The selected location is:

Latitude/Longitude 40.2849°N, 118.1593°W ( 40°, 17', 5.6" N; 118°, 9', 33.5" W )
The legal description is: Nevada, Mt. Diablo Meridian T28N,R34E,sec21
UTM zone 11 (X,Y) 401454 , 4460024

The elevation is 2068 m ( 6785 ft )
The gradient is: 44.0 percent
The aspect direction is: 120.4 degrees or SE
The local roughness is: 34.2 or extreme
The location as decimal degrees (X,Y;Z) = -118.1593, 40.2849; 2068 m

The state and county are Nevada: Pershing County 32027
The HUC is Carson Desert 16050203; Place point in HUC
The Omernik ecoregion is Northern Basin and Range (more typical) 13
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Nearby named places (in order by distance)

  1. Rochester Canyon head; -118.1593, 40.2849 at a distance of 3 m
  2. Rochester Heights (historical); Nevada: Pershing Co. -118.1588, 40.2849, ( 6680 ft ) at a distance of 45 m
  3. Rochester Mines; Nevada: Pershing Co. -118.1560, 40.2863 at a distance of 324 m
  4. Sunflower Hill; Nevada: Pershing Co. -118.1616, 40.2824, ( 6965 ft ) at a distance of 337 m
  5. Nenzel Hill; Nevada: Pershing Co. -118.1541, 40.2838, ( 7284 ft ) at a distance of 461 m
  6. East Rochester (historical); Nevada: Pershing Co. -118.1602, 40.2893, ( 6440 ft ) at a distance of 495 m
  7. Upper Rochester Post Office (historical); Nevada: Pershing Co. -118.1607, 40.2899, ( 6420 ft ) at a distance of 568 m
  8. Rochester Weaver Mining Company Mines; Nevada: Pershing Co. -118.1524, 40.2824, ( 7120 ft ) at a distance of 651 m
  9. Rochester Merger Mines; Nevada: Pershing Co. -118.1582, 40.2921 at a distance of 806 m
  10. Rochester; Nevada: Pershing Co. -118.1674, 40.2888, ( 6180 ft ) at a distance of 811 m

The 7.5 minute series topographic maps for that area

Rye Patch Dam Congress Canyon Unionville
Oreana Rochester Fitting
Coal Canyon Buffalo Mountain Fisher Canyon

This was request number 31709278
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