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Latitude/Longitude 40.2982°N, 118.1885°W ( 40°, 17', 53.5" N; 118°, 11', 18.6" W )
The legal description is: Nevada, Mt. Diablo Meridian T28N,R34E,sec17
UTM zone 11 (X,Y) 398992 , 4461533

The elevation is 2036 m ( 6680 ft )
The gradient is: 95.9 percent
The aspect direction is: 279.4 degrees or W
The local roughness is: 52.3 or extreme
The location as decimal degrees (X,Y;Z) = -118.1885, 40.2982; 2036 m

The state and county are Nevada: Pershing County 32027
The HUC is Lower Humboldt 16040108; 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. Golden Gate Hill; Nevada: Pershing Co. -118.1885, 40.2982, ( 6790 ft ) at a distance of 2 m
  2. High Grade Canyon head; -118.1941, 40.2991 at a distance of 485 m
  3. Lincoln Hill; Nevada: Pershing Co. -118.2016, 40.2946, ( 6676 ft ) at a distance of 1181 m
  4. Central Rochester (historical); Nevada: Pershing Co. -118.1782, 40.2896, ( 5940 ft ) at a distance of 1296 m
  5. Rochester Basin; Nevada: Pershing Co. -118.1757, 40.2916, ( 6030 ft ) at a distance of 1313 m
  6. McCarty Spring; Nevada: Pershing Co. -118.1849, 40.3110 at a distance of 1455 m
  7. Lincoln Hill Mine; Nevada: Pershing Co. -118.2052, 40.2943 at a distance of 1482 m
  8. Gold Ridge; Nevada: Pershing Co. -118.2049, 40.3038 at a distance of 1526 m
  9. Limerick Wash head; -118.1760, 40.3102 at a distance of 1706 m
  10. Lower Rochester; Nevada: Pershing Co. -118.2010, 40.2857, ( 5520 ft ) at a distance of 1746 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 30279179
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