Malheur River Below Nevada Dam Near Vale OR

Important information about this monitoring location

The elevation of this station has been determined to be 2210.70 feet above NAVD 1988. To obtain stream water-surface elevation values in NAVD 1988 add 2210.70 feet to gage height values.

Location details and information

Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Site identification number	13233300	_n/a
Site name	MALHEUR RIVER BELOW NEVADA DAM NEAR VALE OR	_n/a
Site type	Stream	ST
DMS latitude	435915	_n/a
DMS longitude	1171308	_n/a
Decimal latitude	43.9875	_n/a
Decimal longitude	-117.2188889	_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	Oregon	41
State	Oregon	41
County	Malheur County	045
Country	US	_n/a
Land net location description	NESWS21 T18S R45E W	_n/a
Name of location map	VALE EAST, OR	_n/a
Scale of location map	24000	_n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface	2210.70 feet	_n/a
Method altitude determined	GNSS3 - Level 3 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System	Y
Altitude accuracy	.38 feet	_n/a
Altitude datum	North American Vertical Datum of 1988	NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit	Lower Malheur	17050117
Drainage basin		_n/a
Topographic setting		_n/a
Flags for instruments at site	YNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN	_n/a
Date of first construction		_n/a
Date site established or inventoried		_n/a
Drainage area	3880 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		_n/a

Operated in cooperation with:

US Army Corps of Engineers - Walla Walla District

US Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) - Pacific Northwest Region