U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Ocean Service Datums Page Page 1 of 4 Station ID: 9445246 PUBLICATION DATE: 07/12/2004 Name: WHITNEY POINT WA NOAA Chart: 18445 Latitude: 47° 45.7' N ( 47.76170) USGS Quad: TENINO SW Longitude: 122° 51.0' W (-122.85000) To reach the tidal bench marks from the high school in Quilcene, proceed south on U.S. Highway 101 for 13.44 km (8.35 mi) to a paved road leading to the Washington Shellfish Laboratory at Whitney Point, then turn and proceed NE on paved road for 3.9 km (2.4 mi) to the State Shellfish Laboratory Building. The bench marks are located between the Laboratory Building and the helicopter pad, The tide gage and staff were located on the east side of the pier, on the sixth and fifth pilings, respectively, from shore. T I D A L B E N C H M A R K S PRIMARY BENCH MARK STAMPING: B3 1969 DESIGNATION: 944 5246 TIDAL B 3 MONUMENTATION: Tidal Station disk VM#: 9039 AGENCY: US Coast & Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) IDB PID#: SY1164 SETTING CLASSIFICATION: Sidewalk OPUS PID: LATITUDE: 47° 45.7' N ( 47.76170) LONGITUDE: 122° 51.1' W (-122.85200) The primary bench mark is a disk set flush in the western end of a concrete sidewalk on the north side of the Shellfish Laboratory, along a wall just west of the westernmost door.
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Ocean Service Page 2 of 4 Station ID: 9445246 PUBLICATION DATE: 07/12/2004 Name: WHITNEY POINT WA NOAA Chart: 18445 Latitude: 47° 45.7' N ( 47.76170) USGS Quad: TENINO SW Longitude: 122° 51.0' W (-122.85000) T I D A L B E N C H M A R K S BENCH MARK STAMPING: NO 1 1969 DESIGNATION: 944 5246 TIDAL 1 MONUMENTATION: Tidal Station disk VM#: 9040 AGENCY: US Coast & Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) IDB PID#: SY1162 SETTING CLASSIFICATION: Bulkhead OPUS PID: LATITUDE: 47° 45.7' N ( 47.76170) LONGITUDE: 122° 51.1' W (-122.85200) The bench mark is a disk set flush in the top of a bulkhead at the NW corner of the Washington State Shellfish Laboratory building. BENCH MARK STAMPING: NO 2 1969 MONUMENTATION: Tidal Station disk VM#: 9041 AGENCY: US Coast & Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) IDB PID#: SY1163 SETTING CLASSIFICATION: In a rock OPUS PID: LATITUDE: 47° 45.7' N ( 47.76170) LONGITUDE: 122° 51.1' W (-122.85200) The bench mark is a disk located in a large rock that is submerged at times and which forms part of a bulkhead at the north end of a pipe for salt water flowing between ponds, 91 m (300 ft) west of a floating pier and 91 m (300 ft) NW of the NW corner of the Washington State Shellfish Laboratory. NOTE: The bench mark's stamping is barely discernable.
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Ocean Service Page 3 of 4 Station ID: 9445246 PUBLICATION DATE: 07/12/2004 Name: WHITNEY POINT WA NOAA Chart: 18445 Latitude: 47° 45.7' N ( 47.76170) USGS Quad: TENINO SW Longitude: 122° 51.0' W (-122.85000) T I D A L D A T U M S Tidal datums at WHITNEY POINT based on: LENGTH OF SERIES: 1 MONTH TIME PERIOD: February 1978 - February 1978 TIDAL EPOCH: 1983-2001 CONTROL TIDE STATION: 9447130 SEATTLE, PUGET SOUND Elevations of tidal datums referred to Mean Lower Low Water (MLLW), in METERS: MEAN HIGHER HIGH WATER MHHW = 3.523 MEAN HIGH WATER MHW = 3.229 MEAN TIDE LEVEL MTL = 2.072 MEAN SEA LEVEL MSL = 2.067 MEAN LOW WATER MLW = 0.916 North American Vertical Datum NAVD88 = 0.814 MEAN LOWER LOW WATER MLLW = 0.000 North American Vertical Datum (NAVD88) Bench Mark Elevation Information In METERS above: Stamping or Designation MLLW MHW B3 1969 5.213 1.984 NO 1 1969 6.023 2.794 NO 2 1969 3.157 -0.072
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Ocean Service Page 4 of 4 Station ID: 9445246 PUBLICATION DATE: 07/12/2004 Name: WHITNEY POINT WA NOAA Chart: 18445 Latitude: 47° 45.7' N ( 47.76170) USGS Quad: TENINO SW Longitude: 122° 51.0' W (-122.85000) 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.