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Continuous data

2 data types available - data from 1990-10-01 to 2026-08-15

Daily data

1 data types available - data from 1940-10-01 to 2026-08-13

Field measurements

2 data types available - data from 1950-06-15 to 2026-06-24

Discrete sample data

70 Observed properties (data types) available - with data from 1965-07-29 to 1989-07-20

244 Sampling activities

Peak measurements

2 data types available - with data from 1940-06-03 to 2025-05-14

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1 data types available - data from 1940-10-01 to 2026-08-13

Important information about this monitoring location

The elevation of zero gage height has been determined to be 6,959.61 feet above NAVD88. To obtain stream water-surface elevation values in NAVD88, add 6,959.61 feet to gage height values.

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Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Location identification number	06625000	n/a
Location name	ENCAMPMENT RIVER AT MOUTH, NEAR ENCAMPMENT, WY	n/a
Site type	Stream	ST
Decimal latitude (WGS84)	41.303284945280936	n/a
Decimal longitude (WGS84)	-106.71535974771545	n/a
Latitude-longitude method	Interpolated from map	M
Latitude-longitude accuracy	Accurate to + or - 1 sec.	S
District	Wyoming	56
State	Wyoming	56
County	Carbon County	007
Country	United States of America	n/a
Altitude of gage/land surface	6959.61 feet	n/a
Method altitude determined	GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System	X
Altitude accuracy	0.12 feet	n/a
Altitude datum	North American Vertical Datum of 1988	NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit	Upper North Platte	10180002
Drainage basin		n/a
Date of first construction		n/a
Drainage area	262 square miles	n/a
Contributing drainage area		n/a
Time zone abbreviation	MST	n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time	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

Monitoring location Encampment River at Mouth, Near Encampment, WY - USGS-06625000