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Station ID: 8724557                         PUBLICATION DATE:  06/10/2003
Name:       WHITE STREET PIER                                 
            FL
NOAA Chart: 11447                           Latitude:   24° 32.7' N (  24.54500)
USGS Quad:  KEY WEST                        Longitude:  81° 47.0' W ( -81.78330)


To reach the tidal bench marks from the intersection of Truman Avenue and White
Street in Key West, proceed SE on White Street for 1.2 km (0.75 mi) to the pier
at the foot of White Street.  The bench marks are on the L shaped pier.  The
tide gage and staff were near the SE end of the pier.


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


                 PRIMARY BENCH MARK STAMPING:  NO 1 1974
                         DESIGNATION:          872 4557 TIDAL 1

MONUMENTATION:           Tidal Station disk                    VM#:         9622
AGENCY:                  National Ocean Survey (NOS)           IDB PID#:  AA0919
SETTING CLASSIFICATION:  Concrete walkway                      OPUS PID:        
LATITUDE:   24° 32.7' N (  24.54500)          LONGITUDE:  81° 47.0' W ( -81.78330)


The primary bench mark is a disk set flush in a concrete walkway located on the
White Street pier at the L junction, 0.3 m (1 ft) north of the east/west
sidewalk, 0.30 m (1.0 ft) west of the north/south sidewalk, and 0.30 m (1.0 ft)
above the road.



                         BENCH MARK STAMPING:  NO 2 1974
                         DESIGNATION:          872 4557 TIDAL 2

MONUMENTATION:           Tidal Station disk                    VM#:         9623
AGENCY:                  National Ocean Survey (NOS)           IDB PID#:  AA0918
SETTING CLASSIFICATION:  Concrete walkway                      OPUS PID:        
LATITUDE:   24° 32.7' N (  24.54500)          LONGITUDE:  81° 47.0' W ( -81.78330)


The bench mark is a disk set flush in a concrete walkway located on the east
side of the White Street pier, 79 m (259 ft) north of bench mark NO 1 1974, 2 m
(7 ft) east of the second light pole on the east side of the pier, 0.30 m (1.0
ft) east of the north/south sidewalk on the east side of the pier, and 0.30 m
(1.0 ft) above the road.

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                National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
                            National Ocean Service
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Station ID: 8724557                         PUBLICATION DATE:  06/10/2003
Name:       WHITE STREET PIER                                 
            FL
NOAA Chart: 11447                           Latitude:   24° 32.7' N (  24.54500)
USGS Quad:  KEY WEST                        Longitude:  81° 47.0' W ( -81.78330)


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


                         BENCH MARK STAMPING:  NO 3 1974
                         DESIGNATION:          872 4557 TIDAL 3

MONUMENTATION:           Tidal Station disk                    VM#:         9624
AGENCY:                  National Ocean Survey (NOS)           IDB PID#:  AA0915
SETTING CLASSIFICATION:  Concrete walkway                      OPUS PID:        
LATITUDE:   24° 32.7' N (  24.54500)          LONGITUDE:  81° 47.0' W ( -81.78330)


The bench mark is a disk set flush in a concrete walkway located on the east
side of the White Street pier, 56 m (185 ft) NE of bench mark NO 4 1974, 0.18 m
(0.6 ft) south of the north end of the walkway and the pier, and 0.30 m (1.0 ft)
above the road.



                         BENCH MARK STAMPING:  NO 4 1974
                         DESIGNATION:          872 4557 TIDAL 4

MONUMENTATION:           Tidal Station disk                    VM#:         9625
AGENCY:                  National Ocean Survey (NOS)           IDB PID#:  AA0916
SETTING CLASSIFICATION:  Concrete walkway                      OPUS PID:        
LATITUDE:   24° 32.7' N (  24.54500)          LONGITUDE:  81° 47.0' W ( -81.78330)


The bench mark is a disk set flush in a concrete walkway located on the west
side of the White Street pier, 85 m (278 ft) NNW of bench mark NO 5 1974, 0.21 m
(0.7 ft) north of the edge of a wingwall located at the end of a seawall
projection west from the pier, and 0.30 m (1.0 ft) above the road.

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Station ID: 8724557                         PUBLICATION DATE:  06/10/2003
Name:       WHITE STREET PIER                                 
            FL
NOAA Chart: 11447                           Latitude:   24° 32.7' N (  24.54500)
USGS Quad:  KEY WEST                        Longitude:  81° 47.0' W ( -81.78330)


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


                         BENCH MARK STAMPING:  NO 5 1974
                         DESIGNATION:          872 4557 TIDAL 5

MONUMENTATION:           Tidal Station disk                    VM#:         9626
AGENCY:                  National Ocean Survey (NOS)           IDB PID#:  AA0917
SETTING CLASSIFICATION:  Concrete walkway                      OPUS PID:        
LATITUDE:   24° 32.7' N (  24.54500)          LONGITUDE:  81° 47.0' W ( -81.78330)


The bench mark is a disk set flush in a concrete walkway located on the west
side of the White Street pier, 54 m (176 ft) west of bench mark NO 2 1974, 2 m
(8 ft) west of the first light pole on the west side of the pier, 0.30 m (1.0
ft) west of the north/south sidewalk, and 0.30 m (1.0 ft) above the road.

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                            National Ocean Service
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Station ID: 8724557                         PUBLICATION DATE:  06/10/2003
Name:       WHITE STREET PIER                                 
            FL
NOAA Chart: 11447                           Latitude:   24° 32.7' N (  24.54500)
USGS Quad:  KEY WEST                        Longitude:  81° 47.0' W ( -81.78330)


                            T I D A L   D A T U M S 


Tidal datums at WHITE STREET PIER 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   =  0.588
     North American Vertical Datum              NAVD88 =  0.552
     MEAN HIGH WATER                            MHW    =  0.496
     MEAN SEA LEVEL                             MSL    =  0.288
     MEAN TIDE LEVEL                            MTL    =  0.281
     MEAN LOW WATER                             MLW    =  0.066
     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                                   1.362    0.866
     NO 2 1974                                   1.356    0.860
     NO 3 1974                                   1.362    0.866
     NO 4 1974                                   1.380    0.884
     NO 5 1974                                   1.364    0.868


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Station ID: 8724557                         PUBLICATION DATE:  06/10/2003
Name:       WHITE STREET PIER                                 
            FL
NOAA Chart: 11447                           Latitude:   24° 32.7' N (  24.54500)
USGS Quad:  KEY WEST                        Longitude:  81° 47.0' W ( -81.78330)


                             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.