Medicine Bow R ab E Fk Med Bow nr Elk Mountain, WY

Important information about this monitoring location

The elevation of zero gage height has been determined to be 7,979.61 feet above NAVD88. To obtain stream water-surface elevation values in NAVD88, add 7,979.61 feet to gage height values.

Location details and information

Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Site identification number	06630465	_n/a
Site name	Medicine Bow R ab E Fk Med Bow nr Elk Mountain, WY	_n/a
Site type	Stream	ST
DMS latitude	413252	_n/a
DMS longitude	1062435	_n/a
Decimal latitude	41.54777778	_n/a
Decimal longitude	-106.4097222	_n/a
Latitude-longitude method	Interpolated from Digital MAP.	N
Latitude-longitude accuracy	Accurate to + or - 1 sec.	S
Latitude-longitude datum	North American Datum of 1983	NAD83
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum	North American Datum of 1983	NAD83
District	Wyoming	56
State	Wyoming	56
County	Carbon County	007
Country	US	_n/a
Land net location description	SWSWNES08 T18N R080W 6	_n/a
Name of location map	ELK MOUNTAIN SW	_n/a
Scale of location map	24000	_n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface	7979.61 feet	_n/a
Method altitude determined	GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System	X
Altitude accuracy	0.2 feet	_n/a
Altitude datum	North American Vertical Datum of 1988	NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit	Medicine Bow	10180004
Drainage basin		_n/a
Topographic setting		_n/a
Flags for instruments at site	YNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN	_n/a
Date of first construction		_n/a
Date site established or inventoried	20110421	_n/a
Drainage area	46.1 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	Data have been checked by the reporting agency.	C
Data-other GW files		_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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USGS - Cooperative Matching Funds

Wyoming State Engineer