U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Ocean Service Datums Page Page 1 of 5 Station ID: 8530403 PUBLICATION DATE: 04/21/2003 Name: EAST RUTHERFORD, PASSAIC RIVER NJ NOAA Chart: 12337 Latitude: 40° 50.8' N ( 40.84670) USGS Quad: BERGEN Longitude: 74° 7.2' W ( -74.12000) To reach the tidal bench marks from the intersection of State Route 3 and Bergen County Road 507 (Riverside Avenue), proceed north on Bergen County Road 507 for 3.5 km (2.2 mi) to Madison Street, then go east on Madison Street for 0.2 km (0.1 mi) to the Kelways Commercial Services Park at One Madison Street, turn right on the road past the Kelways office and proceed for 0.2 km (0.1 mi) to the parking lot in the west end of the services park. The bench marks are located in the complex and along Morton Street. The tide gage and staff were located on the bulkhead along the west bank of the Passaic River. T I D A L B E N C H M A R K S PRIMARY BENCH MARK STAMPING: 0403 D 1977 DESIGNATION: 853 0403 D MONUMENTATION: Tidal Station disk VM#: 2439 AGENCY: National Ocean Survey (NOS) IDB PID#: SETTING CLASSIFICATION: Copper-clad steel rod OPUS PID: LATITUDE: 40° 50.8' N ( 40.84670) LONGITUDE: 74° 7.2' W ( -74.12000) The primary bench mark is a disk set at the intersection of Madison and Van Winkle Streets, in front of the Keller Engineer Company office, 9.30 m (30.5 ft) north of the SW corner, and 6.46 m (21.2 ft) west of the NW corner of the office, and 6.37 m (20.9 ft) north of a steel flagpole. The bench mark is 9 cm (0.3 ft) below ground level, crimped to a copper-clad steel rod driven 11.3 m (37 ft) to refusal.
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Ocean Service Page 2 of 5 Station ID: 8530403 PUBLICATION DATE: 04/21/2003 Name: EAST RUTHERFORD, PASSAIC RIVER NJ NOAA Chart: 12337 Latitude: 40° 50.8' N ( 40.84670) USGS Quad: BERGEN Longitude: 74° 7.2' W ( -74.12000) T I D A L B E N C H M A R K S BENCH MARK STAMPING: NO 5 1973 DESIGNATION: 853 0403 TIDAL 5 MONUMENTATION: Tidal Station disk VM#: 2436 AGENCY: National Ocean Survey (NOS) IDB PID#: SETTING CLASSIFICATION: Concrete buttress OPUS PID: LATITUDE: 40° 50.8' N ( 40.84670) LONGITUDE: 74° 7.2' W ( -74.12000) The bench mark is a disk set in the top of a rounded cement buttress near the north corning of the building at One Madison Street, 4.57 m (15.0 ft) west of the centerline of the Van Winkle street, 3.72 m (12.2 ft) SE of the north corner of the building, and 0.70 m (2.3 ft) above street level. BENCH MARK STAMPING: 0403 B 1975 DESIGNATION: 853 0403 B MONUMENTATION: Tidal Station disk VM#: 2437 AGENCY: National Ocean Survey (NOS) IDB PID#: SETTING CLASSIFICATION: Copper-clad steel rod OPUS PID#: BBDB72 LATITUDE: 40° 50.8' N ( 40.84670) LONGITUDE: 74° 7.2' W ( -74.12000) The bench mark is a disk set near the intersection of Madison and Morton Streets, 41.85 m (137.3 ft) NW of a 1 m (2 ft) diameter sewer manhole on Morton Street, 16.52 m (54.2 ft) SW of wood utility pole #60720ERF, 11.40 m (37.4 ft) NE of the SE corner of 816 Morton Street, and 7.47 m (24.5 ft) of the NE corner of the building at 816 Morton Street. The bench mark is 6 cm (0.2 ft) below ground level, crimped to a copper-clad steel rod driven 11.6 m (38 ft) to refusal.
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Ocean Service Page 3 of 5 Station ID: 8530403 PUBLICATION DATE: 04/21/2003 Name: EAST RUTHERFORD, PASSAIC RIVER NJ NOAA Chart: 12337 Latitude: 40° 50.8' N ( 40.84670) USGS Quad: BERGEN Longitude: 74° 7.2' W ( -74.12000) T I D A L B E N C H M A R K S BENCH MARK STAMPING: 0403 C 1975 DESIGNATION: 853 0403 C MONUMENTATION: Tidal Station disk VM#: 2438 AGENCY: National Ocean Survey (NOS) IDB PID#: SETTING CLASSIFICATION: Copper-clad steel rod OPUS PID#: BBDB73 LATITUDE: 40° 50.8' N ( 40.84670) LONGITUDE: 74° 7.2' W ( -74.12000) The bench mark is a disk set NW of the intersection of Morton and Chadwick Streets along the north side of the Morton Street, 11.46 m (37.6 ft) south of the NW corner of the building at 769 Morton Street, 8.66 m (28.4 ft) south of a fire hydrant, 7.22 m (23.7 ft) west of the SW corner of the same building, and 5.49 m (18.0 ft) north of a 1 m (2 ft) diameter sewer manhole. The bench mark is 9 cm (0.3 ft) below ground level, crimped to a copper-clad steel rod driven 15.2 m (50 ft) to refusal. BENCH MARK STAMPING: 0403 F 1994 DESIGNATION: 853 0403 F MONUMENTATION: Tidal Station disk VM#: 12926 AGENCY: National Ocean Service (NOS) IDB PID#: SETTING CLASSIFICATION: Concrete retaining wall OPUS PID: LATITUDE: 40° 50.8' N ( 40.84670) LONGITUDE: 74° 7.2' W ( -74.12000) The bench mark is a disk set into the top of a concrete retaining wall located in the SW corner of the westernmost parking lot of the Madison Management Corporation, along the east shore of the Passaic River, 25.30 m (83.0 ft) west of the south corner of Building D, 16.00 m (52.5 ft) SW of the northernmost SW corner of Building D, 8.20 m (26.9 ft) east of the parking lot/river side bulkhead, and 0.49 m (1.6 ft) SE of the NW edge of the retaining wall.
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Ocean Service Page 4 of 5 Station ID: 8530403 PUBLICATION DATE: 04/21/2003 Name: EAST RUTHERFORD, PASSAIC RIVER NJ NOAA Chart: 12337 Latitude: 40° 50.8' N ( 40.84670) USGS Quad: BERGEN Longitude: 74° 7.2' W ( -74.12000) T I D A L D A T U M S Tidal datums at EAST RUTHERFORD, PASSAIC RIVER based on: LENGTH OF SERIES: 3 Months TIME PERIOD: August 1994 - October 1994 TIDAL EPOCH: 1983-2001 CONTROL TIDE STATION: 8518750 THE BATTERY, NEW YORK HARBOR Elevations of tidal datums referred to Mean Lower Low Water (MLLW), in METERS: MEAN HIGHER HIGH WATER MHHW = 1.975 MEAN HIGH WATER MHW = 1.869 MEAN SEA LEVEL MSL = 0.988 MEAN TIDE LEVEL MTL = 0.975 MEAN LOW WATER MLW = 0.081 MEAN LOWER LOW WATER MLLW = 0.000 North American Vertical Datum (NAVD88) Bench Mark Elevation Information In METERS above: Stamping or Designation MLLW MHW 0403 D 1977 3.801 1.932 NO 5 1973 4.003 2.134 0403 B 1975 4.069 2.200 0403 C 1975 5.097 3.228 0403 F 1994 4.023 2.154
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Ocean Service Page 5 of 5 Station ID: 8530403 PUBLICATION DATE: 04/21/2003 Name: EAST RUTHERFORD, PASSAIC RIVER NJ NOAA Chart: 12337 Latitude: 40° 50.8' N ( 40.84670) USGS Quad: BERGEN Longitude: 74° 7.2' W ( -74.12000) 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.