North Platte River Below Whalen Diversion Dam, WY

Important information about this monitoring location

The elevation of zero gage height has been determined to be 4,259.67 feet above NAVD88. To obtain stream water-surface elevation values in NAVD88, add 4,259.67 feet to gage height values.

Location details and information

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	4259.67 feet	_n/a
Method altitude determined	GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System	X
Altitude accuracy	.18 feet	_n/a
Altitude datum	North American Vertical Datum of 1988	NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit	Middle North Platte-Scotts Bluff	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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USGS - Cooperative Matching Funds

Wyoming State Engineer