Colorado

Colorado (HMOEK)

Location: Scio, UT 43988 Harrison County
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Country: United States of America
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N 36° 59.95', W 109° 2.709'

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(Four Corners)

Colorado Territory was created in 1861 for its gold, silver and other mineral resources. Its western boundary was designated as 32 degrees of longitude west of the Washington Meridian.

Colorado became a state in 1876. In 1878, U.S. Surveyor Rollin J. Reeves started from the Four Corners Monument and marked a line going north along the boundary of the State of Colorado and the Utah Territory, with a team of surveyors using a 66-foot-long chain and a transit/compass made of wood, glass and brass. The original marked line has been upheld in legal challenges over a more technically precise location.

The Four Corners Monument, first set by Chandler Robbins in 1875, has been replaced and upgraded in 1899, 1931, 1962, 1992 and 2010.
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HM NumberHMOEK
Year Placed2010
Placed ByNational Society of Professional Surveyors
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Saturday, September 27th, 2014 at 9:30am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)12S E 673946 N 4096566
Decimal Degrees36.99916667, -109.04515000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 36° 59.95', W 109° 2.709'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds36° 59' 57.00" N, 109° 2' 42.54" W
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Area Code(s)740, 330
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 32469-32493 NM-597, Scio UT 43988, US
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