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LARAMIE RIVER NEAR LOOKOUT, WYO. (USGS-06662000) 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 "LARAMIE RIVER NEAR LOOKOUT, WYO." and has the identifier USGS-06662000. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)10180010. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site. This site has a drainage area of 2174.00 sq mi and the contributing drainage area is 1571.00 sq mi.

This site is located in Albany County County, Wyoming at 41.76219300000000 degrees latitude and -105.6883288000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolated from MAP." and the accuracy is 1 seconds. The source map scale is 1:24000. This site is at an elevation of 6962.68 feet and the accuracy of the elevation measurement, collected using the method "Interpolated from topographic map." is .01 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*
Information 1976 - 1980
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1965 - 1965
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1965 - 1965
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1965 - 1965
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1965 - 1965
Nutrient 1965 - 1965
Organics, Other 1976 - 1980
Organics, PCBs 1976 - 1980
Organics, Pesticide 1976 - 1980
Physical 1965 - 1980
*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-06662000
MonitoringLocationName LARAMIE RIVER NEAR LOOKOUT, WYO.
MonitoringLocationTypeName Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 10180010
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 2174.00
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode sq mi
ContributingDrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 1571.00
ContributingDrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode sq mi
LatitudeMeasure 41.76219300000000
LongitudeMeasure -105.6883288000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 1
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 6962.68
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue .01
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from topographic map.
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NGVD29
CountryCode US
StateCode 56
CountyCode 001
ProviderName NWIS