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Station ID: 8722334 PUBLICATION DATE: 12/12/2003
Name: NORTH FORK, ST. LUCIE RIVER
FL
NOAA Chart: 11474 Latitude: 27° 14.6' N ( 27.24330)
USGS Quad: PALM CITY Longitude: 80° 18.8' W ( -80.31330)
To reach the tidal bench marks from the NW end of the U.S. Highway 1 bridge over
the St. Lucie River in Stuart, proceed 6.9 km (4.3 mi) north on U.S. Highway 1
to West Moreland Boulevard (the entrance for the Sandpiper Bay Resort), then
turn left and proceed west on West Moreland Boulevard for 2.1 km (1.3 mi) to
Pine Valley Street, then turn left and proceed south on Pine Valley Street for
2.3 km (1.4 mi) to the St. Lucie Hilton Country Club Marina. The bench marks
are on the Hilton Marina property, along the concrete walk and sea wall. The
tide gage and staff were on the Hilton Marina pier.
T I D A L B E N C H M A R K S
PRIMARY BENCH MARK STAMPING: NO 2 1972
DESIGNATION: 872 2334 TIDAL 2
MONUMENTATION: Tidal Station disk VM#: 5437
AGENCY: National Ocean Survey (NOS) IDB PID#: AF6948
SETTING CLASSIFICATION: Concrete sea wall OPUS PID:
LATITUDE: 27° 14.6' N ( 27.24389) LONGITUDE: 80° 18.9' W ( -80.31500)
The primary bench mark is a disk set flush in the top of the concrete sea wall,
18 m (60 ft) SW of the SW corner of the dock master's office, 0.79 m (2.6 ft) NE
of the SW corner of the sea wall and boat ramp, 0.61 m (2.0 ft) SW of a 4-inch
pipe base supporting a Standard Oil sign, and 0.55 m (1.8 ft) east of the east
wall of the boat ramp.
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Station ID: 8722334 PUBLICATION DATE: 12/12/2003
Name: NORTH FORK, ST. LUCIE RIVER
FL
NOAA Chart: 11474 Latitude: 27° 14.6' N ( 27.24330)
USGS Quad: PALM CITY Longitude: 80° 18.8' W ( -80.31330)
T I D A L B E N C H M A R K S
BENCH MARK STAMPING: NO 3 1972
DESIGNATION: 872 2334 TIDAL 3
MONUMENTATION: Tidal Station disk VM#: 5438
AGENCY: National Ocean Survey (NOS) IDB PID#: AF6949
SETTING CLASSIFICATION: Concrete sea wall OPUS PID#: AF6949
LATITUDE: 27° 14.6' N ( 27.24389) LONGITUDE: 80° 18.9' W ( -80.31528)
The bench mark is a disk set flush in the top of the concrete sea wall, 49 m
(162 ft) west of the SW corner of the dock master's office, and 0.24 m (0.8 ft)
NE of the SW corner of the sea wall and boat ramp.
BENCH MARK STAMPING: NO 4 1972
DESIGNATION: 872 2334 TIDAL 4
MONUMENTATION: Tidal Station disk VM#: 5439
AGENCY: National Ocean Survey (NOS) IDB PID#: AF6946
SETTING CLASSIFICATION: Concrete dock OPUS PID:
LATITUDE: 27° 14.6' N ( 27.24330) LONGITUDE: 80° 18.8' W ( -80.31330)
The bench mark is a disk set flush in the concrete dock of the St. Lucie Hilton
Country Club, just south of the tennis courts, 70.56 m (231.5 ft) west of the NE
corner of the dock, 33.38 m (109.5 ft) east of the NW corner of the dock, 2.90 m
(9.5 ft) north of the south edge of the dock, and 0.15 m (0.5 ft) south of the
north edge of the dock.
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Station ID: 8722334 PUBLICATION DATE: 12/12/2003
Name: NORTH FORK, ST. LUCIE RIVER
FL
NOAA Chart: 11474 Latitude: 27° 14.6' N ( 27.24330)
USGS Quad: PALM CITY Longitude: 80° 18.8' W ( -80.31330)
T I D A L B E N C H M A R K S
BENCH MARK STAMPING: NO 5 1972
DESIGNATION: 872 2334 TIDAL 5
MONUMENTATION: Tidal Station disk VM#: 5440
AGENCY: National Ocean Survey (NOS) IDB PID#: AF6945
SETTING CLASSIFICATION: Concrete dock OPUS PID:
LATITUDE: 27° 14.6' N ( 27.24330) LONGITUDE: 80° 18.8' W ( -80.31330)
The bench mark is a disk set flush in the concrete dock of the St. Lucie Hilton
Country Club Marina, just south of the tennis courts, 54.96 m (180.3 ft) east of
bench mark NO 4 1972, 15.61 m (51.2 ft) east of the NE corner of the dock, 2.90
m (9.5 ft) north of the south edge of the dock, and 0.12 m (0.4 ft) south of the
north edge of the dock.
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Station ID: 8722334 PUBLICATION DATE: 12/12/2003
Name: NORTH FORK, ST. LUCIE RIVER
FL
NOAA Chart: 11474 Latitude: 27° 14.6' N ( 27.24330)
USGS Quad: PALM CITY Longitude: 80° 18.8' W ( -80.31330)
T I D A L D A T U M S
Tidal datums at NORTH FORK, ST. LUCIE RIVER based on:
LENGTH OF SERIES: 5 MONTHS
TIME PERIOD: August 1972 - December 1972
TIDAL EPOCH: 1983-2001
CONTROL TIDE STATION: 8722371 SEWALL POINT. ST. LUCIE RIVER
Elevations of tidal datums referred to Mean Lower Low Water (MLLW), in METERS:
North American Vertical Datum NAVD88 = 0.466
MEAN HIGHER HIGH WATER MHHW = 0.367
MEAN HIGH WATER MHW = 0.335
MEAN SEA LEVEL MSL = 0.192
MEAN TIDE LEVEL MTL = 0.186
MEAN LOW WATER MLW = 0.037
MEAN LOWER LOW WATER MLLW = 0.000
North American Vertical Datum (NAVD88)
Bench Mark Elevation Information In METERS above:
Stamping or Designation MLLW MHW
NO 2 1972 1.468 1.133
NO 3 1972 1.461 1.126
NO 4 1972 1.256 0.921
NO 5 1972 1.249 0.914
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Station ID: 8722334 PUBLICATION DATE: 12/12/2003
Name: NORTH FORK, ST. LUCIE RIVER
FL
NOAA Chart: 11474 Latitude: 27° 14.6' N ( 27.24330)
USGS Quad: PALM CITY Longitude: 80° 18.8' W ( -80.31330)
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.