 3 INCHES ABOVE GROUND. IT IS 97.5 FEET WEST OF THE CENTER LINE OF U.S. HIGHWAY 80, 42 FEET NORTH OF THE CENTER OF A CATTLEGUARD, 2 FEET SOUTH OF A METAL WITNESS POST AND SIGN, AND 1.5 FEET EAST OF THE WEST RIGHT-OF-WAY FENCE.
CZ1693	1983	G	AZDT	GH	THE STATION AND ALL MARKS WERE RECOVERED AS DESCRIBED IN 1962. A NEW ROUTE TO THE STATION FOLLOWS. TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE POST OFFICE IN CATALINA TRAVEL SOUTH ON U.S. HIGHWAY 89 FOR 1.4 MILES TO A CATTLE GUARD ON THE RIGHT. TURN RIGHT AND TRAVEL WEST FOR 0.3 MILE TO A TRAIL ROAD LEFT. TURN LEFT AND FOLLOW TRAIL SOUTH FOR 0.6 MILE TO A GATE JUST AFTER CROSSING BIG WASH AND END OF TRUCK TRAVEL. PACK NORTH ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF A FENCE TO A GATE, PASS THROUGH GATE AND PACK NORTHWEST TO TOP OF LOW HILL AND STATION
CZ1693	20220404	G	INDIV	CAM	MARKER AND BOTH REFERENCE MARKERS IN GOOD CONDITION. NAILS IN MARKER POINTING TO REFERENCE MARKERS SLIGHTLY EMBEDDED IN CEMENT AROUND MARKER ARE RUSTY BUT STILL INTACT.