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PUBLICATION DATE: 06/30/2000
Station ID: 8726657 SUPERCEDED DATE: 04/21/2003
Name: DAVIS ISLAND, HILLSBOROUGH BAY
FLORIDA
NOAA Chart: 11417 Latitude: 27° 54.5' N
USGS Quad: TAMPA Longitude: 82° 27.1' W
To reach the tidal marks from the Peter O. Knight Airport administration
building on Severn Road, proceed east and then south on Severn Road (around the
seaplane basin) to the Davis Island Yacht Club. The bench marks are around the
seaplane basin. The tide station was located on the westernmost pier at the
yacht club.
T I D A L B E N C H M A R K S
PRIMARY BENCH MARK STAMPING: 6657 B 1976
DESIGNATION: 872 6657 B TIDAL
MONUMENTATION: Tidal Station disk VM#: 6797
AGENCY: National Ocean Survey (NOS) PID#: AG7511
SETTING CLASSIFICATION: Concrete base
The primary bench mark is a disk set in the concrete base for a former boat
hoist west of the inshore end of the center of three piers located along the
south wall of the seaplane basin, 48 m (158 ft) east of the NW corner of the sea
wall, 29 m (95 ft) NE of the NW corner of the yacht club building, and 8.23 m
(27.0 ft) west of a telephone booth.
BENCH MARK STAMPING: 6657 A 1976
DESIGNATION: 872 6657 A TIDAL
MONUMENTATION: Tidal Station disk VM#: 6796
AGENCY: National Ocean Survey (NOS) PID#: AG7512
SETTING CLASSIFICATION: Sea wall
The bench mark is a disk set in the top of a concrete sea wall at the inshore
end of the westernmost pier located along the south wall of the seaplane basin,
54 m (177 ft) west of bench mark 6657 B 1976, 49 m (160 ft) NW of the NW corner
of the yacht club building, 0.46 m (1.5 ft) SE of the corner of the sea wall,
and 0.30 m (1.0 ft) south of the westernmost pier.
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PUBLICATION DATE: 06/30/2000
Station ID: 8726657 SUPERCEDED DATE: 04/21/2003
Name: DAVIS ISLAND, HILLSBOROUGH BAY
FLORIDA
NOAA Chart: 11417 Latitude: 27° 54.5' N
USGS Quad: TAMPA Longitude: 82° 27.1' W
T I D A L B E N C H M A R K S
BENCH MARK STAMPING: 6657 C 1976
DESIGNATION: 872 6657 C TIDAL
MONUMENTATION: Tidal Station disk VM#: 6798
AGENCY: National Ocean Survey (NOS) PID#: AG7510
SETTING CLASSIFICATION: Sea wall
The bench mark is a disk set in a concrete sea wall west of the inshore end of
the easternmost pier located along the south wall of the seaplane basin, 48 m
(158 ft) NE of NE corner of the yacht club building, and 10.97 m (36.0 ft) SW of
a double-wing boat davit.
BENCH MARK STAMPING: 6657 G 1990
DESIGNATION: 872 6657 G TIDAL
MONUMENTATION: Flange-encased Rod VM#: 6801
AGENCY: National Ocean Service (NOS) PID#: AG9408
SETTING CLASSIFICATION: Stainless Steel Rod
The bench mark is a flange-encased rod located on the east side of Severn Road
east of a beach area at the eastern shore of the seaplane basin, 110 m (360 ft)
north of the entrance to Davis Island Yacht Club, 6.61 m (21.7 ft) west of a
0.37 m (1.2 ft) diameter cabbage palm, 5.12 m (16.8 ft) east of the centerline
of Severn Road, and 5.12 m (16.8 ft) west of a witness post. The datum point is
the top of a stainless steel rod driven 17.1 m (56 ft) to refusal, and encased
in a PVC pipe and logo cap.
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PUBLICATION DATE: 06/30/2000
Station ID: 8726657 SUPERCEDED DATE: 04/21/2003
Name: DAVIS ISLAND, HILLSBOROUGH BAY
FLORIDA
NOAA Chart: 11417 Latitude: 27° 54.5' N
USGS Quad: TAMPA Longitude: 82° 27.1' W
T I D A L B E N C H M A R K S
BENCH MARK STAMPING: KNIGHT NO 2 1946
DESIGNATION: KINGHT RM 2
MONUMENTATION: Reference Mark disk VM#: 6802
AGENCY: US Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) PID#: AG6026
SETTING CLASSIFICATION: Concrete sea wall
The bench mark is a disk set in the east end of a concrete sea wall along the
north shore of the seaplane basin, 114 m (375 ft) SE of the airport
administration building, 12.80 m (42.0 ft) west of the extended east/west wall
of a large brick hangar, and 7.62 m (25.0 ft) south of the centerline of the
paved road along the south end of the airport.
BENCH MARK STAMPING: Q 261 1966
DESIGNATION: Q 261
MONUMENTATION: Bench Mark disk VM#: 6803
AGENCY: US Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) PID#: AG6024
SETTING CLASSIFICATION: Concrete sea wall
The bench mark is a disk set in the top of a former concrete sea wall which has
had fill installed around it, 0.2 km (0.1 mi) east of the airport administration
building, 55 m (180 ft) west of the south end of the extended centerline of the
north/south runway, 20.12 m (66.0 ft) SE of the center of the junction of a
paved road and a drive leading to the hangars, and 15.54 m (51.0 ft) SW of a
fence corner.
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PUBLICATION DATE: 06/30/2000
Station ID: 8726657 SUPERCEDED DATE: 04/21/2003
Name: DAVIS ISLAND, HILLSBOROUGH BAY
FLORIDA
NOAA Chart: 11417 Latitude: 27° 54.5' N
USGS Quad: TAMPA Longitude: 82° 27.1' W
T I D A L D A T U M S
Tidal datums at DAVIS ISLAND, HILLSBOROUGH BAY based on:
LENGTH OF SERIES: 12 MONTHS
TIME PERIOD: June 1990 - July 1991
TIDAL EPOCH: 1960-1978
CONTROL TIDE STATION: 8726520 ST. PETERSBURG, TAMPA BAY
Elevations of tidal datums referred to Mean Lower Low Water (MLLW), in METERS:
HIGHEST OBSERVED WATER LEVEL (03/03/1991) = 1.413
MEAN HIGHER HIGH WATER MHHW = 0.785
MEAN HIGH WATER MHW = 0.686
North American Vertical Datum NAVD88 = 0.574
MEAN SEA LEVEL MSL = 0.422
MEAN TIDE LEVEL MTL = 0.414
MEAN LOW WATER MLW = 0.143
MEAN LOWER LOW WATER MLLW = 0.000
LOWEST OBSERVED WATER LEVEL (01/19/1977) = -0.571
North American Vertical Datum (NAVD88)
Bench Mark Elevation Information In METERS above:
Stamping or Designation MLLW MHW
6657 B 1976 2.337 1.651
6657 A 1976 2.025 1.339
6657 C 1976 2.090 1.404
6657 G 1990 2.214 1.528
KNIGHT NO 2 1946 2.139 1.453
Q 261 1966 2.155 1.468
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PUBLICATION DATE: 06/30/2000
Station ID: 8726657 SUPERCEDED DATE: 04/21/2003
Name: DAVIS ISLAND, HILLSBOROUGH BAY
FLORIDA
NOAA Chart: 11417 Latitude: 27° 54.5' N
USGS Quad: TAMPA Longitude: 82° 27.1' 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.