LIGHT LIST Volume V MISSISSIPPI RIVER SYSTEM Mississippi River and its navigable tributaries This publication contains a list of lights, sound signals, buoys, daybeacons, and other aids to navigation. IMPORTANT THIS PUBLICATION SHOULD BE CORRECTED EACH WEEK FROM THE LOCAL NOTICES TO MARINERS OR NOTICES TO MARINERS AS APPROPRIATE. 2010 COMDTPUB P16502.5 U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, DC. For sale by Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Washington, DC 20402 GPO Stock Number: 050-12-00461-7 ISBN: 978-0-16-084709-7 LIMITS OF LIGHT LISTS PUBLISHED BY U.S. COAST GUARD 180O 160O 140O 120O 100O 80O 60O 60O 60O 50O 50O VOL. VII GREAT LAKES O VOL. I O 40 ATLANTIC COAST 40 VOL. VI VOL. V (St. Croix River, ME to Shrewsbury River, NJ) PACIFIC COAST MISSISSIPPI AND PACIFIC ISLANDS RIVER SYSTEM VOL. II ATLANTIC COAST MIDWAY ISLANDS (Shrewsbury River, NJ to Little River, SC) VOL. III ATLANTIC COAST (Little River, SC to Econfina River, FL) HAWAIIAN ISLANDS VOL. IV Aids maintained at O O 20 GULF COAST Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, 20 (Econfina River, FL to Rio Grande, TX) and Guantanamo Bay included in Volume III. AIDS TO NAVIGATION MAINTAINED BY UNITED STATES AT OTHER PACIFIC ISLANDS ARE INCLUDED ON THE PACIFIC LIST 180O 160O 140O 120O 100O 80O 60O C TES O A A T S T S G D U E A T U.S. AIDS TO NAVIGATION SYSTEM I R N D U 1790 on navigable waters except Western Rivers LATERAL SYSTEM AS SEEN ENTERING FROM SEAWARD PORT SIDE PREFERRED CHANNEL PREFERRED CHANNEL STARBOARD SIDE ODD NUMBERED AIDS NO NUMBERS - MAY BE LETTERED NO NUMBERS - MAY BE LETTERED EVEN NUMBERED AIDS PREFERRED PREFERRED RED LIGHT ONLY GREEN LIGHT ONLY CHANNEL TO CHANNEL TO FLASHING (2) FLASHING (2) STARBOARD PORT FLASHING FLASHING TOPMOST BAND TOPMOST BAND OCCULTING OCCULTING GREEN RED QUICK FLASHING QUICK FLASHING ISO ISO GREEN LIGHT ONLY RED LIGHT ONLY COMPOSITE GROUP FLASHING (2+1) COMPOSITE GROUP FLASHING (2+1) 9 "2" R "8" "1" G "9" FI R 6s FI R 4s FI G 6s FI G 4s GR "A" RG "B" LIGHT FI (2+1) G 6s FI (2+1) R 6s LIGHTED BUOY LIGHT LIGHTED BUOY 9 G G "5" C "9" GR 2 "U" GR RG RG R R C "S" N "C" "G" N "6" "2" CAN DAYBEACON CAN NUN NUN DAYBEACON AIDS TO NAVIGATION HAVING NO LATERAL SIGNIFICANCE ISOLATED DANGER SAFE WATER NO NUMBERS - MAY BE LETTERED NO NUMBERS - MAY BE LETTERED WHITE LIGHT ONLY WHITE LIGHT ONLY MORSE CODE FI (2) 5s Mo (A) RW "N" RW RW RW "N" Mo (A) "A" SP "B" C LIGHTED MR SPHERICAL UNLIGHTED AND/OR SOUND AND/OR SOUND BR "A" BR "C" RANGE DAYBOARDSÑMAY BE LETTERED FI (2) 5s KGW KWG KWB KBW KWR KRW KRB KBR KGB KBG KGR KRG LIGHTED UNLIGHTED DAYBOARDS - MAY BE LETTERED WHITE LIGHT ONLY SPECIAL MARKS - MAY BE LETTERED NR NG NB YELLOW LIGHT ONLY FIXED FLASHING SHAPE OPTIONAL--BUT SELECTED TO BE APPROPRIATE Y Y Y "A" Y "B" FOR THE POSITION OF THE MARK IN RELATION TO THE RW GW BW C "A" N "C" Bn FI NAVIGABLE WATERWAY AND THE DIRECTION Bn Bn Bn OF BUOYAGE. UNLIGHTED LIGHTED Aids to Navigation marking the TYPICAL INFORMATION AND REGULATORY MARKS NW Intracoastal Waterway (ICW) display INFORMATION AND REGULATORY MARKERS WHEN LIGHTED, INFORMATION AND REGULATORY W Bn unique yellow symbols to distinguish MARKS MAY DISPLAY ANY WHITE LIGHT RHYTHM them from aids marking other waters. EXCEPT QUICK FLASHING, Mo(A), AND FLASHING (2) Yellow triangles indicate aids BOAT DANGER CONTROLLED EXCLUSION AREA should be passed by keeping them on AREA ROCK SLOW the starnoard (right) hand of the SWIM AREA NO WAKE vessel. Yellow squares indicate aids MOORING EXPLAINATION MAY BE PLACED THE NATURE OF DANGER MAY TYPE OF CONTROL IS INDICATED BUOY OUTSIDE THE CROSSED DIAMOND BE INDICATED INSIDE THE IN THE CIRCLE, SUCH AS SLOW, SHAPE, SUCH AS DAM, RAPIDS, DIAMOND SHAPE, SUCH AS ROCK, NO WAKE, ANCHORING, ETC. should be passed by keeping them on WHITE WITH BLUE BAND SWIM AREA, ETC. WRECK, SHOAL, DAM, ETC. MAY SHOW WHITE REFLECTOR OR LIGHT INFORMATION BUOY USED TO DISPLAY MAY SHOW WHITE LIGHT the port (left) hand of the vessel. A MULLET LAKE REGULATORY MARKERS MAY BE LETTERED yellow horizontal band provides BLACK RIVER no lateral information, but simply FOR DISPLAYING INFORMATION SUCH AS DIRECTIONS, DISTANCES, PLATE 1 identifies aids as marking the ICW. LOCATIONS, ETC. 1 2 2 2 7 8 2 1 3 3 5 6 4 3 2 3 1 2 VISUAL BUOYAGE GUIDE 2 REGION B - by day Preferred Channel 3 Secondary Channel REGION-B - by night Preferred Channel Secondary Channel S C TE O A A T S T S G D D U E E A T I R N D 1U 7 9 0 FICTITIOUS NAUTICAL CHART "1" "2" FI (2) G 6s "2" IsoR6s FIR4s R N "2" G "7" FIG4s R "8" "1" G R "2" FIR4s IsoG4s C "3" ASTAL WATERWAY INTRACO R "6" G "5" FI (2)R 6s G "3" FI (2)G 6s R "4" OcR6s IsoR6s BR G "3" FI (2) 5s QR R "2" G "3" FIG6s RG FI (2+1) R 6s RW Bn G "1" R "2" IsoG4s FIR6s R N "2" G RW C "3" Mo (A) PLATE 3 C TES O A A T S T S G D U E U.S.AIDS TO NAVIGATION SYSTEM A T I R N D U 1 7 9 0 on the Wes tern R iver S ys tem AS SEEN ENTERING FROMSEAWARD PORT SIDE PREFERRED CHANNEL STARBOARD SIDE OR RIGHT DESCENDING BANK OR LEFT DESCENDING BANK MARK JUNCTIONS AND OBSTRUCTIONS COMPOSITE GROUP FLASHING (2+1) GREEN OR WHITE LIGHTS RED OR WHITE LIGHTS PREFERRED CHANNEL PREFERRED CHANNEL FLASHING (2) FLASHING TO STARBOARD TO PORT ISO ISO TOPMOST BAND GREEN TOPMOST BAND RED FI (2+1) G FI (2+1) R LIGHT LIGHTED BUOY NUN LIGHT LIGHTED BUOY CAN G2 JG JR MAY BE CNG LIGHTED TR CNR SG 2 DAYB OAR DS HAVING NO LATE R AL S IGNIFICANCE CROSSING DAYBEACON PASSING DAYBEACON CROSSING DAYBEACON PASSING DAYBEACON MAY BE LETTERED WHITE LIGHT ONLY NB 176.9 A 123.5 MILE BOARD MILE BOARD SPECIAL MARKS--MAYBE LETTERED SHAPE: OPTIONAL--BUT SELECTED TO BE APPROPRIATE YELLOWLIGHT ONLY NY FOR THE POSITION OF THE MARK IN RELA TION TO THE A B NAVIGABLE WATERWAY AND THE DIRECTION FIXED OF BUOYAGE. FLASHING C MOORING A BUOY WHITE WITH BLUE BAND MAY SHOW WHITE REFLECTOR OR LIGHT UNLIGHTED LIGHTED TYPICAL INFORMATION AND REGULATORY MARKS NW WHITE LIGHT ONLY S TATE WATE R S INFORMATION AND REGULATORY MARKERS WHEN LIGHTED, INFORMATION AND REGULATORY MARKS MAY DISPLAY ANY LIGHT RHYTHM EXCEPT QUICK FLASHING, Mo(a) DANGER AND FLASHING (2) 3 2 BOAT CONTROLLED EXCLUSION AREA AREA DANGER ROCK SLOW INLAND (STATE) WATERS OBSTRUCTION MARK MAY SHOW WHITE REFLECTOR OR QUICK FLASHING WHITE LIGHT SWIM AREA NO W AKE THE NATURE OF DANGER MAY EXPLAINATION MAY BE PLACED TYPE OF CONTROL IS INDICATED BE INDICATED INSIDE THE OUTSIDE THE CROSSED DIAMOND IN THE CIRCLE, SUCH AS SLOW, DIAMOND SHAPE, SUCH AS ROCK, SHAPE, SUCH AS DAM, RAPIDS, NO WAKE, ANCHORING, ETC. SWIM AREA, ETC. WRECK, SHOAL, DAM, ETC. BLACK-STRIPED WHITE BUOY MULLET LAKE INFORMATION Used to indicate an obstruction to navigation, BLACK RIVER extends from the nearest shore to the buoy. This means "do not pass between the buoy and the nearest shore." This aid is replacing the red and white striped buoy within the USWMS, but cannot FOR DISPLAYING INFORMATION BUOY USED TO DISPLAY be used until all red and white striped buoys on a MAY SHOW WHITE LIGHT SUCH AS DIRECTIONS, DISTANCES, REGULATORY MARKERS waterway have been replaced. LOCATIONS, ETC. MAY BE LETTERED PLATE 4 TABLE OF CONTENTS Light List Regions ......................................................................................................... Inside Front Cover U.S. DGPS Sites ........................................................................................................................................ i USCG Contact Information ....................................................................................................................... ii Preface .................................................................................................................................................... ix Introduction ............................................................................................................................................... x RIVERS Allegheny River ................................................................................................................................................. 01 Arkansas Waterway - Verdigris River to Dardanelle Lock and Dam ................................................................ 05 Arkansas Waterway - Highway 7 Bridge to White River and Lower Mississippi River ................................... 12 Big Sandy, Canadian and Clinch Rivers ............................................................................................................ 20 Cumberland River .............................................................................................................................................. 23 Green and Hiwassee Rivers ............................................................................................................................... 32 Illinois Waterway - Chicago River to Henry, IL................................................................................................ 37 Illinois Waterway - Henry Island to Upper Mississippi River ........................................................................... 50 Kanawha River, Kaskaskia River, Lake Sakakawea, Lake Texoma, Little Tennessee River and Minnesota River ..................................................................................................... 58 Lower Mississippi River - Cairo, IL to Mouth of White River ......................................................................... 67 Lower Mississippi River - Montgomery Point to Baton Rouge Bridge ............................................................. 73 Upper Mississippi River - Minneapolis Harbor to Winona, MN ......................................................................