PORT ORFORD

Station Information

Station ID: 1640
Latitude: 42.738333
Longitude: -124.498333
Coastline code: 823
Station code: 20
Country: UNITED STATES
Time span of data: 1985 – 2023
Completeness (%): 91
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: CABL
Research Quality Data from UHSLC station 557: hourly and daily

Station Documentation

Link to RLR information.

Documentation added 1991-06-11

Port Orford 823/020 RLR(1986) is 11.0m below BM 6 1937

Documentation added 2011-12-21

Using NOAA data the RLR diagram has been reviewed. Primary benchmark remains 6 1937 12.256m above gauge datum (TGZ). Benchmark 1 1924 13.027m above TGZ included in the original RLR diagram is mentioned in the NOAA report of 1992 with a value of 13.028m. It is not included in the later NOAA report of 2003.

Data Authority

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