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Station ID: 8720097                         PUBLICATION DATE:  01/26/2010
Name:       CUNO, LOFTON CREEK                                
            FL
NOAA Chart: 11488                           Latitude:   30° 34.6' N (  30.57670)
USGS Quad:  HEDGES                          Longitude:  81° 34.3' W ( -81.57170)


To reach the tidal bench marks from the intersection of U.S. Highway 17 State
Road A1A (State Road 200) in Yulee, go 3.5 km (2.2 mi) south to Harts Road, turn
left and go SE Harts Road for 1.4 m (0.9 mi) through a series of left, right,
left turns to the junction of Haddock Road and Wilson Neck Road, turn right and
go south 0.3 m (0.2 mi) to the residence at 1456 Avant Road.  The bench marks
are located along Wilson Neck and Avant Roads.  The tide gage and staff were
located on a dock behind the residence.


                         T I D A L   B E N C H   M A R K S


                 PRIMARY BENCH MARK STAMPING:  0097 D 1978

MONUMENTATION:           Tidal Station disk                    VM#:         5019
AGENCY:                  National Ocean Survey (NOS)           IDB PID#:  BC1445
SETTING CLASSIFICATION:  Concrete head wall                    OPUS PID#: BC1445
LATITUDE:   30° 34.8' N (  30.58000)          LONGITUDE:  81° 34.5' W ( -81.57500)


The primary bench mark is a disk set flush in a concrete culvert head wall at
the NE corner of the intersection of Wilson Neck and Elise Roads, 16 m (52.5 ft)
south of a wood power pole, 9.1 m (30.0 ft) east of the intersection of Wilson
Neck and Elise Roads, 6.6 m (21.6 ft) NE of the centerline of Wilson Neck Road,
6.3 m (20.7 ft) SE of the centerline of Elise Road, 0.2 m (0.1 mi) NW Avant
Road, and 0.5 m (1.7 ft) NE of the SW end of the head wall.



                         BENCH MARK STAMPING:  CC 1 1978 CLB

MONUMENTATION:           Bench Mark disk                       VM#:         5021
AGENCY:                  Florida Department of Natural Resources
                         (FLDNR)                               IDB PID#:  BC1443
SETTING CLASSIFICATION:  Concrete post                         OPUS PID:        
LATITUDE:   30° 35.7' N (  30.59500)          LONGITUDE:  81° 35.3' W ( -81.58830)


The bench mark is a disk set in the top of a round concrete monument flush with
the ground and about level with Harts Road, 32.1 m (105.4 ft) SSE of a 14-inch
wood power pole on the south side of Harts Road, 31.3 m (103 ft) NNW of a
14-inch cedar tree, 19.5 m (64 ft) south of the centerline intersection of Harts
Road, 9.7 m (31.8 ft) SW of the centerline of Harts Road, 1.2 m (3.8 ft) south
of an 8-inch wood fence post with a metal witness sign and 0.2 m (0.5 ft) NE of
a carsonite witness post.  NOTE:  A magnet was buried on the south side of the
mark.

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                            National Ocean Service
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Station ID: 8720097                         PUBLICATION DATE:  01/26/2010
Name:       CUNO, LOFTON CREEK                                
            FL
NOAA Chart: 11488                           Latitude:   30° 34.6' N (  30.57670)
USGS Quad:  HEDGES                          Longitude:  81° 34.3' W ( -81.57170)


                         T I D A L   B E N C H   M A R K S


                         BENCH MARK STAMPING:  0097 F 2004

MONUMENTATION:           Tidal Station disk                    VM#:        19200
AGENCY:                  Florida Dept. of Environmental
                         Protection (FLDEP)                    IDB PID#:        
SETTING CLASSIFICATION:  Stainless steel rod                   OPUS PID:        
LATITUDE:   30° 34.8' N (  30.58000)          LONGITUDE:  81° 34.4' W ( -81.57333)


The bench mark is a disk located 10.27 m (33.7 ft) NNE of the centerline of
Avant Road, 1.82 m (6.0 ft) NW of a wooden anchor pole, 1.52 m (5.0 ft) SW of a
4-inch square concrete property corner post, and 0.91 m (3.0 ft) south of a 1.22
m (4.0 ft) high chain link fence and carsonite witness post.  The bench mark is
crimped to the top of a stainless steel rod driven to refusal at a depth of
16.55 m (54.3 ft) with a 5-inch NGS logo cap, flush with the ground, recessed
0.09 m (0.3 ft) below the level of the NGS logo cap and .  NOTES:  Access to the
datum point is had through the 5-inch NGS logo cap.  A magnet was buried at the
south side of the mark.



                         BENCH MARK STAMPING:  0097 G 2004

MONUMENTATION:           Tidal Station disk                    VM#:        19201
AGENCY:                  Florida Dept. of Environmental
                         Protection (FLDEP)                    IDB PID#:        
SETTING CLASSIFICATION:  Concrete monument                     OPUS PID:        
LATITUDE:   30° 34.8' N (  30.58000)          LONGITUDE:  81° 34.4' W ( -81.57333)


The bench mark is a disk set in the top of a round concrete monument flush with
the ground and about level with Avant Road, 9.8 (32.2 ft) east of the junction
of Wilson Neck Road and Avant Road, 3.2 m (10.5 ft) NE of wooden power pole
number 14304891902, 2.43 m (8.0 ft) north of the corner post of a 1.22 m (4.0
ft) high metal fence and 0.88 m (2.9 ft) NW of a concrete guard rail post and
carsonite witness post.  NOTE:  A Magnet was buried at the south side of the
mark.

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Station ID: 8720097                         PUBLICATION DATE:  01/26/2010
Name:       CUNO, LOFTON CREEK                                
            FL
NOAA Chart: 11488                           Latitude:   30° 34.6' N (  30.57670)
USGS Quad:  HEDGES                          Longitude:  81° 34.3' W ( -81.57170)


                         T I D A L   B E N C H   M A R K S


                         BENCH MARK STAMPING:  0097 H 2004

MONUMENTATION:           Tidal Station disk                    VM#:        19202
AGENCY:                  Florida Dept. of Environmental
                         Protection (FLDEP)                    IDB PID#:        
SETTING CLASSIFICATION:  Concrete monument                     OPUS PID:        
LATITUDE:   30° 34.8' N (  30.58000)          LONGITUDE:  81° 34.4' W ( -81.57333)


The bench mark is a disk set in the top of a round concrete monument flush with
the ground and about level with Wilson Neck Road, 17.47 m (57.3 ft) SW and
across Wilson Neck Road from the SW property corner and chain link fence corner
post at 1162 Wilson Neck Road, 8.68 M (28.5 ft) SW of the centerline of Wilson
Neck Road, 1.82 m (6.0 ft) west of a wooden power pole number 143043865, and
0.15 (0.5 ft) NE of a carsonite witness post.  NOTE:  A magnet was buried at the
south side of the mark.



                         BENCH MARK STAMPING:  0097 K 2004

MONUMENTATION:           Tidal Station disk                    VM#:        19203
AGENCY:                  Florida Dept. of Environmental
                         Protection (FLDEP)                    IDB PID#:        
SETTING CLASSIFICATION:  Concrete monument                     OPUS PID:        
LATITUDE:   30° 34.8' N (  30.58000)          LONGITUDE:  81° 34.4' W ( -81.57333)


The bench mark is a disk set in the top of a round concrete monument flush with
the ground and about level with Wilson Neck Road, 17 m (56.0 ft) SE of the
wooden gatepost on the east side of the substation driveway, 8.74 m (28.7 ft) NE
of the centerline of Wilson Neck Road, 4.45 m (14.6 ft) SE of the SE end of a
24-inch metal drainage culvert under the driveway, 1.92 m (6.3 ft) ESE of a
wooden electric service pole, and 0.15 m (0.5 ft) SE of a carsonite witness
post.  NOTE:  A magnet was buried at the south side of the mark.

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                National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
                            National Ocean Service
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Station ID: 8720097                         PUBLICATION DATE:  01/26/2010
Name:       CUNO, LOFTON CREEK                                
            FL
NOAA Chart: 11488                           Latitude:   30° 34.6' N (  30.57670)
USGS Quad:  HEDGES                          Longitude:  81° 34.3' W ( -81.57170)


                                  D A T U M S 


Datums at CUNO, LOFTON CREEK based on:

     LENGTH OF SERIES:      5 MONTHS
     TIME PERIOD:           March 1978 - July 1978
     TIDAL EPOCH:           1983-2001
     CONTROL TIDE STATION:  8720030 FERNANDINA BEACH, AMELIA RIVER


Elevations of datums referred to Mean Lower Low Water (MLLW), in METERS:

     MEAN HIGHER HIGH WATER                     MHHW   =  1.187
     MEAN HIGH WATER                            MHW    =  1.135
     North American Vertical Datum              NAVD88 =  0.680
     MEAN SEA LEVEL                             MSL    =  0.678
     MEAN TIDE LEVEL                            MTL    =  0.598
     MEAN LOW WATER                             MLW    =  0.061
     MEAN LOWER LOW WATER                       MLLW   =  0.000

North American Vertical Datum (NAVD88)

Bench Mark Elevation Information                In METERS above:

     Stamping or Designation                    MLLW        MHW

     0097 D 1978                                 5.125    3.990
     CC 1 1978 CLB                               7.196    6.061
     0097 F 2004                                 4.223    3.088
     0097 G 2004                                 4.500    3.365
     0097 H 2004                                 6.992    5.857
     0097 K 2004                                 5.165    4.030


Foot Notes:

Geodetic heights of the bench marks meet all NOAA/NOS/NGS quality Geodetic
heights of the bench marks meet all NOAA/NOS/NGS quality control standards for
Second Order, Class 1 leveling.  It is advised that a confirmation set of levels
be established for bench marks 0097 F 2004, 0097 G 2004, 0097 H 2004 and 0097 K
2004 to verify height differences before using tidal bench mark elevation
information.

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Station ID: 8720097                         PUBLICATION DATE:  01/26/2010
Name:       CUNO, LOFTON CREEK                                
            FL
NOAA Chart: 11488                           Latitude:   30° 34.6' N (  30.57670)
USGS Quad:  HEDGES                          Longitude:  81° 34.3' W ( -81.57170)


                             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.