U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Ocean Service Datums Page Page 1 of 5 Station ID: 8531942 PUBLICATION DATE: 06/16/2004 Name: LONG BRANCH, INSIDE NJ NOAA Chart: 12324 Latitude: 40° 19.5' N ( 40.32500) USGS Quad: LONG BRANCH Longitude: 73° 59.8' W ( -73.99670) To reach the tidal bench marks from the intersection of Patten Avenue and Florence Avenue in North Long Branch, proceed 0.8 km (0.5 mi) on Patten Avenue to its intersection with Renwick Place, then 0.2 km (0.1 mi) west on Renwick Place to the Patten Avenue Marina. The bench marks are in the vicinity of the Patten Point Yacht Club on Renwick Place. The tide gage and staff were on a wooden bulkhead, on the north side of the first small pier north of a large T-shaped pier. T I D A L B E N C H M A R K S PRIMARY BENCH MARK STAMPING: 1942 A 1976 DESIGNATION: 853 1942 A TIDAL MONUMENTATION: Tidal Station disk VM#: 2585 AGENCY: National Ocean Survey (NOS) IDB PID#: SETTING CLASSIFICATION: Copper clad steel rod OPUS PID: LATITUDE: 40° 19.5' N ( 40.32500) LONGITUDE: 73° 59.8' W ( -73.99670) The primary bench mark is a disk located at the western end of Renwick Place near the Patten Avenue Marina, 6.49 m (21.3 ft) SW of the NW corner of the 1-story marina office building, 4.36 m (14.3 ft) east of the end of a chain link fence, 3.75 m (12.3 ft) SW of the bulkhead, and 2.29 m (7.5 ft) NW of the SW corner of the building. The bench mark is set 6 cm (0.2 ft) below ground level, and crimped to the top of a copper-clad steel rod driven 7.3 m (24 ft) to refusal.
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Ocean Service Page 2 of 5 Station ID: 8531942 PUBLICATION DATE: 06/16/2004 Name: LONG BRANCH, INSIDE NJ NOAA Chart: 12324 Latitude: 40° 19.5' N ( 40.32500) USGS Quad: LONG BRANCH Longitude: 73° 59.8' W ( -73.99670) T I D A L B E N C H M A R K S BENCH MARK STAMPING: 1942 B 1976 DESIGNATION: 853 1942 B TIDAL MONUMENTATION: Tidal Station disk VM#: 2586 AGENCY: National Ocean Survey (NOS) IDB PID#: SETTING CLASSIFICATION: Copper clad steel rod OPUS PID: LATITUDE: 40° 19.5' N ( 40.32500) LONGITUDE: 73° 59.8' W ( -73.99670) The bench mark is a disk located 152 m (500 ft) NE of bench mark 1942 A 1976, 7.62 m (25.0 ft) north of the centerline of Renwick Place, 7.32 m (24.0 ft) east of the centerline of the road leading to the Long Branch Ice Boat and Yacht Club, 4 m (13 ft) east of the SE corner of a stone and concrete post, 2.26 m (7.4 ft) NE of the water meter, and 2.04 m (6.7 ft) NW of the fire hydrant. The bench mark is set 6 cm (0.2 ft) below ground level, and crimped to the top of a copper-clad steel rod driven 8.5 m (28 ft) to refusal. BENCH MARK STAMPING: 1942 C 1976 DESIGNATION: 853 1942 C TIDAL MONUMENTATION: Tidal Station disk VM#: 2587 AGENCY: National Ocean Survey (NOS) IDB PID#: SETTING CLASSIFICATION: Concrete base OPUS PID: LATITUDE: 40° 19.5' N ( 40.32500) LONGITUDE: 73° 59.8' W ( -73.99670) The bench mark is a disk set in the top of the SW corner of a 1 m (4 ft) concrete base of a boat launching crane, 91 m (300 ft) NE of bench mark 1942 B 1976, 14.66 m (48.1 ft) north of the corner of the loading ramp, 13.81 m (45.3 ft) east of the SE corner of the 1-story concrete marina building, 5.55 m (18.2 ft) SE of the inside corner of the bulkhead, 2.38 m (7.8 ft) SW of the outside corner of the bulkhead, and 0.94 m (3.1 ft) above the ground.
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Ocean Service Page 3 of 5 Station ID: 8531942 PUBLICATION DATE: 06/16/2004 Name: LONG BRANCH, INSIDE NJ NOAA Chart: 12324 Latitude: 40° 19.5' N ( 40.32500) USGS Quad: LONG BRANCH Longitude: 73° 59.8' W ( -73.99670) T I D A L B E N C H M A R K S BENCH MARK STAMPING: 1942 D 1976 DESIGNATION: 853 1942 D TIDAL MONUMENTATION: Tidal Station disk VM#: 2588 AGENCY: National Ocean Survey (NOS) IDB PID#: SETTING CLASSIFICATION: Concrete rim of swimming pool OPUS PID: LATITUDE: 40° 19.5' N ( 40.32500) LONGITUDE: 73° 59.8' W ( -73.99670) The bench mark is a disk set in the top of the north concrete rim of the swimming pool at the Patten Point Yacht Club, 76 m (250 ft) SE of bench mark 1942 C 1976, 18.75 m (61.5 ft) west of the tree at the center of the circular driveway at the club, 13.35 m (43.8 ft) SE of the NW corner of the pool, and 10.52 m (34.5 ft) SW of the NE corner of the concrete pavement surrounding the pool. BENCH MARK STAMPING: 1942 E 1976 DESIGNATION: 853 1942 E TIDAL MONUMENTATION: Tidal Station disk VM#: 2589 AGENCY: National Ocean Survey (NOS) IDB PID#: SETTING CLASSIFICATION: Copper clad steel rod OPUS PID#: DM6969 LATITUDE: 40° 19.5' N ( 40.32500) LONGITUDE: 73° 59.8' W ( -73.99670) The bench mark is a disk located 44 m (145 ft) NE of bench mark 1942 D 1976, 25.60 m (84.0 ft) east of the tree at the center of the circular driveway, 25.57 m (83.9 ft) NW of the NE corner of the 2-story Yacht Club building, 6.19 m (20.3 ft) south of the bulkhead, and 1.19 m (3.9 ft) south of the flagpole. The bench mark is set 6 cm (0.2 ft) below ground level, and crimped to the top of a copper-clad steel rod driven 9.1 m (30 ft) to refusal.
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Ocean Service Page 4 of 5 Station ID: 8531942 PUBLICATION DATE: 06/16/2004 Name: LONG BRANCH, INSIDE NJ NOAA Chart: 12324 Latitude: 40° 19.5' N ( 40.32500) USGS Quad: LONG BRANCH Longitude: 73° 59.8' W ( -73.99670) T I D A L D A T U M S Tidal datums at LONG BRANCH, INSIDE based on: LENGTH OF SERIES: 7 MONTHS TIME PERIOD: May 1976 - November 1976 TIDAL EPOCH: 1983-2001 CONTROL TIDE STATION: 8531680 SANDY HOOK Elevations of tidal datums referred to Mean Lower Low Water (MLLW), in METERS: MEAN HIGHER HIGH WATER MHHW = 0.905 MEAN HIGH WATER MHW = 0.830 MEAN TIDE LEVEL MTL = 0.434 MEAN SEA LEVEL MSL = 0.430 MEAN LOW WATER MLW = 0.038 MEAN LOWER LOW WATER MLLW = 0.000 North American Vertical Datum (NAVD88) Bench Mark Elevation Information In METERS above: Stamping or Designation MLLW MHW 1942 A 1976 1.593 0.763 1942 B 1976 2.494 1.664 1942 C 1976 2.826 1.996 1942 D 1976 3.004 2.174 1942 E 1976 2.648 1.818
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Ocean Service Page 5 of 5 Station ID: 8531942 PUBLICATION DATE: 06/16/2004 Name: LONG BRANCH, INSIDE NJ NOAA Chart: 12324 Latitude: 40° 19.5' N ( 40.32500) USGS Quad: LONG BRANCH Longitude: 73° 59.8' W ( -73.99670) 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.