jack
apologies
as my library computer was shooting blanks that day
but i think the message was simply that even if kikipiya isnt a
perfect fiat quadripoint there might still be a washington statute
that makes it a legal quadripoint
& probably nobody but us would think of drawing such fine
distinctions anyway
so lets not write it off yet from our list of true megapoints
also in the unlikely event that it or they are marked
i still doubt anyone would think of erecting 2 monuments
especially on public land & in such a remote place
when even a small marker would probably suffice to physically cover
both points so close together
if they are even distinguishable
which they probably arent
all in all a pretty ridiculous situation
& i am sure glad we discovered it
m
--- In BoundaryPoint@y..., "Jack Parsell" <jparsell@n...> wrote:
> Michael,
> I agree that it is not highly probable that there is a little pool
> of water in the pass with the water having difficulty deciding
> which way to descend, although I've seen that in the Adirondacks.
> The distance between the 4920 ft. contour lines on each side of the
> pass is less than 200 ft. and the drainages line up
cartographically,
> but I guess a single precise point is too much to hope for. It
looks
> like pretty rough terrain with 2000 ft gain in elevation from the
> nearest paved road so I don't plan to check it out. It would be
> nice to know though.
> Jack
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: acroorca2002 [mailto:orc@o...]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 5:18 PM
> To: BoundaryPoint@y...
> Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Re: TopoZone - Washington quad county point
>
>
> jack
> i still like this just as much but my nearsightedness had missed
the
> fact that these are 2 opposite watersheds descending from that pass
> for i was imagining it was just one river running thru a gap
> oops
>
> now that you have said this tho
> i have to think a purely fiat quadripoint is technically as
unlikely
> here as on that mountaintop in france without a little fudging or
> coaxing
> because it is almost inconceivable that 2 sawanaboris should ascend
> to meet at a single precise point along a crest line
> but they would by their nature produce 2 distinct fiat tripoints
> however close together
> m
>
> --- In BoundaryPoint@y..., "Jack Parsell" <jparsell@n...> wrote:
> > This quad-county point of King - Kittitas - Pierce - Yakima
> > counties is at N 47 05' 14", W 121 22' 42" at Naches Pass at
> > about 4920 ft. National Forest Development Rd.#70 from Naches
> > Pass Campground runs to within a little over a mile from the
> > quad-point. The Naches Trail and a jeep road cross the pass and
> > the Pacific Crest trail passes about 1/2 mile west. It appears
> > the King-Kittitas and Pierce-Yakima lines are on a ridge. The
> > King-Pierce line is the beginning of Meadow Creek drainage and
> > the Kittitas-Yakima line is the beginning of Middle Fork Little
> > Naches River drainage. Thus it is an intersection of a ridge
> > line and two drainages all of which are natural features.
> > I belive that is what David was looking for.
> >
> > Jack