The selected location is:

Latitude/Longitude 38.0595°N, 81.4834°W ( 38°, 3', 34.2" N; 81°, 29', 0.2" W )
The legal description is unknown.
UTM zone 17 (X,Y) 457593 , 4212527

The elevation is 547 m ( 1795 ft )
The gradient is: 10.3 percent
The aspect direction is: 230.9 degrees or SW
The local roughness is: 30.9 or extreme
The location as decimal degrees (X,Y;Z) = -81.4834, 38.0595; 547 m

The state and county are West Virginia: Boone County 54005
The HUC is Upper Kanawha 05050006; Place point in HUC
The Omernik ecoregion is Central Appalachians (more typical) 69
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Nearby named places (in order by distance)

  1. Left Fork Laurel Fork head; -81.4834, 38.0595 at a distance of 3 m
  2. Moccasin Hollow head; -81.4759, 38.0537 at a distance of 918 m
  3. Moccasin Hollow mouth; West Virginia: Boone Co. -81.4990, 38.0570 at a distance of 1400 m
  4. Laurel Fork head; -81.4923, 38.0701 at a distance of 1414 m
  5. Red Warrior; West Virginia: Kanawha Co. -81.4579, 38.0548, ( 960 ft ) at a distance of 2295 m
  6. Toms Fork head; -81.4637, 38.0409 at a distance of 2691 m
  7. Left Fork Laurel Fork mouth; West Virginia: Kanawha Co. -81.4756, 38.0845 at a distance of 2858 m
  8. Fourmile Branch head; -81.4926, 38.0343 at a distance of 2912 m
  9. Toms Fork mouth; West Virginia: Kanawha Co. -81.4512, 38.0698 at a distance of 3046 m
  10. Leewood; West Virginia: Kanawha Co. -81.4498, 38.0676, ( 885 ft ) at a distance of 3080 m

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