San Miguel, San Miguel Island
San Miguel, San Miguel Island, survey station established in 1873:
- “on the highest part of Green Mountain. In 1873 the station was marked by rectangular brick pier whose foundation was 2-1/2 feet below the surface. The station can best be reached by wagon road leading from harbor to ranch from which station is visible.”
In 1934, bricks surrounding the station were cemented together and a rock cairn was built around the marker. Two standard reference disks were established in boulders.
[UTM 10: North 3,769,637 East 741,265]. » New San Miguel
San Miguel 2, San Miguel Island, survey station established by Stehman Forney in 1871 on the highest part of the island at an elevation of 831 feet. When the site was revisited by Robert W. Knox in 1934, he reported
- “the station could not be found and a new station was established. Evidently this part of the island has eroded away on an average of from 6 to 8 feet since the original station was established.”
[UTM 10: North 3,768,973 East 743,325].
San Miguel 3, San Miguel Island, survey station established in 1934 by Robert W. Knox. “The station is located on the highest point of the island, approximately on line between Harris Point and Crook Point, and about a mile north of Crook Point.”
- It is marked with a standard disk stamped SAN MIGUEL 3 1934 set in a rock embedded into the ground. In 1951, Lorne G. Taylor revisited the site. “This mark was searched for but not found. It appears that the construction of the lookout tower on the site may have been the reason for its disturbance.” This triangulation station appears on the San Miguel Island East topographic map.
[UTM 10: North 3,768,947 East 743,341]
San Miguel 4, San Miguel Island, survey station established in 1951 by Lorne G. Taylor.
- “The station is on the highest point of San Miguel Island. The station was approached from the sea on the north side of the island by navigating toward the north shore, passing to the west of Prince Island, and making a surf landing in a small boat at Gull Rock. From the beach at Gull Rock there is an old road leading south up the draw. Follow the old road up the draw for about 3/4 mile to a windmill. Bear southwest from the windmill and go about 1/4 mile to an old ranch. From the southwest corner of the small pasture on the west side of the ranch house an old road follows the crest of the ridge, southwest for about 1/4 mile, then west for about 1 mile to the highest point and the station. Following the road increases the distance but avoids the rough eroded gullies that would be encountered on a more direct route. This is about 1 hour and 15 minute pack.”
The station was marked with a standard disk stamped SAN MIGUEL 4 1951. [UTM 10: North 3,768,949 East 743,347]. Several reference marks were established in the vicinity: San Miguel 4 No 3 1951; San Miguel 4 No 4 1951; San Miguel 4 No. 5 (1978). In 1978 it was reported that Reference Mark 3 “was destroyed by the construction of a remote weather station near the mark. The station San Miguel 4 is located 6.6 meters north of a large concrete slab which supports the weather station. The San Miguel Island lookout tower was destroyed.”
