About These Online Status / Summary Work Lists:

Every mile of the navigable waterways and many of the lakes in the Eighth Western Rivers Region are assigned by Auxiliary division as a division's area of responsibility (AOR) for the purpose of managing the Auxiliary's Aids to Navigation programs. Two or more divisions may work in concert to verify the status of all Bridge Lighting and Fender Systems (Bridges) and Class I Private Aids to Navigation (PATONS) in a given area irregardless of in whose AOR they are situated, however, such work is the responsibility of and should be coordinated through the division in whose AOR the Bridges or PATONS are located.

The "Status / Summary Work Lists" accessed from this page provide limited information about the Bridges and PATONS in the division's AOR that must be inspected and verified (if not by the Auxiliary, then by the AOR cutters). The actual working documents, which were distributed only once a year, are now online. These working documents should be used when complete information is needed.

The AORs are identified by using the division number plus a suffix. This AOR identity is unique by Auxiliary division AND by Coast Guard Cutter. The suffix part of the identification may be assigned and used by the SO-NS to differentiate the AOR sub-sets within a division. The suffix is also used to sub-set a division's AOR by cutter in the case where a division supports more than one cutter.

To view a Status / Summary Work List for a specific AOR, click on "List" in the column "Status Lists". Class I Private Aids are flagged on these lists.

The Status/Summary Work List format also includes the date and status of the last visit made by an Aid Verifier as reported on the Aid Verification Annual Night Verification Forms. This status information, along with any PERMANENT changes published in the Local Notices to Mariners, is used to update the database and these online Status / Summary Work Lists are regenerated within ten days from the time the DSO-NS receives the Aid Verification Annual Night Verification Forms and/or the Local Notices to Mariners updates. SOs-AN should find that these Status/Summary Work Lists are a good way of determining which Bridges and PATONS have been verified in the current year. These Lists do not include PATONS that have been removed from the Light List or have been downgraded to Class II or III.

Note: The Status / Summary Work Lists are opened in a separate window from the index (this page) so it is not necessary to repeatedly hit the "Back" button to return to this index. Users are asked to submit corrections and/or comments for improving the display and the accuracy of the information by sending a note to the 8WR DSO-NS  Mike Stanley at mstanl1@juno.com.

Notice: the Light List Number Range column (LLNR) referenced in the below two paragraphs has been removed as the data base no longer supports the query feature.  The U.S. Coast Guard anticipates that the USCG Light List will incorporate this feature in approximately a year or more.  At this time the USCG Light List is updated once every two years (last update was in 2006).  The USCG Light List is currently available in an Adobe Acrobat PDF file.  The USCG Light List webpage also contains a link to a "Summary of Corrections" to the Light List. 

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