U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Ocean Service Datums Page Page 1 of 5 Station ID: 8724302 PUBLICATION DATE: 05/28/2004 Name: KNOCKEMDOWN KEY FL NOAA Chart: 11445 Latitude: 24° 42.9' N ( 24.71500) USGS Quad: SUMMERLAND KEY Longitude: 81° 28.7' W ( -81.47830) To reach the tidal bench marks from the intersection of Blimp Road and U.S. Highway 1 on Cudjoe Key, proceed north on Blimp Road for 2.7 km (1.7 mi) to the road's end and the public boat ramp, then proceed by boat NE for 5 km (3 statute mi) to the NE point of Knockemdown Key. The bench marks are located on the NE point of the key. The tide gage and staff were located offshore of the point. T I D A L B E N C H M A R K S PRIMARY BENCH MARK STAMPING: NO 1 1974 DESIGNATION: 872 4302 TIDAL 1 MONUMENTATION: Tidal Station disk VM#: 6914 AGENCY: National Ocean Survey (NOS) IDB PID#: SETTING CLASSIFICATION: Copper-clad steel rod OPUS PID: LATITUDE: 24° 42.9' N ( 24.71500) LONGITUDE: 81° 28.7' W ( -81.47830) The primary bench mark is a disk located on a sand berm, 24 m (80 ft) west of the eastern outer edge of the mangrove, and 6 m (19 ft) WSW of a witness sign nailed to a fence post. The bench mark is set 9 cm (0.3 ft) above ground level, crimped to the top of a copper-clad steel rod driven an unspecified depth to refusal, and encased in a 0.3 m (1 ft) concrete monument.
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Ocean Service Page 2 of 5 Station ID: 8724302 PUBLICATION DATE: 05/28/2004 Name: KNOCKEMDOWN KEY FL NOAA Chart: 11445 Latitude: 24° 42.9' N ( 24.71500) USGS Quad: SUMMERLAND KEY Longitude: 81° 28.7' W ( -81.47830) T I D A L B E N C H M A R K S BENCH MARK STAMPING: NO 2 1974 DESIGNATION: 872 4302 TIDAL 2 MONUMENTATION: Tidal Station disk VM#: 6915 AGENCY: National Ocean Survey (NOS) IDB PID#: SETTING CLASSIFICATION: Copper-clad steel rod OPUS PID: LATITUDE: 24° 42.9' N ( 24.71500) LONGITUDE: 81° 28.7' W ( -81.47830) The bench mark is a disk located on a sand berm, 15 m (50 ft) WNW of a witness sign nailed to a fence post, and 10.45 m (34.3 ft) NW of bench mark NO 1 1974. The bench mark is set 9 cm (0.3 ft) above ground level, crimped to the top of a copper-clad steel rod driven an unspecified depth to refusal, and encased in a 0.3 m (1 ft) concrete monument. BENCH MARK STAMPING: NO 3 1974 DESIGNATION: 872 4302 TIDAL 3 MONUMENTATION: Tidal Station disk VM#: 6916 AGENCY: National Ocean Survey (NOS) IDB PID#: SETTING CLASSIFICATION: Copper-clad steel rod OPUS PID: LATITUDE: 24° 42.9' N ( 24.71500) LONGITUDE: 81° 28.7' W ( -81.47830) The bench mark is a disk located on a sand berm, 13 m (43 ft) SE of a witness sign nailed to a tree, and 8.02 m (26.3 ft) NW of bench mark NO 2 1974. The bench mark is set 9 cm (0.3 ft) above ground level, crimped to the top of a copper-clad steel rod driven an unspecified depth to refusal, and encased in a 0.3 m (1 ft) concrete monument.
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Ocean Service Page 3 of 5 Station ID: 8724302 PUBLICATION DATE: 05/28/2004 Name: KNOCKEMDOWN KEY FL NOAA Chart: 11445 Latitude: 24° 42.9' N ( 24.71500) USGS Quad: SUMMERLAND KEY Longitude: 81° 28.7' W ( -81.47830) T I D A L B E N C H M A R K S BENCH MARK STAMPING: NO 4 1974 DESIGNATION: 872 4302 TIDAL 4 MONUMENTATION: Tidal Station disk VM#: 6917 AGENCY: National Ocean Survey (NOS) IDB PID#: SETTING CLASSIFICATION: Copper-clad steel rod OPUS PID: LATITUDE: 24° 42.9' N ( 24.71500) LONGITUDE: 81° 28.7' W ( -81.47830) The bench mark is a disk located on a sand berm, 31 m (102 ft) ENE of a witness sign nailed to a tree, and 11.64 m (38.2 ft) NW of bench mark NO 3 1974. The bench mark is set 9 cm (0.3 ft) above ground level, crimped to the top of a copper-clad steel rod driven an unspecified depth to refusal, and encased in a 0.3 m (1 ft) concrete monument. BENCH MARK STAMPING: NO 5 1974 DESIGNATION: 872 4302 TIDAL 5 MONUMENTATION: Tidal Station disk VM#: 6918 AGENCY: National Ocean Survey (NOS) IDB PID#: SETTING CLASSIFICATION: Copper-clad steel rod OPUS PID: LATITUDE: 24° 42.9' N ( 24.71500) LONGITUDE: 81° 28.7' W ( -81.47830) The bench mark is a disk located on a sand berm, 18 m (60 ft) north of a witness sign nailed to a tree, and 17.83 m (58.5 ft) NNW of bench mark NO 4 1974. The bench mark is set 9 cm (0.3 ft) above ground level, crimped to the top of a copper-clad steel rod driven an unspecified depth to refusal, and encased in a 0.3 m (1 ft) concrete monument.
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Ocean Service Page 4 of 5 Station ID: 8724302 PUBLICATION DATE: 05/28/2004 Name: KNOCKEMDOWN KEY FL NOAA Chart: 11445 Latitude: 24° 42.9' N ( 24.71500) USGS Quad: SUMMERLAND KEY Longitude: 81° 28.7' W ( -81.47830) T I D A L D A T U M S Tidal datums at KNOCKEMDOWN KEY based on: LENGTH OF SERIES: 1 MONTH TIME PERIOD: September 1974 - September 1974 TIDAL EPOCH: 1983-2001 CONTROL TIDE STATION: 8724580 KEY WEST Elevations of tidal datums referred to Mean Lower Low Water (MLLW), in METERS: MEAN HIGHER HIGH WATER MHHW = 0.706 MEAN HIGH WATER MHW = 0.623 MEAN TIDE LEVEL MTL = 0.355 MEAN SEA LEVEL MSL = 0.316 MEAN LOW WATER MLW = 0.087 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 1974 0.712 0.089 NO 2 1974 0.994 0.371 NO 3 1974 1.072 0.449 NO 4 1974 0.901 0.278 NO 5 1974 0.898 0.275
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Ocean Service Page 5 of 5 Station ID: 8724302 PUBLICATION DATE: 05/28/2004 Name: KNOCKEMDOWN KEY FL NOAA Chart: 11445 Latitude: 24° 42.9' N ( 24.71500) USGS Quad: SUMMERLAND KEY Longitude: 81° 28.7' W ( -81.47830) 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.