The selected location is:

Latitude/Longitude 40.2744°N, 118.1687°W ( 40°, 16', 27.8" N; 118°, 10', 7.3" W )
The legal description is: Nevada, Mt. Diablo Meridian T28N,R34E,sec28
UTM zone 11 (X,Y) 400639 , 4458869

The elevation is 1828 m ( 5997 ft )
The gradient is: 0.3 percent
The aspect direction is: 90.0 degrees or E
The local roughness is: 3.4 or average
The location as decimal degrees (X,Y;Z) = -118.1687, 40.2744; 1828 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. Juniper Basin; Nevada: Pershing Co. -118.1688, 40.2743, ( 6080 ft ) at a distance of 12 m
  2. Packard Wash head; -118.1677, 40.2696 at a distance of 539 m
  3. Weaver Hill; Nevada: Pershing Co. -118.1752, 40.2702, ( 6350 ft ) at a distance of 720 m
  4. Mystic Spring; Nevada: Pershing Co. -118.1682, 40.2671 at a distance of 811 m
  5. Sunflower Hill; Nevada: Pershing Co. -118.1616, 40.2824, ( 6965 ft ) at a distance of 1077 m
  6. Weaver Canyon head; -118.1557, 40.2705 at a distance of 1190 m
  7. Rochester Canyon head; -118.1593, 40.2849 at a distance of 1416 m
  8. Rochester Heights (historical); Nevada: Pershing Co. -118.1588, 40.2849, ( 6680 ft ) at a distance of 1441 m
  9. Rochester Post Office (historical); Nevada: Pershing Co. -118.1674, 40.2888, ( 6250 ft ) at a distance of 1604 m
  10. Rochester; Nevada: Pershing Co. -118.1674, 40.2888, ( 6180 ft ) at a distance of 1604 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 30021432
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