Station: RIVER (stamped RIVER 1999)
PID AI5069

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Latitude   38 38 50.45977N
Longitude   121 34 20.06090W
Northing   -608,949.112
Easting   2,037,236.383
Height in meters:
  Orthometric   12.03
  Ellipsiod   -18.697

The station is located about 4.5 mi north-northwest of West Sacramento, about 3 mi south of the Sacramento International Airport and along the west bank of the Sacramento River.

To reach the station from the intersection of U.S. Highway 50 and Harbor Boulevard near the west edge of West Sacramento, go north on Harbor Boulevard for about 1.15 mi to the intersection of Reed Avenue. Continue north on Harbor Boulevard for about 0.2 mi to a stop sign, the end of Harbor Boulevard, where it merges with Old River Road. Continue northwesterly along Old River Road following the west side of the Sacramento River for 4.25 mi to a small gravel levee road on the left and the station on the left.

The station is a 2 _ in. Yolo County disk set on top of an aluminum rod driven to a depth of 20 ft. It is inside an aluminum logo cap. It is 17.4 south-southwest of a twin-trunk oak tree, 15.3 m west of the centerline of Old River Road, 3.2 m south of the centerline of the gravel levee road, 1.4 m southeast of a 0.15 m diameter iron pipe which serves as the south of two gate posts, 1.0 m east of a barbed wire fence and a carsonite witness post.