U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Ocean Service Datums Page Page 1 of 4 Station ID: 8661989 PUBLICATION DATE: 08/03/2004 Name: BENNETT'S DOCK SC NOAA Chart: 11535 Latitude: 33° 26.1' N ( 33.43500) USGS Quad: WAVERLY MILLS Longitude: 79° 7.6' W ( -79.12670) To reach the tidal bench marks from the intersection of U.S. Highway 17 and State Road 46, proceed SE on State Road 46 (North Causeway Road) for 0.56 km (0.35 mi) to the bridge over Pawleys Island Creek. The bench marks are on the bridge and along State Road 46. The tide gage and staff were located about 0.2 km (0.1 mi) NW of the bridge on a dock owned by the Bennett family. T I D A L B E N C H M A R K S PRIMARY BENCH MARK STAMPING: BD NO 1 1975 DESIGNATION: 866 1989 TIDAL BD 1 MONUMENTATION: Tidal Station disk VM#: 3901 AGENCY: National Ocean Survey (NOS) IDB PID#: DD1411 SETTING CLASSIFICATION: Copper clad steel rod OPUS PID: LATITUDE: 33° 26.2' N ( 33.43670) LONGITUDE: 79° 7.5' W ( -79.12500) The bench mark is a disk located across the dirt road from the Bennett house, 82 m (270 ft) west of State Road 46, 23.99 m (78.7 ft) NW of the NW corner of Clayer and Littlejon house, 15.36 m (50.4 ft) SW of a 0.61 m (2.0 ft) diameter oak tree, 5.43 m (17.8 ft) south of the centerline of the dirt road, and 0.49 m (1.6 ft) south of utility pole # AD5. The bench mark is set 12 cm (0.4 ft) below ground level, in concrete atop a steel rod driven to refusal.
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Ocean Service Page 2 of 4 Station ID: 8661989 PUBLICATION DATE: 08/03/2004 Name: BENNETT'S DOCK SC NOAA Chart: 11535 Latitude: 33° 26.1' N ( 33.43500) USGS Quad: WAVERLY MILLS Longitude: 79° 7.6' W ( -79.12670) T I D A L B E N C H M A R K S BENCH MARK STAMPING: BD NO 2 1975 DESIGNATION: 866 1989 TIDAL BD 2 MONUMENTATION: Tidal Station disk VM#: 3902 AGENCY: National Ocean Survey (NOS) IDB PID#: DD1404 SETTING CLASSIFICATION: Abandoned concrete foundation OPUS PID: LATITUDE: 33° 26.3' N ( 33.43830) LONGITUDE: 79° 7.5' W ( -79.12500) The bench mark is a disk set in an abandoned concrete foundation (formerly for a television tower) in the SW corner of Edward P. Mills property, about 110 m (360 ft) NW of bench mark BD NO 1 1975, 16.61 m (54.5 ft) east of the centerline of the drive leading to Mills residence, 15.61 m (51.2 ft) WSW of the south corner of the house, 10.15 m (33.3 ft) SSE of the west corner of the house, 9.81 m (32.2 ft) NW of utility pole No. 74376, 0.2 m (0.7 ft) SW of a witness post, and 0.02 m (0.07 ft) above the ground. BENCH MARK STAMPING: 1989 G 1982 DESIGNATION: 866 1989 G TIDAL MONUMENTATION: Tidal Station disk VM#: 3903 AGENCY: National Ocean Survey (NOS) IDB PID#: DD1410 SETTING CLASSIFICATION: Stainless steel rod OPUS PID: LATITUDE: 33° 26.2' N ( 33.43670) LONGITUDE: 79° 7.5' W ( -79.12500) The bench mark is a disk located on the east side of State Road 46 north of the bridge, 17.01 m (55.8 ft) ENE of the centerline of the road, 13.81 m (45.3 ft) SSW of the SW corner of a house, 5.49 m (18.0 ft) east of the easternmost gate post for an asphalt drive to a two story wooden house, 5.18 m (17.0 ft) north of the centerline of the drive to Rosa's residence, and 0.98 m (3.2 ft) SE of utility pole #23487. The bench mark is crimped to the top of a stainless steel rod driven 7.3 m (24 ft) to refusal and encased in a 5-inch PVC pipe and concrete kickblock.
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Ocean Service Page 3 of 4 Station ID: 8661989 PUBLICATION DATE: 08/03/2004 Name: BENNETT'S DOCK SC NOAA Chart: 11535 Latitude: 33° 26.1' N ( 33.43500) USGS Quad: WAVERLY MILLS Longitude: 79° 7.6' W ( -79.12670) T I D A L D A T U M S Tidal datums at BENNETT'S DOCK based on: LENGTH OF SERIES: 4 MONTHS TIME PERIOD: August 1975 - November 1975 TIDAL EPOCH: 1983-2001 CONTROL TIDE STATION: 8662746 WINYAH BAY, SOUTH ISLAND PLANTATION Elevations of tidal datums referred to Mean Lower Low Water (MLLW), in METERS: MEAN HIGHER HIGH WATER MHHW = 1.352 MEAN HIGH WATER MHW = 1.240 MEAN SEA LEVEL MSL = 0.676 MEAN TIDE LEVEL MTL = 0.656 North American Vertical Datum NAVD88 = 0.639 MEAN LOW WATER MLW = 0.071 MEAN LOWER LOW WATER MLLW = 0.000 North American Vertical Datum (NAVD88) Bench Mark Elevation Information In METERS above: Stamping or Designation MLLW MHW BD NO 1 1975 2.519 1.279 BD NO 2 1975 3.624 2.384 1989 G 1982 2.933 1.693
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Ocean Service Page 4 of 4 Station ID: 8661989 PUBLICATION DATE: 08/03/2004 Name: BENNETT'S DOCK SC NOAA Chart: 11535 Latitude: 33° 26.1' N ( 33.43500) USGS Quad: WAVERLY MILLS Longitude: 79° 7.6' W ( -79.12670) 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.