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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 2006-10-01 2024-11-08
n/a Peak Measurements 2007-05-21 2023-06-18
n/a Site Visits 1929-08-17 2024-08-01
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2007-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 06036805 is associated with a Stream in Teton County, Wyoming. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, and Temperature are available. Water data back to 1929 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
06036805 n/a
Site name
Firehole River at Old Faithful, YNP n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 442733.60 n/a
DMS longitude 1104920.18 n/a
Decimal latitude 44.4593333 n/a
Decimal longitude -110.8222722 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from Digital MAP. N
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - .1 sec (Differentially-Corrected GPS). 1
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
Montana 30
State
Wyoming 56
County
Teton County 039
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map OLD FAITHFUL n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 7352 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from Digital Elevation Model N
Altitude accuracy 5 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
10020007
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
39.5 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area n/a
Time Zone abbreviation MST n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time
Y n/a
Data reliability
n/a
Data-other GW files Y n/a
National aquifer n/a
Local aquifer n/a
Local aquifer type
n/a
Well depth n/a
Hole depth
n/a
Source of depth data n/a
Project number 1 n/a

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