City of Biloxi, Mississippi

City of Biloxi, Mississippi (HM1PPH)

Location: Biloxi, MS 39530 Harrison County
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Country: United States of America
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N 30° 23.71', W 88° 54.054'

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High Water Mark

— Visitors Center, 1050 Beach Boulevard —

This plaque is dedicated to bring awareness to the surge and high water levels from Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Camille. Both storms brought about great devastation and loss of life to the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Hurricane Katrina made landfall on the Gulf coast on August 29, 2005 at 10:00 am. The storm surge level at this location was 22 feet above mean sea level, with reported waves reaching 34.1 feet. There was approximately 125 billion dollars of damage to the coast, leaving 236 people dead and 67 missing. Hurricane Camille made landfall on August 17, 1969 at about 11:30 pm. The storm surge level at this location was 19.5 feet. There was approximately 1.5 billion dollars of damage to the coast leaving 131 dead and 41 missing.

High Water Marks: Katrina Red Marker, Camille Blue Marker and the Base Flood Elevation Black Marker (BFE 20ft)
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HM NumberHM1PPH
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Placed ByCity of Biloxi
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Date Added Tuesday, December 1st, 2015 at 9:03am PST -08:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)16R E 317376 N 3364107
Decimal Degrees30.39516667, -88.90090000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 30° 23.71', W 88° 54.054'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds30° 23' 42.6" N, 88° 54' 3.24" W
Driving DirectionsGoogle Maps
Area Code(s)228
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling West
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 1050 Beach Blvd, Biloxi MS 39530, US
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