Yellowstone River at Glendive, MT

Important information about this monitoring location

The elevation of zero gage height has been determined to be 2,001.43 feet above NAVD 1988. To obtain stream water-surface elevation values in NAVD 1988, add 2,001.43 feet to gage height values.

Location details and information

Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Site identification number	06327500	_n/a
Site name	Yellowstone River at Glendive, MT	_n/a
Site type	Stream	ST
DMS latitude	470621.20	_n/a
DMS longitude	1044306.35	_n/a
Decimal latitude	47.10588889	_n/a
Decimal longitude	-104.7184306	_n/a
Latitude-longitude method	Interpolated from Digital MAP.	N
Latitude-longitude accuracy	Accurate to + or - 3 sec (SPS GPS).	R
Latitude-longitude datum	North American Datum of 1983	NAD83
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum	North American Datum of 1983	NAD83
District	Montana	30
State	Montana	30
County	Dawson County	021
Country	US	_n/a
Land net location description	WHNWNES35 T16N R55E M	_n/a
Name of location map	GLENDIVE	_n/a
Scale of location map	24000	_n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface	2001.43 feet	_n/a
Method altitude determined	GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System	X
Altitude accuracy	.08 feet	_n/a
Altitude datum	North American Vertical Datum of 1988	NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit	Lower Yellowstone	10100004
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	66731 square miles	_n/a
Contributing drainage area	66039 square miles	_n/a
Time Zone abbreviation	MST	_n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time	Y	_n/a
Data reliability		_n/a
Data-other GW files	NYNNNNNN	_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		_n/a

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US Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) - Great Plains Region