U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Ocean Service Datums Page Page 1 of 4 Station ID: 8723912 PUBLICATION DATE: 01/23/2004 Name: TOM'S HARBOR CUT FL NOAA Chart: 11449 Latitude: 24° 47.0' N ( 24.78330) USGS Quad: GRASSY KEY Longitude: 80° 54.4' W ( -80.90670) To reach the tidal bench marks from the post office at Layton, Florida, proceed SW on U.S. Highway 1 for 10.3 km (6.4 mi). The bench marks are located in the area along U.S. Highway 1 on Bridge #22. The tide gage and staff were located on the NE corner of Bridge #22. T I D A L B E N C H M A R K S PRIMARY BENCH MARK STAMPING: NO 1 1975 DESIGNATION: 872 3912 TIDAL 1 MONUMENTATION: Tidal Station disk VM#: 6255 AGENCY: National Ocean Survey (NOS) IDB PID#: SETTING CLASSIFICATION: Concrete wing wall OPUS PID: LATITUDE: 24° 47.0' N ( 24.78330) LONGITUDE: 80° 54.4' W ( -80.90670) The primary bench mark is a disk set flush in the top of the north wing wall at the NE end of Bridge #22, 18.41 m (60.4 ft) NE of a metal guard for the aqueduct pipe line, 7.44 m (24.4 ft) SE of the centerline of the highway, and 3.47 m (11.4 ft) WSW of the NE end of the concrete bridge guardrail. BENCH MARK STAMPING: NO 2 1975 DESIGNATION: 872 3912 TIDAL 2 MONUMENTATION: Tidal Station disk VM#: 6256 AGENCY: National Ocean Survey (NOS) IDB PID#: SETTING CLASSIFICATION: Concrete curb OPUS PID: LATITUDE: 24° 47.0' N ( 24.78330) LONGITUDE: 80° 54.4' W ( -80.90670) The bench mark is a disk set flush in the curb of the NE corner of Bridge #22, 10.88 m (35.7 ft) west of bench mark P 278 1966, and 3.60 m (11.8 ft) north of the centerline of U.S. Highway 1.
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Ocean Service Page 2 of 4 Station ID: 8723912 PUBLICATION DATE: 01/23/2004 Name: TOM'S HARBOR CUT FL NOAA Chart: 11449 Latitude: 24° 47.0' N ( 24.78330) USGS Quad: GRASSY KEY Longitude: 80° 54.4' W ( -80.90670) T I D A L B E N C H M A R K S BENCH MARK STAMPING: P 278 1966 DESIGNATION: P 278 MONUMENTATION: Bench Mark disk VM#: 6257 AGENCY: US Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) IDB PID#: AA0372 SETTING CLASSIFICATION: Concrete wing wall OPUS PID: LATITUDE: 24° 47.0' N ( 24.78330) LONGITUDE: 80° 54.4' W ( -80.90670) The bench mark is a disk set in top of the south concrete wing wall of Bridge #22, at the SE end of the 0.3 km (0.2 mi) long bridge, 7 m (24 ft) SE of the centerline of U.S. Highway 1, and 2 m (5 ft) below highway level.
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Ocean Service Page 3 of 4 Station ID: 8723912 PUBLICATION DATE: 01/23/2004 Name: TOM'S HARBOR CUT FL NOAA Chart: 11449 Latitude: 24° 47.0' N ( 24.78330) USGS Quad: GRASSY KEY Longitude: 80° 54.4' W ( -80.90670) T I D A L D A T U M S Tidal datums at TOM'S HARBOR CUT based on: LENGTH OF SERIES: 1 MONTH TIME PERIOD: February 1975 - February 1975 TIDAL EPOCH: 1983-2001 CONTROL TIDE STATION: 8724211 BIG PINE KEY VIADUCT Elevations of tidal datums referred to Mean Lower Low Water (MLLW), in METERS: MEAN HIGHER HIGH WATER MHHW = 0.230 MEAN HIGH WATER MHW = 0.165 MEAN SEA LEVEL MSL = 0.098 MEAN TIDE LEVEL MTL = 0.094 MEAN LOW WATER MLW = 0.023 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 1 1975 2.098 1.933 NO 2 1975 4.637 4.472 P 278 1966 3.250 3.085
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Ocean Service Page 4 of 4 Station ID: 8723912 PUBLICATION DATE: 01/23/2004 Name: TOM'S HARBOR CUT FL NOAA Chart: 11449 Latitude: 24° 47.0' N ( 24.78330) USGS Quad: GRASSY KEY Longitude: 80° 54.4' W ( -80.90670) 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.