Bighorn River at Kane, WY

Important information about this monitoring location

The elevation of zero gage height has been determined to be 3,659.34 feet above NAVD88. To obtain stream water-surface elevation values in NAVD88, add 3,659.34 feet to gage height values.

Location details and information

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	3659.34 feet	_n/a
Method altitude determined	GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System	X
Altitude accuracy	0.1 feet	_n/a
Altitude datum	North American Vertical Datum of 1988	NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit	Big Horn Lake	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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