North Platte River at Orin, WY

Important information about this monitoring location

The elevation of zero gage height has been determined to be 4,659.77 feet above NAVD88. To obtain stream water-surface elevation values in NAVD88, add 4,659.77 feet to gage height values.

Location details and information

Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Site identification number	06652000	_n/a
Site name	NORTH PLATTE RIVER AT ORIN, WY	_n/a
Site type	Stream	ST
DMS latitude	423909.1	_n/a
DMS longitude	1050931.0	_n/a
Decimal latitude	42.65247578	_n/a
Decimal longitude	-105.1592123	_n/a
Latitude-longitude method	Mapping grade GPS unit (handheld accuracy range 12 to 40 ft)	G
Latitude-longitude accuracy	Accurate to + or - .5 sec (PLGR/PPS GPS).	5
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	Converse County	009
Country	US	_n/a
Land net location description	NESESWS17 T31N R069W 6	_n/a
Name of location map	ORIN	_n/a
Scale of location map	24000	_n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface	4659.77 feet	_n/a
Method altitude determined	GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System	X
Altitude accuracy	.15 feet	_n/a
Altitude datum	North American Vertical Datum of 1988	NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit	Glendo Reservoir	10180008
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	18950101	_n/a
Drainage area	15025 square miles	_n/a
Contributing drainage area	14462 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

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USGS - Cooperative Matching Funds

Wyoming State Engineer