Ocracoke (North Carolina)
Historical Light List Characteristics
| 1839 | Fl W 120s. W22. | USLHE Light List (US): 166 |
| 1849 | Fl W 120s. W18. | USLHE Light List (US): 180 |
| 1858 | F W. W15. | LHB Light List (US): 253 |
| 1860 | LHB Light List (US): 239 | |
| 1865-1866 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 243 | |
| 1868 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 246 | |
| 1870 | F W. W14. | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 258 |
| 1878 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 329 | |
| 1879 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 343 | |
| 1886 | F W. W141/4. | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 393 |
| 1888 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 412 | |
| 1893 | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 503 | |
| 1898 | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 605 | |
| 1899 | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 624 | |
| 1905 | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 719 | |
| 1908 | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 776 | |
| 1915 | F W. W14. | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 1106 |
| 1917 | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 1146 | |
| 1920 | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 1200 | |
| 1927 | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 1317 | |
| 1931 | Fl W 30s. W14. fl 5. | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 1122 |
| 1935 | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 1375 | |
| 1943 | F WR. W14, R14. W000°-245°(245°), R245°-000°(115°). | USCG Light List (Atlantic): 2717 |
| 1945 | ||
| 1946-1947 | F W. W14. | |
| 1950-1952 | ||
| 1953-1955 | USCG Light List - Vol. I-VI: 1915 | |
| 1957 | ||
| 1959-1960 | USCG Light List - Vol. I-V: 2233 | |
| 1961 | USCG Light List - Vol. I: 2233 | |
| 1963 | ||
| 1965 | ||
| 1966 | USCG Light List - Vol. I: 171 | |
| 1969-1970 | ||
| 1972-1974 | ||
| 1976 | ||
| 1978 | ||
| 1982 | ||
| 1987 | USCG Light List - Vol. II: 300 | |
| 1990-1992 | USCG Light List - Vol. II: 565 | |
| 1993-1996 | USCG Light List - Vol. II: 660 | |
| 2004 | F W. W15. |
Historical Light List Optics and Structures
| 1839 | 15 Lamps / 14" Refl. | 65 | 75 | N/A | USLHE Light List (US): 166 |
| 1849 | 10 Lamps / 21" Refl. | USLHE Light List (US): 180 | |||
| 1858 | 4th | LHB Light List (US): 253 | |||
| 1860 | LHB Light List (US): 239 | ||||
| 1865 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 243 | ||||
| 1866 | |||||
| 1868 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 246 | ||||
| 1870 | A brick tower. | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 258 | |||
| 1878 | A brick tower. Tower and keeper's dwelling, white; lantern, red. | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 329 | |||
| 1879 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 343 | ||||
| 1886 | Tower and dwelling, white; lantern, red. | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 393 | |||
| 1888 | Tower and dwelling, white; lantern, black. | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 412 | |||
| 1893 | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 503 | ||||
| 1898 | Tower and detached dwelling, white; lantern, black. | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 605 | |||
| 1899 | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 624 | ||||
| 1905 | White tower and detached dwelling; black lantern. | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 719 | |||
| 1908 | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 776 | ||||
| 1915 | N/A | 70 | White tower. | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 1106 | |
| 1917 | 76 | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 1146 | |||
| 1920 | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 1200 | ||||
| 1927 | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 1317 | ||||
| 1931 | 4 ei | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 1122 | |||
| 1935 | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 1375 | ||||
| 1943 | 4 e | USCG Light List (Atlantic): 2717 | |||
| 1945-1947 | |||||
| 1950-1952 | |||||
| 1953-1955 | N/A | USCG Light List - Vol. I-VI: 1915 | |||
| 1957 | |||||
| 1959-1960 | USCG Light List - Vol. I-V: 2233 | ||||
| 1961 | USCG Light List - Vol. I: 2233 | ||||
| 1963 | |||||
| 1965 | |||||
| 1966 | USCG Light List - Vol. I: 171 | ||||
| 1969-1970 | |||||
| 1972-1974 | N/A | ||||
| 1976 | |||||
| 1978 | |||||
| 1982 | |||||
| 1987 | USCG Light List - Vol. II: 300 | ||||
| 1990-1992 | USCG Light List - Vol. II: 565 | ||||
| 1993-1996 | USCG Light List - Vol. II: 660 | ||||
| 2004 |
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1823 - Present (The original 1798 light was assumed to be not very close to the current light.) |