U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Ocean Service Datums Page Page 1 of 5 Station ID: 8572955 PUBLICATION DATE: 04/18/2005 Name: LOVE POINT PIER, KENT ISLAND MD NOAA Chart: 12278 Latitude: 39° 1.9' N ( 39.03170) USGS Quad: LOVE POINT Longitude: 76° 18.1' W ( -76.30170) To reach the tidal bench marks from the Chesapeake Bay Bridge toll booths, travel 8.2 km (5.1 mi) east on Route 301, then turn left onto State Road 18 and proceed north for 6.4 km (4.0 mi), then turn right onto Pier Avenue and drive 0.5 km (0.3 mi) to the entrance to the Langenfelder Company. The bench marks are located on the Langenfelder Company property. The staff and tide gage were located on the old ferry slip. T I D A L B E N C H M A R K S PRIMARY BENCH MARK STAMPING: 2955 D 1995 DESIGNATION: 857 2955 D MONUMENTATION: Tidal Station disk VM#: 13351 AGENCY: National Ocean Service (NOS) IDB PID#: SETTING CLASSIFICATION: Concrete foundation OPUS PID: LATITUDE: 39° 1.9' N ( 39.03170) LONGITUDE: 76° 18.1' W ( -76.30170) The primary bench mark is a disk set in a 10 m x 2 m (32 ft x 7 ft) concrete foundation for a single gas pump, 16.06 m (52.7 ft) NW of the NW corner of the concrete truck scale pad, 9.33 m (30.6 ft) north of the south edge of the concrete pad containing both the bench mark and the gas pump, and 7.68 m (25.2 ft) WSW of the NW corner of the Langenfelder office.
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Ocean Service Page 2 of 5 Station ID: 8572955 PUBLICATION DATE: 04/18/2005 Name: LOVE POINT PIER, KENT ISLAND MD NOAA Chart: 12278 Latitude: 39° 1.9' N ( 39.03170) USGS Quad: LOVE POINT Longitude: 76° 18.1' W ( -76.30170) T I D A L B E N C H M A R K S BENCH MARK STAMPING: NO 5 1971 DESIGNATION: TIDAL 5 STA 47 MONUMENTATION: Tidal Station disk VM#: 3085 AGENCY: National Ocean Survey (NOS) IDB PID#: JV0541 SETTING CLASSIFICATION: Concrete monument OPUS PID#: JV0541 LATITUDE: 39° 2.0' N ( 39.03330) LONGITUDE: 76° 18.3' W ( -76.30500) The bench mark is a disk set flush in a concrete monument at ground level located on the north side of the Langenfelder Company entrance road, 92.66 m (304.0 ft) east of the entrance gate to the Langenfelder Company yard, 30.63 m (100.5 ft) west of power pole #185, 28.13 m (92.3 ft) north of the north face of the concrete sea wall on the south side of the yard, 15.24 m (50.0 ft) ESE of power pole #184, and adjacent to an orange witness post.
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Ocean Service Page 3 of 5 Station ID: 8572955 PUBLICATION DATE: 04/18/2005 Name: LOVE POINT PIER, KENT ISLAND MD NOAA Chart: 12278 Latitude: 39° 1.9' N ( 39.03170) USGS Quad: LOVE POINT Longitude: 76° 18.1' W ( -76.30170) T I D A L B E N C H M A R K S BENCH MARK STAMPING: NO 6 1971 DESIGNATION: TIDAL 6 STA 47 MONUMENTATION: Tidal Station disk VM#: 3086 AGENCY: National Ocean Survey (NOS) IDB PID#: JV0540 SETTING CLASSIFICATION: Concrete sea wall OPUS PID: LATITUDE: 39° 2.0' N ( 39.03330) LONGITUDE: 76° 18.3' W ( -76.30500) The bench mark is a disk set in the western end of a concrete sea wall in the front yard of a private lot on the south side of Pier Avenue, 27.10 m (88.9 ft) south of power pole #128, 15 m (49.0 ft) ENE of the NE corner of the porch of the house on the lot, just west of the chain link fence bordering the Langenfelder Company property, and adjacent to an orange witness post. BENCH MARK STAMPING: 2955 B 1983 DESIGNATION: 857 2955 B MONUMENTATION: Tidal Station disk VM#: 3087 AGENCY: National Ocean Survey (NOS) IDB PID#: SETTING CLASSIFICATION: Stainless steel rod OPUS PID: LATITUDE: 39° 1.9' N ( 39.03170) LONGITUDE: 76° 18.1' W ( -76.30170) The bench mark is a disk located on north side of entrance road to the Langenfelder Company property, 40.54 m (133.0 ft) NW of a SW chimney of a two-story office, 34.29 m (112.5 ft) NW of gas pump near SW corner of office, 27.16 m (89.1 ft) NNW of the eastern-most telephone pole on the north side of the entrance road, 23.04 m (75.6 ft) NNE of a shell paved access road, 5.79 m (19.0 ft) NNE of the eastern-most tree of a line of trees along the north side of the entrance road, and 0.12 m (0.4 ft) south of an orange witness post. The bench mark is crimped to the top of a stainless steel rod driven 17.1 m (56 ft) to refusal, and encased in a 4-inch PVC pipe with a PVC cap.
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Ocean Service Page 4 of 5 Station ID: 8572955 PUBLICATION DATE: 04/18/2005 Name: LOVE POINT PIER, KENT ISLAND MD NOAA Chart: 12278 Latitude: 39° 1.9' N ( 39.03170) USGS Quad: LOVE POINT Longitude: 76° 18.1' W ( -76.30170) T I D A L D A T U M S Tidal datums at LOVE POINT PIER, KENT ISLAND based on: LENGTH OF SERIES: 4 YEARS TIME PERIOD: June 1996 - May 2000 TIDAL EPOCH: 1983-2001 CONTROL TIDE STATION: 8574680 BALTIMORE, FORT MCHENRY, PATAPSCO RIVER Elevations of tidal datums referred to Mean Lower Low Water (MLLW), in METERS: HIGHEST OBSERVED WATER LEVEL (09/07/1996) = 1.306 MEAN HIGHER HIGH WATER MHHW = 0.514 MEAN HIGH WATER MHW = 0.427 MEAN SEA LEVEL MSL = 0.248 MEAN TIDE LEVEL MTL = 0.246 MEAN LOW WATER MLW = 0.065 MEAN LOWER LOW WATER MLLW = 0.000 LOWEST OBSERVED WATER LEVEL (04/01/1997) = -0.831 North American Vertical Datum (NAVD88) Bench Mark Elevation Information In METERS above: Stamping or Designation MLLW MHW 2955 D 1995 1.543 1.116 NO 5 1971 1.679 1.252 NO 6 1971 1.086 0.659 2955 B 1983 1.596 1.169
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Ocean Service Page 5 of 5 Station ID: 8572955 PUBLICATION DATE: 04/18/2005 Name: LOVE POINT PIER, KENT ISLAND MD NOAA Chart: 12278 Latitude: 39° 1.9' N ( 39.03170) USGS Quad: LOVE POINT Longitude: 76° 18.1' W ( -76.30170) 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.