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Station ID: 8418445 PUBLICATION DATE: 05/15/2003
Name: PINE POINT, SCARBOROUGH RIVER
ME
NOAA Chart: 13287 Latitude: 43° 32.7' N ( 43.54500)
USGS Quad: PROUTS NECK Longitude: 70° 20.0' W ( -70.33330)
From the intersection of State Highway 9 and U.S. Route 1 in Scarborough,
proceed SE on Highway 9 for 5.2 km (3.2 mi) to King Street, turn left and
continue east on King Street for 1.0 km (0.6 mi) to the Pine Point Town Landing.
The bench marks are located near the landing, along King Street, East Grand
Avenue, and on Route 9. The tide gauge was located on the Pine Point Town
Landing pier.
T I D A L B E N C H M A R K S
PRIMARY BENCH MARK STAMPING: 8445 A 2002
DESIGNATION: 841 8445 A
MONUMENTATION: Tidal Station disk VM#: 16694
AGENCY: National Ocean Service (NOS) IDB PID#:
SETTING CLASSIFICATION: Drainage foundation OPUS PID:
LATITUDE: 43° 32.7' N ( 43.54500) LONGITUDE: 70° 20.0' W ( -70.33330)
The primary bench mark is a disk set in the concrete foundation for a drain
located between the Harbor Masters office and the Pine Point Fisherman's Co-op,
8.2 m (26.9 ft) east of the NE corner of the Harbor Masters office, 5.5 m (18.0
ft) SW of the entrance to the town pier, and 3.4 m (11.2 ft) west of the west
entrance to the co-op.
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Station ID: 8418445 PUBLICATION DATE: 05/15/2003
Name: PINE POINT, SCARBOROUGH RIVER
ME
NOAA Chart: 13287 Latitude: 43° 32.7' N ( 43.54500)
USGS Quad: PROUTS NECK Longitude: 70° 20.0' W ( -70.33330)
T I D A L B E N C H M A R K S
BENCH MARK STAMPING: 8445 B 2002
DESIGNATION: 841 8445 B
MONUMENTATION: Tidal Station disk VM#: 16695
AGENCY: National Ocean Service (NOS) IDB PID#:
SETTING CLASSIFICATION: Concrete foundation OPUS PID:
LATITUDE: 43° 32.7' N ( 43.54500) LONGITUDE: 70° 20.0' W ( -70.33330)
The bench mark is a disk set in the concrete foundation of the south end of the
finger pier at the boat ramp, 13.1 m (43.0 ft) SW of the most southerly piling
on the east side of the pier, 8.8 m (28.9 ft) SE of the NE corner of the
concrete patio on the NE side of the Fisherman's Co-op, 2.6 m (8.5 ft) north of
the westernmost of two metal posts at the entry to the pier, and 1.1 m (3.6 ft)
above the boat ramp.
BENCH MARK STAMPING: 8445 C 2002
DESIGNATION: 841 8445 C
MONUMENTATION: Tidal Station disk VM#: 16696
AGENCY: National Ocean Service (NOS) IDB PID#:
SETTING CLASSIFICATION: Concrete foundation OPUS PID:
LATITUDE: 43° 32.5' N ( 43.54170) LONGITUDE: 70° 20.6' W ( -70.34330)
The bench mark is a disk set in the NE corner of the concrete foundation of a
generator on the east side of the Scarborough Fire Department, Pine Point,
Engine No. 4 on King Street, 33.2 m (108.9 ft) west of the telephone pole on the
NW corner of the intersection of King Street and Tasker Avenue, 12.95 m (42.5
ft) ESE of the NE corner of the fire house, 5.8 m (19.0 ft) east of the east
wall of the fire house, and 0.24 m (0.8 ft) above ground.
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Station ID: 8418445 PUBLICATION DATE: 05/15/2003
Name: PINE POINT, SCARBOROUGH RIVER
ME
NOAA Chart: 13287 Latitude: 43° 32.7' N ( 43.54500)
USGS Quad: PROUTS NECK Longitude: 70° 20.0' W ( -70.33330)
T I D A L B E N C H M A R K S
BENCH MARK STAMPING: D 162 1966
DESIGNATION: D 162
MONUMENTATION: Bench Mark disk VM#: 16697
AGENCY: US Coast and Geodetic Survey
(USC&GS) IDB PID#: OC0075
SETTING CLASSIFICATION: Concrete monument OPUS PID:
LATITUDE: 43° 32.4' N ( 43.54000) LONGITUDE: 70° 20.8' W ( -70.34670)
The bench mark is a disk set in a concrete monument along the south side of East
Grand Avenue, 23.2 m (76.1 ft) NE of the centerline of Oak Street near the
intersection of Oak Street and State Highway 9, 23.2 m (76.1 ft) ESE of the
corner of the garage at the Pine Point Court office on the north side of East
Grand Avenue, 12.34 m (40.5 ft) NE of a fire hydrant, 8.5 m (27.9 ft) SE of the
center line of East Grand Avenue, 0.9 m (3.0 ft) SW of power pole 112-1, and
0.15 m (0.49 ft) above the street.
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Station ID: 8418445 PUBLICATION DATE: 05/15/2003
Name: PINE POINT, SCARBOROUGH RIVER
ME
NOAA Chart: 13287 Latitude: 43° 32.7' N ( 43.54500)
USGS Quad: PROUTS NECK Longitude: 70° 20.0' W ( -70.33330)
T I D A L B E N C H M A R K S
BENCH MARK STAMPING: E 162 1966
DESIGNATION: E 162
MONUMENTATION: Bench Mark disk VM#: 16698
AGENCY: US Coast and Geodetic Survey
(USC&GS) IDB PID#: OC0078
SETTING CLASSIFICATION: Small bridge abutment OPUS PID:
LATITUDE: 43° 32.8' N ( 43.54670) LONGITUDE: 70° 21.1' W ( -70.35170)
The bench mark is a disk set in the NE concrete abutment of the bridge over the
Boston and Maine Railroad on State Highway 9 between Scarborough and Pine Point,
5.94 m (19.5 ft) NE of the center line of the highway, and 0.15 m (0.5 ft) above
the highway.
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Station ID: 8418445 PUBLICATION DATE: 05/15/2003
Name: PINE POINT, SCARBOROUGH RIVER
ME
NOAA Chart: 13287 Latitude: 43° 32.7' N ( 43.54500)
USGS Quad: PROUTS NECK Longitude: 70° 20.0' W ( -70.33330)
T I D A L D A T U M S
Tidal datums at PINE POINT, SCARBOROUGH RIVER based on:
LENGTH OF SERIES: 3 MONTHS
TIME PERIOD: July 2002 - September 2002
TIDAL EPOCH: 1983-2001
CONTROL TIDE STATION: 8418150 PORTLAND, CASCO BAY
Elevations of tidal datums referred to Mean Lower Low Water (MLLW), in METERS:
MEAN HIGHER HIGH WATER MHHW = 2.900
MEAN HIGH WATER MHW = 2.774
North American Vertical Datum NAVD88 = 1.499
MEAN SEA LEVEL MSL = 1.449
MEAN TIDE LEVEL MTL = 1.437
MEAN LOW WATER MLW = 0.099
MEAN LOWER LOW WATER MLLW = 0.000
North American Vertical Datum (NAVD88)
Bench Mark Elevation Information In METERS above:
Stamping or Designation MLLW MHW
8445 A 2002 4.385 1.611
8445 B 2002 3.991 1.217
8445 C 2002 5.296 2.522
D 162 1966 5.229 2.455
E 162 1966 13.877 11.103
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Station ID: 8418445 PUBLICATION DATE: 05/15/2003
Name: PINE POINT, SCARBOROUGH RIVER
ME
NOAA Chart: 13287 Latitude: 43° 32.7' N ( 43.54500)
USGS Quad: PROUTS NECK Longitude: 70° 20.0' W ( -70.33330)
D E F I N I T I O N S
Mean Sea Level (MSL) is a tidal datum determined over a 19-year National Tidal
Datum Epoch. It pertains to local mean sea level and should not be confused
with the fixed datums of North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD88).
NAVD88 is a fixed datum derived from a simultaneous, least squares, minimum
constraint adjustment of Canadian/Mexican/United States leveling observations.
Local mean sea level observed at Father Point/Rimouski, Canada was held fixed as
the single initial constraint. NAVD88 replaces NGVD29 as the national
standard geodetic reference for heights. Bench mark elevations relative to
NAVD88 are available from NGS through the World Wide Web at
National Geodetic Survey.
NGVD29 is a fixed datum adopted as a national standard geodetic reference for
heights but is now considered superseded. NGVD29 is sometimes referred to as
Sea Level Datum of 1929 or as Mean Sea Level on some early issues of Geological
Survey Topographic Quads. NGVD29 was originally derived from a general
adjustment of the first-order leveling networks of the U.S. and Canada after
holding mean sea level observed at 26 long term tide stations as fixed.
Numerous local and wide-spread adjustments have been made since establishment in
1929. Bench mark elevations relative to NGVD29 are available from the National
Geodetic Survey (NGS) data base via the World Wide Web at
National Geodetic Survey.
NAVD88 and NGVD29 are fixed geodetic datums whose elevation relationships to
local MSL and other tidal datums may not be consistent from one location to
another.
The Vertical Mark Number (VM#) and PID# shown on the bench mark sheet are unique
identifiers for bench marks in the tidal and geodetic databases, respectively.
Each bench mark in either database has a single, unique VM# and/or PID# assigned.
Where both VM# and PID# are indicated, both tidal and geodetic elevations are
available for the bench mark listed. The NGS's Integrated Data Base (IDB PID)
provides geodetic datum based on traditionally leveled and bluebooked ties to
the National Spatial Reference System(NSRS) https://www.ngs.noaa.gov/datasheets/.
The NGS Online Positioning User Service (OPUS PID) provides geodetic datum based
on GPS position & tie it to the NSRS https://www.ngs.noaa.gov/OPUS/.
The NAVD88 elevation is shown on the Elevations of Tidal Datums Table Referred
to MLLW only when two or more of the bench marks listed have NAVD88 elevations.
The NAVD88 elevation relationship shown in the table is derived from an average
of several bench mark elevations relative to tide station datum. As a result of
this averaging, NAVD88 bench mark elevations computed indirectly from the tidal
datums elevation table may differ slightly from NAVD88 elevations listed for
each bench mark in the NGS database.