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Latitude/Longitude 35.6139°N, 118.8598°W ( 35°, 36', 50.0" N; 118°, 51', 35.3" W )
The legal description is: California, Mt. Diablo Meridian T27S,R29E,sec4
UTM zone 11 (X,Y) 331558 , 3942718

The elevation is 535 m ( 1756 ft )
The gradient is: 10.7 percent
The aspect direction is: 208.0 degrees or SW
The local roughness is: 9.7 or moderate
The location as decimal degrees (X,Y;Z) = -118.8598, 35.6139; 535 m

The state and county are California: Kern County 6029
The HUC is Upper Deer-Upper White 18030005; Place point in HUC
The Omernik ecoregion is Southern and Central California Plains and Hills (more typical) 6
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Nearby named places (in order by distance)

  1. Granite Station; California: Kern Co. -118.8598, 35.6139 at a distance of 6 m
  2. Borel Canyon head; -118.8662, 35.6028 at a distance of 1367 m
  3. Poso Canal; California: Kern Co. -118.8892, 35.6161 at a distance of 2677 m
  4. Red Hill; California: Kern Co. -118.8856, 35.5947, ( 1789 ft ) at a distance of 3168 m
  5. Grimaud Creek mouth; California: Kern Co. -118.8667, 35.5842 at a distance of 3359 m
  6. Chalk Cliff; California: Kern Co. -118.8820, 35.5875, ( 1718 ft ) at a distance of 3559 m
  7. Willow Spring Creek head; -118.8551, 35.6472 at a distance of 3714 m
  8. Nightingale Gulch mouth; California: Kern Co. -118.8951, 35.6342 at a distance of 3911 m
  9. Horse Canyon head; -118.8853, 35.6431 at a distance of 3976 m
  10. Monotti Creek mouth; California: Kern Co. -118.8778, 35.5742 at a distance of 4703 m

The 7.5 minute series topographic maps for that area

Sand Canyon Woody Glennville
Knob Hill Pine Mountain Democrat Hot Springs
Oil Center Rio Bravo Ranch Mount Adelaide

This was request number 30070034
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