U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 



NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION 



NATIONAL OCEAN SURVEY 



TIDAL BENCH HARKS 



Miami Beach (City Pier) 

 Lat. 25° ^;6'.l; Long. 80° 07' .9 



BENCH HARK A (1928) Is a st.nndard disk, stamped "NO 4 1928", set vertically 

 In the south face of the south post in the north-south fence line around a large 

 city water tank. it Is about 66 feet north of the extended centcrllne of 

 CoBBierce Street, 36 feet west of the centerline of Jefferson Avenue, and 1/2 

 foot above ground level. Elevation: 5.62 feet above mean low water. 



BENCH MARK 6 (1931) Is a standard Corps of Engineers disk, stamped "BM NO 6," 

 •et In top of a 2-lnch pipe surrounded at top with a 12-lnch by 18-inch manhole 

 frame with a removable cast iron cover, directly in centerline of a blacktop 

 driveway which parallels Government Cut. It is at the U.S. Government Reser- 

 vation on the north side of Government Cut, about 186 feet east of U.S. Engineers 

 flagpole and 13 1/2 feet west of the center of a road junction. Elevation: 

 7«13 feet above mean low water. 



BENCH MARK 7 (1937) is a standard disk, stamped "7 1937," set in the top of 

 the northwest side of the concrete base to tlie east post of entrance gate to 

 drive to the Corps of Engineers Office Building. It is about 100 yards south of 

 Intersection of Washington Avenue and Biscayne Street, 8 feet east of the extended 

 centerline of the Avenue and 1/2 foot above ground level. Elevation: 5.03 feet 

 above mean low water. 



BENCH MARK 9 (1955) is a standard disk, stamped "9 1955," set in top of con- 

 crete deck along northedge of City Pier near the east end of Biscayne Street. 

 It is about 122 yards east of the west end of pier, 39 feet northwest of the 

 northeast corner of the ladies rest room and 1/2 foot south of south face of 

 north guardrail. Elevation: 11.29 feet above mean low water. 



BENCH MARK 10 (1956) is a standard disk, stamped "NO 10 1956," set on top 

 of the northwest corner of the concrete base of light pole No. 166D6 about 68 

 yards west of the junction of Biscayne Street and Alton Road. It is near the 

 northwest corner of the South Shore Recreation Park about 62 feet east of the 

 vest edge of the bulkhead on the water front and 9 1/2 feet northeast of the 

 cast edge of the north entrance to the Recreation Building. Elevation: 5.23 

 feet above mean low water. 



BENCH MARK 11 (1956) is a standard disk, stamped "NO 11 1956," set in top 

 of north corner of a concrete base which supports a 6 inch metal post near tlje 

 City of Miami Beach Warehouse. It is near the intersection of Alton Road antf 

 First Street about 21 1/2 feet southwest of the southwest curb of Alton Road 

 and 9 feet northwest of the northwest corner of the warehouse building. Ele- 

 vation: 4.92 feet above mean low water. 



Mean low water at Miami Beach Is based on 19 years of records, 1941-1959. 

 Elevations of other tide planes referred to this datum are as follows: 



Highest tide (observed) 



September 8, 1965 6.4 



Mean high water 2.50 



Mean tide level 1.25 



NCVD, 1929 0.96 



Mean low water 0.00 

 Lowest tide observed 



(March 24, 1936) -1.6 



Figure 16. Sample NOS sheet of description of tidal bench marks. 



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