[Az-Geocaching] Contention, AZ

[ShadowAce]

Feature Name    ID    Class    County    Latitude    Longitude    State
Mapsort by this column    Ele(ft)    BGN    Entry Date
Contention    24378    Populated Place    Cochise    314608N    1101207W
AZ    Land    3799    -     08-FEB-1980

Geographic Names Information System Feature Detail Report
Feature ID:    24378
Name:    Contention
Class:    Populated Place
Citation:    Collected during Phase I data compilation (1976-1981),
primarily from U.S. Geological Survey 1:24,000-scale topographic maps (or
1:25K, Puerto Rico 1:20K), various edition dates, and from U.S. Board on
Geographic Names files.
Entry Date:    08-Feb-1980
Elevation(ft/m):    3799/1158
Census Code:    15325
Class Code:    U6

Counties
Sequence     County     Code     State     Code     Country
1     Cochise     003     Arizona     04     US
Coordinates (One point per USGS topographic map containing the feature,
NAD83)
Sequence     Latitude(DEC)     Longitude(DEC)     Latitude(DMS)
Longitude(DMS)     Map Name
1     31.7689775     -110.2020211     314608N     1101207W     Land


On 9/16/07, Jake Olson <jake.teamai at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I just threw the name into google maps and got a similar location
>
>
> http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=contention,+az&ie=UTF8&ll=31.770281,-110.209436&spn=0.029334,0.056734&z=14&iwloc=addr&om=1
>
> I have this book...
>
>
> http://www.amazon.com/GPS-Waypoints-Arizona-Michael-Ferguson/dp/1892182041/ref=sr_1_23/103-0849616-5649452?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1189992341&sr=8-23
>
> It lists Contention as N 31° 46.08  W110° 12.05 just as Bill also found.
>
> Oh yeah... If you've never seen this book, it's jam packed with
> coordinates for just about everything but geocache waypoints.  It looks like
> they've published a few more states that the original couple when I bought
> the book.
>
> Jake - Team A.I.
>
> On 9/16/07, Bill Burkett <wburkett at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > I have an Excel worksheet that lists a "Contention" northwest of
> > Tombstone at N31 46.080 W110 12.050.  Nothing there on Garmin's Topo
> > 2008, but the waypoint is right along a Southern Pacific rail line.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----
> > From: Richard Daines < rjdaines at gmail.com>
> > To: Az-Geocaching <listserv at azgeocaching.com>
> > Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2007 5:57:38 PM
> > Subject: [Az-Geocaching] Contention, AZ
> >
> > Yes, I'm bored again and watching the original "3:10 to Yuma".  I see
> > that Contention is a ghost town now, anyone have good coordinates to it.
> >
> >
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