Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: TopoZone - Washington quad county point
Date: Apr 15, 2002 @ 16:58
Author: David Mark (David Mark <dmark@...>)
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On Sat, 6 Apr 2002, acroorca2002 wrote:
> 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
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