U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Ocean Service Datums Page Page 1 of 4 PUBLICATION DATE: 08/04/1986 Station ID: 9447827 SUPERCEDED DATE: 04/21/2003 Name: DOUBLE BLUFF, WHIDBEY ISLAND WASHINGTON NOAA Chart: 18441 Latitude: 47° 58.7' N USGS Quad: HANSVILLE Longitude: 122° 33.0' W To reach the tidal bench marks on Whidbey Island and SE end of Mutiny Bay, proceed 1.4 miles (2.25 km) south of Austin, 0.25 mile (0.40 km) north of the western bluff of Double Bluff. The bench marks are in the same area. The tide gage was located in the area of the Double Bluff Island Company and the CO-OP boat house. T I D A L B E N C H M A R K S PRIMARY BENCH MARK STAMPING: 1977 #7827 A MONUMENTATION: Survey Disk VM#: 9217 AGENCY: PID: SETTING CLASSIFICATION: Concrete Slab The bench mark is on the SW corner of a concrete slab on the water side of the aluminum boat house and east of eight distinct lone pilings which are mostly in tidal range, set flush into the concrete. BENCH MARK STAMPING: 1977 #7827 B MONUMENTATION: Survey Disk VM#: 9218 AGENCY: PID: SETTING CLASSIFICATION: Concrete Foundation The bench mark is N 30 W (magnetic) and one house north of Bench Mark 1977 #7827 A and in the NW corner of the foundation footing of the house immediately north of the aluminum boat house.
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Ocean Service Page 2 of 4 PUBLICATION DATE: 08/04/1986 Station ID: 9447827 SUPERCEDED DATE: 04/21/2003 Name: DOUBLE BLUFF, WHIDBEY ISLAND WASHINGTON NOAA Chart: 18441 Latitude: 47° 58.7' N USGS Quad: HANSVILLE Longitude: 122° 33.0' W T I D A L B E N C H M A R K S BENCH MARK STAMPING: 1977 #7827 C MONUMENTATION: Survey Disk VM#: 9219 AGENCY: PID: SETTING CLASSIFICATION: Concrete Slab The bench mark is N 20 W, 159.0 feet (48.5 m) and 6 houses northerly of Bench Mark 1977 #7827 B and in the SW corner of the slab in front of a private home, set into the concrete. BENCH MARK STAMPING: 1977 #7827 D MONUMENTATION: Survey Disk VM#: 9220 AGENCY: PID: SETTING CLASSIFICATION: Concrete Slab The bench mark is N 20 W, 230.0 feet (70.1 m) and 7 houses northerly from Bench Mark 1977 #7827 C, 10.0 feet (3.0 m) east of the HWL and in the SW corner of the slab in front of a private home, set flush into the concrete. BENCH MARK STAMPING: 1977 #7827 E MONUMENTATION: Survey Disk VM#: 9221 AGENCY: PID: SETTING CLASSIFICATION: Concrete Slab The bench mark is N 20 W, 200.0 feet (61.0 m) and 6 houses northerly from Bench Mark 1977 #7827 D, 30.0 feet (9.1 m) east of the HWL and in the center of the western face of the raised portion of the concrete in front of a private home, set flush into the concrete.
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Ocean Service Page 3 of 4 PUBLICATION DATE: 08/04/1986 Station ID: 9447827 SUPERCEDED DATE: 04/21/2003 Name: DOUBLE BLUFF, WHIDBEY ISLAND WASHINGTON NOAA Chart: 18441 Latitude: 47° 58.7' N USGS Quad: HANSVILLE Longitude: 122° 33.0' W T I D A L D A T U M S Tidal datums at DOUBLE BLUFF, WHIDBEY ISLAND based on: LENGTH OF SERIES: 1 MONTH TIME PERIOD: MARCH 1977 TIDAL EPOCH: 1960-1978 CONTROL TIDE STATION: 9447130 SEATTLE Elevations of tidal datums referred to Mean Lower Low Water (MLLW), in FEET: HIGHEST OBSERVED WATER LEVEL (03/16/1977) = 11.36 MEAN HIGHER HIGH WATER MHHW = 10.08 MEAN HIGH WATER MHW = 9.00 MEAN TIDE LEVEL MTL = 5.88 MEAN LOW WATER MLW = 2.77 MEAN LOWER LOW WATER MLLW = 0.00 LOWEST OBSERVED WATER LEVEL (02/16/1977) = -3.14 Bench Mark Elevation Information In FEET above: Stamping or Designation MLLW MHW 1977 #7827 A 12.38 3.38 1977 #7827 B 12.69 3.69 1977 #7827 C 13.88 4.88 1977 #7827 D 13.05 4.05 1977 #7827 E 14.86 5.86
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Ocean Service Page 4 of 4 PUBLICATION DATE: 08/04/1986 Station ID: 9447827 SUPERCEDED DATE: 04/21/2003 Name: DOUBLE BLUFF, WHIDBEY ISLAND WASHINGTON NOAA Chart: 18441 Latitude: 47° 58.7' N USGS Quad: HANSVILLE Longitude: 122° 33.0' 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.