The selected location is:

Latitude/Longitude 42.9686°N, 96.7175°W ( 42°, 58', 7.0" N; 96°, 43', 3.0" W )
The legal description is: South Dakota, Fifth Principal Meridian T94N,R50W,sec11
UTM zone 14 (X,Y) 686141 , 4759856

The elevation is 414 m ( 1359 ft )
The gradient is: 0.7 percent
The aspect direction is: 347.4 degrees or N
The local roughness is: 0.6 or slight
The location as decimal degrees (X,Y;Z) = -96.7175, 42.9686; 414 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. Star School; South Dakota: Union Co. -96.7175, 42.9686, ( 1350 ft ) at a distance of 2 m
  2. Emmet, Township of; South Dakota: Union Co. -96.7253, 42.9833 at a distance of 1752 m
  3. Nora Post Office (historical); South Dakota: Union Co. -96.6878, 42.9708 at a distance of 2433 m
  4. Emmet; South Dakota: Union Co. -96.7461, 42.9828, ( 1297 ft ) at a distance of 2817 m
  5. Brule Creek head; -96.7111, 42.9942 at a distance of 2890 m
  6. West Brule Creek mouth; South Dakota: Union Co. -96.7111, 42.9942 at a distance of 2890 m
  7. East Brule Creek mouth; South Dakota: Union Co. -96.7111, 42.9942 at a distance of 2890 m
  8. Saint Josephs Church; South Dakota: Union Co. -96.7467, 42.9869 at a distance of 3132 m
  9. Nora; South Dakota: Union Co. -96.7070, 42.9392, ( 1389 ft ) at a distance of 3377 m
  10. Nora School; South Dakota: Union Co. -96.7072, 42.9314, ( 1449 ft ) at a distance of 4218 m

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