Walker Lake Monitoring Station (Surface)

Location details and information

Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Site identification number	384200118431800	_n/a
Site name	WALKER LAKE MONITORING STATION (SURFACE)	_n/a
Site type	Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment	LK
DMS latitude	384200	_n/a
DMS longitude	1184318.5	_n/a
Decimal latitude	38.7	_n/a
Decimal longitude	-118.7218056	_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 (Differentially-Corrected GPS).	1
Latitude-longitude datum	North American Datum of 1983	NAD83
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum	North American Datum of 1983	NAD83
District	Nevada	32
State	Nevada	32
County	Mineral County	021
Country	US	_n/a
Land net location description	S27 T10N R29E M	_n/a
Name of location map	WALKER LAKE, NEV	_n/a
Scale of location map	24000	_n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface	3960 feet	_n/a
Method altitude determined	Interpolated from Digital Elevation Model	N
Altitude accuracy	4.3 feet	_n/a
Altitude datum	North American Vertical Datum of 1988	NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit	Walker Lake	16050304
Drainage basin		_n/a
Topographic setting	Lake or Swamp	L
Flags for instruments at site	YNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN	_n/a
Date of first construction		_n/a
Date site established or inventoried	20110728	_n/a
Drainage area		_n/a
Contributing drainage area		_n/a
Time Zone abbreviation	PST	_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	Basin and Range basin-fill aquifers	N100BSNRGB
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	9705B8E01	_n/a