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SOUTH FORK OWL CREEK NEAR ANCHOR, WY (USGS-06260000) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This stream site, maintained by the USGS Wyoming Water Science Center (identifier USGS-WY), has the name "SOUTH FORK OWL CREEK NEAR ANCHOR, WY" and has the identifier USGS-06260000. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)10080007. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site. This site has a drainage area of 87.00 sq mi.

This site is located in Hot Springs County County, Wyoming at 43.66666667000000 degrees latitude and -108.8550000000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolated from Digital MAP." and the accuracy is 3 seconds. The source map scale is 1:24000. This site is at an elevation of 6452.11 feet and the accuracy of the elevation measurement, collected using the method "Unknown." is .1 feet. The vertical coordinate reference system is NGVD29.

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When were data collected at this location?

Periods of record for data characteristic groups

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1977 - 1978
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1977 - 2000
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1977 - 1978
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1977 - 1978
Microbiological 1977 - 2000
Nutrient 1977 - 1978
Physical 1965 - 2000
Sediment 1965 - 2000
*Date ranges may contain gap years

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Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier USGS-WY
OrganizationFormalName USGS Wyoming Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-06260000
MonitoringLocationName SOUTH FORK OWL CREEK NEAR ANCHOR, WY
MonitoringLocationTypeName Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 10080007
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 87.00
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode sq mi
LatitudeMeasure 43.66666667000000
LongitudeMeasure -108.8550000000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 3
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from Digital MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 6452.11
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue .1
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName Unknown.
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NGVD29
CountryCode US
StateCode 56
CountyCode 017
ProviderName NWIS