Belle Fourche River Below Moorcroft, WY

Important information about this monitoring location

The elevation of zero gage height has been determined to be 4,099.84 feet above NAVD88. To obtain stream water-surface elevation values in NAVD88, add 4,099.84 feet to gage height values.

Location details and information

Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Site identification number	06426500	_n/a
Site name	BELLE FOURCHE RIVER BELOW MOORCROFT, WY	_n/a
Site type	Stream	ST
DMS latitude	441919	_n/a
DMS longitude	1045624	_n/a
Decimal latitude	44.32188385	_n/a
Decimal longitude	-104.9406108	_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	Crook County	011
Country	US	_n/a
Land net location description	NWNWNWS17 T50N R067W 6	_n/a
Name of location map	MOORCROFT	_n/a
Scale of location map	24000	_n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface	4099.84 feet	_n/a
Method altitude determined	GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System	X
Altitude accuracy	.14 feet	_n/a
Altitude datum	North American Vertical Datum of 1988	NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit	Upper Belle Fourche	10120201
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	19430501	_n/a
Drainage area	1690 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

Operated in cooperation with:

US Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) - Great Plains Region

USGS - Cooperative Matching Funds

USGS - Federal Priority Streamgages

Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality