=========================== FOLLOWING PSMSL DOCUMENTATION ADDED 11-Jun-1991
Astoria             823/013 RLR(1971) is 11.6m below BM1
=========================== FOLLOWING PSMSL DOCUMENTATION ADDED 14-Jul-1994
The Columbia River outflow apparently has a major effect on Astoria sea level.
=========================== FOLLOWING PSMSL DOCUMENTATION ADDED 25-Aug-2011
Using NOAA data the RLR diagram has been re-drawn. Primary benchmark is now TIDAL 11 1959 5.934m above gauge datum. The previously used benchmark BM1 6.718m no longer features in the NOAA reports.

