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Water-Year Summary for Site 06866000

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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
06866000 SMOKY HILL R AT LINDSBORG, KS
LOCATION - Lat 38°33'49.68", long 97°39'58.24" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NW 1/4 NW 1/4 NW 1/4 sec.21, T.17 S., R.3 W., Mcpherson County, KS, Hydrologic Unit 10260008, on downstream side of left pier of First Street Bridge in Lindsborg, 300 ft downstream from milldam, and at mile 170.9.
DRAINAGE AREA - 8,110 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - February 1930 to September 1965, July 2014 to September 2014. January 1905 to September 1923 (fragmentary) in report of Kansas State Board of Agriculture, Division of Water Resources, entitled "Stream-Flow Data 1928 to 1935".
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,297.09 ft NGVD of 1929. Prior to Dec. 25, 1917, chain gage at railroad bridge 450 ft downstgream at datum 0.22 ft lower. Dec. 25, 1917 to Feb. 23, 1934, wire-weight or chain gage at present site and datum.
REMARKS - Flow regulated by Cedar Bluff Reservoir and Kanopolis Reservoir. Satellite telemeter at station.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 26,000 ft³/s, June 3, 1938, gage height, 32.55 ft; minimum, 2.0 ft³/s, Apr. 13, 25, 1935.