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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 1998-09-01 1998-09-01
Information Water-quality 1949-10-01 2023-08-29
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1947-03-26 2018-06-27
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1947-03-26 2023-08-29
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1948-06-01 2018-06-27
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1947-03-26 2018-06-27
Microbiological Water-quality 1969-08-29 2018-06-27
Nutrient Water-quality 1947-03-26 2023-08-29
Organics, PCBs Water-quality 1971-09-07 1998-09-01
Organics, other Water-quality 1965-11-01 2019-07-26
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1969-08-29 2023-08-29
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1928-10-01 2024-11-21
Radiochemistry Water-quality 1998-09-01 2018-06-27
Sediment Daily Values, Water-quality 1946-03-16 2016-05-18
n/a Peak Measurements 1930-08-17 2024-06-11
n/a Site Visits 1944-06-12 2024-10-09
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2024-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 06279500 is associated with a Stream in Big Horn County, Wyoming. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1928 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
06279500 n/a
Site name
BIGHORN RIVER AT KANE, WY n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 444531 n/a
DMS longitude 1081051 n/a
Decimal latitude 44.75852989 n/a
Decimal longitude -108.1815559 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 1 sec. S
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1927 NAD27
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
Wyoming 56
State
Wyoming 56
County
Big Horn County 003
Country US n/a
Land net location description NWNESWS09 T55N R094W 6 n/a
Name of location map KANE n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 3660 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from topographic map. M
Altitude accuracy 10 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
10080010
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 19280801 n/a
Drainage area
15750 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 NNNNNNNN 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 465600100 n/a

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