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USGS 06657000 NORTH PLATTE RIVER BELOW WHALEN DIVERSION DAM, WY

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 42°14'27.8",   Longitude 104°37'38.8"   NAD27
Goshen County, Wyoming, Hydrologic Unit 10180009
Drainage area: 16,318 square miles
Contributing drainage area: 15,774 square miles,
Datum of gage: 4,259.67 feet above   NAVD88.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)    1990-10-02  2025-11-05  
 Daily Data
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1915-01-01  2025-11-04  40455 
 Daily Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1915-01-01  2025-07-07 40335 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1915-01  2025-07  
 Annual Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1915  2025  
 Peak streamflow 1909-06-03  2024-09-14  109 
 Field measurements 1971-05-17  2025-09-05  991 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP) 1970-07-17  1976-10-08  208 
 Water-Year Summary 2006  2024  19 
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