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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 1976-01-19 1981-08-11
Information Water-quality 1976-01-19 2024-01-30
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1965-10-01 2016-06-08
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1965-10-01 2024-01-30
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1965-10-01 2016-06-08
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1966-07-14 2016-06-08
Microbiological Water-quality 1973-11-06 2016-06-08
Nutrient Water-quality 1965-10-01 2023-10-26
Organics, other Water-quality 1965-10-01 1981-08-11
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1983-09-07 1986-08-05
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1904-03-01 2024-01-30
Population/Community Water-quality 1976-01-19 1981-08-11
Radiochemistry Water-quality 1980-10-07 2016-06-08
Sediment Water-quality 1976-01-19 1988-08-04
n/a Peak Measurements 1904-05-27 1997-10-06
n/a Site Visits 1980-10-07 2024-04-16
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 06642000 is associated with a Stream in Natrona County, Wyoming. Water data back to 1904 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
06642000 n/a
Site name
NORTH PLATTE RIVER AT ALCOVA, WY n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 423427 n/a
DMS longitude 1064131 n/a
Decimal latitude 42.5741069 n/a
Decimal longitude -106.692594 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
Natrona County 025
Country US n/a
Land net location description NWNENWS17 T30N R82W 6 n/a
Name of location map ALCOVA n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 5299.4 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from topographic map. M
Altitude accuracy .1 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
10180007
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 19040201 n/a
Drainage area
10812 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 10595 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 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