Colorado River at Potash, UT

Important information about this monitoring location

To convert gage height to water-surface elevation above sea level in NAVD 1988, add 3,926.29 feet to gage height.

Location details and information

Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Site identification number	09185600	_n/a
Site name	COLORADO RIVER AT POTASH, UT	_n/a
Site type	Stream	ST
DMS latitude	383017	_n/a
DMS longitude	1093930	_n/a
Decimal latitude	38.5047222	_n/a
Decimal longitude	-109.6583333	_n/a
Latitude-longitude method	Mapping grade GPS unit (handheld accuracy range 12 to 40 ft)	G
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	Utah	49
State	Utah	49
County	Grand County	019
Country	US	_n/a
Land net location description	NWNENES36 T26S R20E S	_n/a
Name of location map	Gold Bar Canyon	_n/a
Scale of location map	24000	_n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface	3926.29 feet	_n/a
Method altitude determined	GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System	X
Altitude accuracy	.10 feet	_n/a
Altitude datum	North American Vertical Datum of 1988	NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit	Upper Colorado-Kane Springs	14030005
Drainage basin		_n/a
Topographic setting	Stream channel	C
Flags for instruments at site	NNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN	_n/a
Date of first construction		_n/a
Date site established or inventoried	20101004	_n/a
Drainage area	25406 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	Y	_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

Operated in cooperation with:

Upper Colorado River Commission

USGS - Cooperative Matching Funds