SAND POINT, POPOF IS., AK

Station Information

Station ID: 1634
Latitude: 55.336667
Longitude: -160.501667
GLOSS ID: 100
Coastline code: 821
Station code: 6
Country: UNITED STATES
Time span of data: 1985 – 2023
Completeness (%): 99
Date of last update: 10 Jan 2024

Green Arrow: Current Station
Yellow Marker: Neighbouring RLR Station
Red Marker: Neighbouring Metric Station

Please note: In many cases, the station position in our database is accurate to only one minute. Thus, the tide gauge may not appear to be on the coast.

Additional Data Sources (guide to additional data sources)

Nearby GNSS Stations from SONEL: AB07
Nearby Real Time Stations from VLIZ: sdpt2, sdpt
Fast Delivery Data from UHSLC station 574: hourly and daily
Research Quality Data from UHSLC station 574: hourly and daily

Station Documentation

Link to RLR information.

Documentation added 1991-06-11

Sand Point 821/006 RLR(1986) is 11.4m below BM 5 1943

Documentation added 1992-04-02

SOUTH ALASKAN COASTLINE EARTHQUAKE PRONE - E.G. MAGNITUDE 9.2 EARTHQUAKE OF 28 MARCH 1964 - SEE SAVAGE AND PLAFKER, JGR, 96(B3), 4325-4335, 1991

Documentation added 2011-12-20

Using NOAA data the RLR diagram has been revised. Previous Primary benchmark 5 1943 14.886m relative to gauge datum does not appear in the NOAA reports of 2001 and 2003. Primary benchmark is now 9450 R 1991 13.894m above gauge datum.

Data Authority

N.O.A.A. / N.O.S.
N/oes33, Ssmc4, Room 6531
1305 East-West Highway
Silver Spring,
MD 20910