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Station ID: 8765251 PUBLICATION DATE: 12/01/2011
Name: CYPREMORT POINT
LA
NOAA Chart: 11354 Latitude: 29° 42.8' N ( 29.71336)
USGS Quad: POINT AU FER Longitude: 91° 52.8' W ( -91.88000)
To reach Cypremort Point from the intersection of US-90 and LA-83 in New Iberia
Parish, go SW for 23.8 km (14.8 mi) on LA-83, bearing left at the fork in the
road. Turn right and continue SW on LA-319 for 12.8 km (8.0 mi). Turn left on
Bayview lane and follow to Beacon lane, continue straight onto Beacon Lane
following west 0.2 km (0.1 mi) to the end of the road. The station was set on
the covered pier at the end of Beacon lane. The bench marks are located on
Beacon lane and Bayview lane.
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Station ID: 8765251 PUBLICATION DATE: 12/01/2011
Name: CYPREMORT POINT
LA
NOAA Chart: 11354 Latitude: 29° 42.8' N ( 29.71336)
USGS Quad: POINT AU FER Longitude: 91° 52.8' W ( -91.88000)
T I D A L B E N C H M A R K S
PRIMARY BENCH MARK STAMPING: CYPR RESET TV14 SM 06 2001
DESIGNATION: TV14 SM 06
MONUMENTATION: Survey disk VM#: 17925
AGENCY: National Geodetic Survey (NGS) IDB PID#: DJ9345
SETTING CLASSIFICATION: Unspecified pipe/rod OPUS PID:
LATITUDE: 29° 42.8' N ( 29.71378) LONGITUDE: 91° 52.7' W ( -91.87858)
The primary bench mark is a disk located in the yard of 218 Beacon Lane, 10.95 m
(35.93 ft) SE of the SE corner of the boathouse of 218 Beacon Lane, 4.45 m
(14.60 ft) NW of Beacon Lane and 1.35 m (4.43 ft) SW of a power pole. The bench
mark is set flush in the grass, crimped to a rod driven an unspecifed depth into
the ground, encased in a 5-inch PVC pipe and capped with a NGS cover.
BENCH MARK STAMPING: 5251 A 2005
DESIGNATION: 876 5251 A
MONUMENTATION: Flange-encased Rod VM#: 17926
AGENCY: National Ocean Service (NOS) IDB PID#:
SETTING CLASSIFICATION: Stainless steel rod in sleeve OPUS PID#: BBBJ01
LATITUDE: 29° 42.8' N ( 29.71333) LONGITUDE: 91° 52.8' W ( -91.87967)
The bench mark is a flange-encased rod located at the end of Beacon Lane, 9.50 m
(31.17 ft) SW of the southern corner of a boathouse, 7.15 m (23.46 ft) NW of a
sewer man-hole cover, and 0.91 m (2.99 ft) east of a seawall. The datum point
is set flush in the ground, being the top of a stainless steel rod driven 15.7 m
(51.5 ft) to refusal, in a sleeve extending to a depth of 0.46 m (1.51ft),
encased in a 5-inch PVC pipe, with a 5-inch NOS logo cap and surrounded by a
cement kickblock.
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Station ID: 8765251 PUBLICATION DATE: 12/01/2011
Name: CYPREMORT POINT
LA
NOAA Chart: 11354 Latitude: 29° 42.8' N ( 29.71336)
USGS Quad: POINT AU FER Longitude: 91° 52.8' W ( -91.88000)
T I D A L B E N C H M A R K S
BENCH MARK STAMPING: 5251 B 2005
DESIGNATION: 876 5251 B
MONUMENTATION: Flange-encased Rod VM#: 17927
AGENCY: National Ocean Service (NOS) IDB PID#:
SETTING CLASSIFICATION: Stainless steel rod in sleeve OPUS PID:
LATITUDE: 29° 42.9' N ( 29.71419) LONGITUDE: 91° 52.7' W ( -91.87786)
The bench mark is a flange-encased rod located off of Beacon Lane, 25.95 m
(85.14 ft) NW of a stop sign at the corner of Beacon Lane and LA-319, 7.20 m
(23.62 ft) NW of Beacon Lane, and 0.75 m (2.46 ft) SE of a power pole. The
datum point is set flush with the grass, being the top of a stainless steel rod
driven 19.40 m (63.65 ft) to refusal, in a sleeve extending to a depth of 0.46 m
(1.51ft), encased in a 5-inch PVC pipe with a 5-inch NOS logo cap and surrounded
by a cement kickblock.
BENCH MARK STAMPING: 5251 C 2005
DESIGNATION: 876 5251 C
MONUMENTATION: Tidal Station disk VM#: 17929
AGENCY: National Ocean Service (NOS) IDB PID#:
SETTING CLASSIFICATION: Seawall OPUS PID:
LATITUDE: 29° 42.9' N ( 29.71428) LONGITUDE: 91° 52.6' W ( -91.87689)
The bench mark is a disk set flush in a seawall at the entrance to Bayview
Point, 20.09 m (65.91 ft) SW of power pole "50 K 82749 38134," 7.10 m (23.29 ft)
from Bayview Drive, 2.50 m (8.2 ft) NW of Point Lane street sign, and 1.2 m (3.9
ft) above ground.
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Station ID: 8765251 PUBLICATION DATE: 12/01/2011
Name: CYPREMORT POINT
LA
NOAA Chart: 11354 Latitude: 29° 42.8' N ( 29.71336)
USGS Quad: POINT AU FER Longitude: 91° 52.8' W ( -91.88000)
T I D A L B E N C H M A R K S
BENCH MARK STAMPING: 5251 D 2005
DESIGNATION: 876 5251 D
MONUMENTATION: Tidal Station disk VM#: 17930
AGENCY: National Ocean Service (NOS) IDB PID#:
SETTING CLASSIFICATION: Seawall OPUS PID:
LATITUDE: 29° 42.8' N ( 29.71339) LONGITUDE: 91° 52.6' W ( -91.87678)
The bench mark is a disk set flush in the seawall adjacent to Bayview Point
condominium, 30.51 m (100.10 ft) SW of SW corner of condo unit #111, 5.61 m
(18.41 ft) west of Point Lane, and 3.69 m (12.11ft) SW of power box "82746
38102."
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Station ID: 8765251 PUBLICATION DATE: 12/01/2011
Name: CYPREMORT POINT
LA
NOAA Chart: 11354 Latitude: 29° 42.8' N ( 29.71336)
USGS Quad: POINT AU FER Longitude: 91° 52.8' W ( -91.88000)
T I D A L D A T U M S
Tidal datums at CYPREMORT POINT based on:
LENGTH OF SERIES: 49 MONTHS
TIME PERIOD: August 2006 - August 2010
TIDAL EPOCH: 1983-2001
CONTROL TIDE STATION: 8764227 LAWMA, AMERADA PASS
Elevations of tidal datums referred to Mean Lower Low Water (MLLW), in METERS:
HIGHEST OBSERVED WATER LEVEL (04/30/2006) = 1.288
MEAN HIGHER HIGH WATER MHHW = 0.518
MEAN HIGH WATER MHW = 0.476
MEAN TIDE LEVEL MTL = 0.274
MEAN SEA LEVEL MSL = 0.274
MEAN LOW WATER MLW = 0.072
MEAN LOWER LOW WATER MLLW = 0.000
LOWEST OBSERVED WATER LEVEL (12/16/2007) = -0.886
North American Vertical Datum (NAVD88)
Bench Mark Elevation Information In METERS above:
Stamping or Designation MLLW MHW
CYPR RESET TV14 SM 06 2001 1.149 0.673
5251 A 2005 1.301 0.825
5251 B 2005 1.374 0.898
5251 C 2005 1.798 1.322
5251 D 2005 1.741 1.265
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Station ID: 8765251 PUBLICATION DATE: 12/01/2011
Name: CYPREMORT POINT
LA
NOAA Chart: 11354 Latitude: 29° 42.8' N ( 29.71336)
USGS Quad: POINT AU FER Longitude: 91° 52.8' W ( -91.88000)
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.