The selected location is:

Latitude/Longitude 42.9514°N, 96.6559°W ( 42°, 57', 5.0" N; 96°, 39', 21.2" W )
The legal description is: South Dakota, Fifth Principal Meridian T94N,R49W,sec20
UTM zone 14 (X,Y) 691218 , 4758084

The elevation is 444 m ( 1458 ft )
The gradient is: 1.5 percent
The aspect direction is: 299.7 degrees or NW
The local roughness is: 0.8 or slight
The location as decimal degrees (X,Y;Z) = -96.6559, 42.9514; 444 m

The state and county are South Dakota: Union County 46127
The HUC is Lower Big Sioux 10170203; Place point in HUC
The Omernik ecoregion is Northern Glaciated Plains (less typical) 46
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Nearby named places (in order by distance)

  1. School Number 63 (historical); South Dakota: Union Co. -96.6559, 42.9514 at a distance of 2 m
  2. Peace Cemetery; South Dakota: Union Co. -96.6484, 42.9806 at a distance of 3300 m
  3. Nora Post Office (historical); South Dakota: Union Co. -96.6878, 42.9708 at a distance of 3380 m
  4. Ludwig School; South Dakota: Union Co. -96.6564, 42.9822, ( 1434 ft ) at a distance of 3421 m
  5. Big Spring Church (historical); South Dakota: Union Co. -96.6086, 42.9556 at a distance of 3887 m
  6. Big Springs; South Dakota: Union Co. -96.6075, 42.9381, ( 1381 ft ) at a distance of 4217 m
  7. West Union Creek head; -96.6334, 42.9864 at a distance of 4298 m
  8. Nora; South Dakota: Union Co. -96.7070, 42.9392, ( 1389 ft ) at a distance of 4387 m
  9. Nora Cemetery; South Dakota: Union Co. -96.7064, 42.9314 at a distance of 4684 m
  10. Nora School; South Dakota: Union Co. -96.7072, 42.9314, ( 1449 ft ) at a distance of 4742 m

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This was request number 30040918
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