Little Snake River Near Dixon, WY

Important information about this monitoring location

The elevation of zero gage height has been determined to be 6,335.34 feet above NAVD 1988. To obtain stream water-surface elevation values in NAVD 1988, add 6,335.34 feet to gage height values.

Location details and information

Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Site identification number	09257000	_n/a
Site name	LITTLE SNAKE RIVER NEAR DIXON, WY	_n/a
Site type	Stream	ST
DMS latitude	410142.7	_n/a
DMS longitude	1073255.9	_n/a
Decimal latitude	41.02852778	_n/a
Decimal longitude	-107.5488611	_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 1983	NAD83
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum	North American Datum of 1983	NAD83
District	Wyoming	56
State	Wyoming	56
County	Carbon County	007
Country	US	_n/a
Land net location description	NWSENWS08 T12N R90W 6	_n/a
Name of location map	DIXON	_n/a
Scale of location map	24000	_n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface	6335.34 feet	_n/a
Method altitude determined	GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System	X
Altitude accuracy	.11 feet	_n/a
Altitude datum	North American Vertical Datum of 1988	NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit	Little Snake	14050003
Drainage basin		_n/a
Topographic setting		_n/a
Flags for instruments at site	YNNNYNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN	_n/a
Date of first construction		_n/a
Date site established or inventoried	19100501	_n/a
Drainage area	1021 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	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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Upper Colorado River Commission

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