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Important Legacy real-time page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1970-10-22 1970-10-22
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1970-07-17 1976-10-08
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1970-10-22 1970-10-22
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1972-07-21 1972-07-21
Microbiological Water-quality 1974-08-12 1974-08-12
Nutrient Water-quality 1970-10-22 1970-10-22
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1915-01-01 2024-11-21
n/a Peak Measurements 1909-06-03 2024-09-14
n/a Site Visits 1971-05-17 2024-10-08
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2024-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 06657000 is associated with a Stream in Goshen County, Wyoming. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1909 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
06657000 n/a
Site name
NORTH PLATTE RIVER BELOW WHALEN DIVERSION DAM, WY n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 421427.8 n/a
DMS longitude 1043738.8 n/a
Decimal latitude 42.2410095 n/a
Decimal longitude -104.6280247 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
Goshen County 015
Country US n/a
Land net location description NWNESWS11 T26N R065W 6 n/a
Name of location map REGISTER CLIFF n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 4280 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from topographic map. M
Altitude accuracy 10 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
10180009
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 19090501 n/a
Drainage area
16318 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 15774 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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