U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Ocean Service Datums Page Page 1 of 4 PUBLICATION DATE: 08/30/1985 Station ID: 8451351 SUPERCEDED DATE: 04/21/2003 Name: SACHUEST, FLINT POINT, SAKONNET RIVER RHODE ISLAND NOAA Chart: 13221 Latitude: 41° 29.2' N USGS Quad: SAKONNET POINT Longitude: 71° 14.3' W To reach the tidal bench marks from Newport, Rhode Island, take State Route 138A east which turns into Memorial Boulevard, then Purgatory Road to Sachuest, a wildlife refuge. Take the first left (road blocked by a cable) to a dirt road that will lead to the Flint Point which is located at the NE corner of Sachuest Point. The bench marks are located in the rocks along the shoreline at Flint Point. The tide gage was mounted onshore with the orifice and tubing extending offshore. The tide staff was mounted on the rocks east of the tide gage. T I D A L B E N C H M A R K S PRIMARY BENCH MARK STAMPING: 1351 A 1977 MONUMENTATION: Survey Disk VM#: 2143 AGENCY: PID: SETTING CLASSIFICATION: Rock Outcrop The bench mark is set flush in concrete on a rock outcrop at Flint Point in Sachuest Wildlife Refuge, 100 feet (30 m) west of the east shoreline, 24 feet (7 m) south of the north shoreline, 14 feet (4 m) north from the bottom of the incline that leads to the dirt road. BENCH MARK STAMPING: 1351 B 1977 MONUMENTATION: Survey Disk VM#: 2144 AGENCY: PID: SETTING CLASSIFICATION: Rock Outcrop The bench mark is set flush in concrete on a rock outcrop at Flint Point in Sachuest Wildlife Refuge, 200 feet (61 m) north of Bench Mark 1351 C 1977, 100 feet (30 m) south of the north shoreline, 33 feet (10 m) NE of the bottom of the incline that leads to the dirt road, and 17 feet (5 m) west of the east shoreline.
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Ocean Service Page 2 of 4 PUBLICATION DATE: 08/30/1985 Station ID: 8451351 SUPERCEDED DATE: 04/21/2003 Name: SACHUEST, FLINT POINT, SAKONNET RIVER RHODE ISLAND NOAA Chart: 13221 Latitude: 41° 29.2' N USGS Quad: SAKONNET POINT Longitude: 71° 14.3' W T I D A L B E N C H M A R K S BENCH MARK STAMPING: 1351 C 1977 MONUMENTATION: Survey Disk VM#: 2145 AGENCY: PID: SETTING CLASSIFICATION: Rock Outcrop The bench mark is set flush in concrete on a rock outcrop at Flint Point in Sachuest Wildlife Refuge, 200 feet (61 m) south of Bench Mark 1351 B 1977, 100 feet (30 m) north of Bench Mark 1351 E 1977, 60 feet (18 m) south of Bench Mark 1351 D 1977, 52 feet (16 m) east of the centerline of the dirt road, and 50 feet (15 m) west of the east shoreline. BENCH MARK STAMPING: 1351 D 1977 MONUMENTATION: Survey Disk VM#: 2146 AGENCY: PID: SETTING CLASSIFICATION: Rock Outcrop The bench mark is set flush on concrete in a rock outcrop at Flint Point in Sachuest Wildlife Refuge, 150 feet (46 m) west of the east shoreline, 60 feet (18 m) north of Bench Mark 1351 C 1977, and 15 feet (5 m) east from the bottom of the incline leading to the dirt road. BENCH MARK STAMPING: 1351 E 1977 MONUMENTATION: Survey Disk VM#: 2147 AGENCY: PID: SETTING CLASSIFICATION: Rock Outcrop The bench mark is set flush in concrete on a rock outcrop at Flint Point at Sachuest Wildlife Refuge, 150 feet (46 m) north of a large outcrop of white marble like rocks, 100 feet (30 m) south of Bench Mark 1351 C 1977, 50 feet (15 m) west of the east shoreline, and 46 feet (14 m) SE of the centerline of the dirt road.
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Ocean Service Page 3 of 4 PUBLICATION DATE: 08/30/1985 Station ID: 8451351 SUPERCEDED DATE: 04/21/2003 Name: SACHUEST, FLINT POINT, SAKONNET RIVER RHODE ISLAND NOAA Chart: 13221 Latitude: 41° 29.2' N USGS Quad: SAKONNET POINT Longitude: 71° 14.3' W T I D A L D A T U M S Tidal datums at SACHUEST, FLINT POINT, SAKONNET RIVER based on: LENGTH OF SERIES: 2 MONTHS TIME PERIOD: AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 1977 TIDAL EPOCH: 1960-1978 CONTROL TIDE STATION: 8452660 NEWPORT Elevations of tidal datums referred to Mean Lower Low Water (MLLW), in FEET: HIGHEST OBSERVED WATER LEVEL (10/15/1977) = 5.46 MEAN HIGHER HIGH WATER MHHW = 3.55 MEAN HIGH WATER MHW = 3.31 MEAN TIDE LEVEL MTL = 1.72 MEAN LOW WATER MLW = 0.13 MEAN LOWER LOW WATER MLLW = 0.00 LOWEST OBSERVED WATER LEVEL (10/17/1977) = -1.24 Bench Mark Elevation Information In FEET above: Stamping or Designation MLLW MHW 1351 A 1977 7.61 4.30 1351 B 1977 7.16 3.85 1351 C 1977 13.10 9.79 1351 D 1977 8.99 5.68 1351 E 1977 12.71 9.40
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Ocean Service Page 4 of 4 PUBLICATION DATE: 08/30/1985 Station ID: 8451351 SUPERCEDED DATE: 04/21/2003 Name: SACHUEST, FLINT POINT, SAKONNET RIVER RHODE ISLAND NOAA Chart: 13221 Latitude: 41° 29.2' N USGS Quad: SAKONNET POINT Longitude: 71° 14.3' W 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 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.