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Station ID: 8534319 PUBLICATION DATE: 02/02/2018
Name: TUCKERTON, SHOOTING THOROFARE
NJ
NOAA Chart: 12316 Latitude: 39° 30.5' N ( 39.50831)
USGS Quad: TUCKERTON Longitude: 74° 19.5' W ( -74.32500)
To reach the tidal bench marks from the intersection of U.S. Highway 9 and Great
Bay Boulevard in Tuckerton, proceed 11.1 km (6.9 mi) south along Great Bay
Boulevard to the former Little Egg Harbor Coast Guard Station, then proceed 0.5
km (0.3 mi) SW along a wooden walkway to the Coast Guard Station. The bench
marks are located along Great Bay Boulevard. The tide gage and staff were
located on the Rutgers University Pier.
T I D A L B E N C H M A R K S
PRIMARY BENCH MARK STAMPING: 4319 C 1976
DESIGNATION: 853 4319 C TIDAL
MONUMENTATION: Tidal Station disk VM#: 2679
AGENCY: National Ocean Service (NOS) IDB PID#: AI9354
SETTING CLASSIFICATION: Copper-clad steel rod w/o sleeve OPUS PID:
LATITUDE: 39° 30.8' N ( 39.51261) LONGITUDE: 74° 19.2' W ( -74.31969)
The primary bench mark is a disk crimped to the top of a copper-clad steel rod
set in the tall grass along the east side of the Great Bay Boulevard, 16.85 m
(55.3 ft) ENE of utility pole 18944, 14.55 m (47.7 ft) ESE of a New Jersey
Department of Environmental Protection sign, 5.40 m (17.7 ft) east of the
centerline of Great Bay Boulevard, 0.47 m (1.5 ft) west of a metal witness post
with New Jersey Geodetic Survey sign. The bench mark is set 4 cm (0.1 ft) below
grade, crimped to a copper-clad steel rod driven 15.2 m (50 ft), and encased in
4-inch PVC pipe with concrete kickblock.
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Station ID: 8534319 PUBLICATION DATE: 02/02/2018
Name: TUCKERTON, SHOOTING THOROFARE
NJ
NOAA Chart: 12316 Latitude: 39° 30.5' N ( 39.50831)
USGS Quad: TUCKERTON Longitude: 74° 19.5' W ( -74.32500)
T I D A L B E N C H M A R K S
BENCH MARK STAMPING: NO 2 1974
DESIGNATION: 853 4319 TIDAL 2
MONUMENTATION: Tidal Station disk VM#: 2675
AGENCY: National Ocean Service (NOS) IDB PID#: AI9355
SETTING CLASSIFICATION: Concrete post OPUS PID:
LATITUDE: 39° 31.0' N ( 39.51611) LONGITUDE: 74° 19.2' W ( -74.31950)
The bench mark is a disk is set in top of a cement filled 4 PVC pipe embedded
into the ground in the tall grass and brush on the west side of Great Bay
Boulevard, 11.55 m (37.9 ft) north of a utility pole numbered 18937, 9.03 m
(29.6 ft) west of the centerline of Great Bay Boulevard, 3.47 m (11.4 ft) WSW of
a yellow metal Bell Systems underground telephone cable sign, and 0.31 m (1.0
ft) ENE of a metal New Jersey Geodetic Survey .
BENCH MARK STAMPING: 4319 A 1976
DESIGNATION: 853 4319 A TIDAL
MONUMENTATION: Tidal Station disk VM#: 2677
AGENCY: National Ocean Service (NOS) IDB PID#: AI9352
SETTING CLASSIFICATION: Radio antenna mast OPUS PID:
LATITUDE: 39° 30.5' N ( 39.50825) LONGITUDE: 74° 19.5' W ( -74.32539)
The bench mark is a disk set in top of the SE of three 3.34 m x 3.34 m (10.9 ft
x 10.9 ft) concrete footings formally supporting a USCG communication tower
(tower removed) on a peninsula west of the Rutgers University Marine Field
Station, 9.88 m (32.4 ft) ESE of center of westernmost footing, 8.77 m (28.7 ft)
south of the center of northernmost footing, 1.53 m (5.0 ft) east of the center
of SE footing, 0.80 m (2.6 ft) west of the east corner of the SE footing, and
0.95 m (3.1 ft) above the approximate high water line.
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Station ID: 8534319 PUBLICATION DATE: 02/02/2018
Name: TUCKERTON, SHOOTING THOROFARE
NJ
NOAA Chart: 12316 Latitude: 39° 30.5' N ( 39.50831)
USGS Quad: TUCKERTON Longitude: 74° 19.5' W ( -74.32500)
T I D A L B E N C H M A R K S
BENCH MARK STAMPING: 4319 B 1976
DESIGNATION: 853 4319 B 1976
MONUMENTATION: Tidal Station disk VM#: 2678
AGENCY: National Ocean Service (NOS) IDB PID#: AI9353
SETTING CLASSIFICATION: Copper-clad steel rod w/o sleeve OPUS PID:
LATITUDE: 39° 30.6' N ( 39.51058) LONGITUDE: 74° 19.2' W ( -74.31989)
The bench mark is a disk crimped to the top of a copper-clad steel rod set in
the tall grass and brush along the east side of Great Bay Boulevard opposite the
wooden walkway to the Rutgers University Marine Field Station, 15.67 m (51.4 ft)
east of the centerline of the start of the boardwalk, 5.50 m (18.0 ft) east of
the centerline of the Great Bay Boulevard, 1.70 m (5.6 ft) SSE of utility pole
T6119, and 0.33 m (1.1 ft) west of a carsonite witness post. The bench mark is
crimped to a copper-clad steel rod driven 15.2 m (50 ft), and encased in 4-inch
PVC pipe with concrete kickblock.
BENCH MARK STAMPING: 4319 D 2013
DESIGNATION: 853 4319 D
MONUMENTATION: Bench Mark disk VM#: 20835
AGENCY: National Ocean Service (NOS) IDB PID#:
SETTING CLASSIFICATION: Massive Structure OPUS PID#: BBDD66
LATITUDE: 39° 30.5' N ( 39.50831) LONGITUDE: 74° 19.5' W ( -74.32542)
The bench mark is a disk set in top of the NE of three 3.34 m x 3.34 m (10.9 ft
x 10.9 ft) concrete footings formally supporting a USCG communication tower
(tower removed) on a peninsula west of the Rutgers University Marine Field
Station, 8.50 m (27.9 ft) NE of the center of the west most tower footing, 8.14
m (26.7 ft) north of the center of the SE footing, 0.53 m (1.7 ft) SSW of the
center of the northernmost concrete footing, and 0.80 m (2.6 ft) above grade.
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Station ID: 8534319 PUBLICATION DATE: 02/02/2018
Name: TUCKERTON, SHOOTING THOROFARE
NJ
NOAA Chart: 12316 Latitude: 39° 30.5' N ( 39.50831)
USGS Quad: TUCKERTON Longitude: 74° 19.5' W ( -74.32500)
T I D A L B E N C H M A R K S
BENCH MARK STAMPING: 4319 E 2013
DESIGNATION: 85304319 E
MONUMENTATION: Tidal Station disk VM#: 20836
AGENCY: National Ocean Service (NOS) IDB PID#:
SETTING CLASSIFICATION: Large reinforced concrete slab OPUS PID:
LATITUDE: 39° 31.3' N ( 39.52122) LONGITUDE: 74° 19.2' W ( -74.31925)
The bench mark is a disk set in top of the side wall of a 7.93 m x 8.16 m (26.0
ft x 26.7 ft) loading ramp for barges on the west side of Great Bay Boulevard,
30.40 m (99.7 ft) west of the centerline of Great Bay Boulevard, 14.74 m (48.4
ft) SW of the SW fence corner of the utility lot north of the ramp, 7.43 m (24.4
ft) NE of the SW corner of the barge ramp, and 2.46 m (8.1 ft) ESE of a sheet
pile seawall.
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Station ID: 8534319 PUBLICATION DATE: 02/02/2018
Name: TUCKERTON, SHOOTING THOROFARE
NJ
NOAA Chart: 12316 Latitude: 39° 30.5' N ( 39.50831)
USGS Quad: TUCKERTON Longitude: 74° 19.5' W ( -74.32500)
T I D A L B E N C H M A R K S
BENCH MARK STAMPING: SHOOTING 1935
DESIGNATION: SHOOTING
MONUMENTATION: Triangulation Station disk VM#: 20837
AGENCY: US Coast & Geodetic Survey
(USC&GS) IDB PID#: JU2727
SETTING CLASSIFICATION: Concrete monument OPUS PID:
LATITUDE: 39° 30.6' N ( 39.51031) LONGITUDE: 74° 19.2' W ( -74.32033)
The bench mark is a disk is set in top of a 0.25 m x 0.25 m (0.8 x 0.8 ft)
buried concrete monument post, 34.50 m (113.2 ft) NW of the south most utility
pole on the west side of Great Bay Boulevard, 16.50 m (54.1 ft) SE of the
centerline of boardwalk to Rutgers Field Station, 0.75 m (2.5 ft) NE of short
carsonite witness post, and 0.19 m (0.6 ft) below the top of a 0.40 m x 0.40 m
(1.3 ft x 1.3 ft) cement kickblock surrounding the monument post.
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Station ID: 8534319 PUBLICATION DATE: 02/02/2018
Name: TUCKERTON, SHOOTING THOROFARE
NJ
NOAA Chart: 12316 Latitude: 39° 30.5' N ( 39.50831)
USGS Quad: TUCKERTON Longitude: 74° 19.5' W ( -74.32500)
T I D A L D A T U M S
Tidal datums at TUCKERTON, SHOOTING THOROFARE based on:
LENGTH OF SERIES: 8 MONTHS
TIME PERIOD: Jan 2017 - April 2017 & June 2017 - Sep 2017
TIDAL EPOCH: 1983-2001
CONTROL TIDE STATION: 8534720 ATLANTIC CITY, ATLANTIC OCEAN
Elevations of tidal datums referred to Mean Lower Low Water (MLLW), in METERS:
MEAN HIGHER HIGH WATER MHHW = 1.016
MEAN HIGH WATER MHW = 0.914
North American Vertical Datum NAVD88 = 0.558
MEAN TIDE LEVEL MTL = 0.479
MEAN SEA LEVEL MSL = 0.474
MEAN LOW WATER MLW = 0.043
MEAN LOWER LOW WATER MLLW = 0.000
North American Vertical Datum (NAVD88)
Bench Mark Elevation Information In METERS above:
Stamping or Designation MLLW MHW
4319 C 1976 1.351 0.437
NO 2 1974 1.405 0.491
4319 A 1976 1.760 0.846
4319 B 1976 1.597 0.683
4319 D 2013 1.753 0.839
4319 E 2013 2.049 1.135
SHOOTING 1935 0.936 0.022
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Station ID: 8534319 PUBLICATION DATE: 02/02/2018
Name: TUCKERTON, SHOOTING THOROFARE
NJ
NOAA Chart: 12316 Latitude: 39° 30.5' N ( 39.50831)
USGS Quad: TUCKERTON Longitude: 74° 19.5' W ( -74.32500)
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.