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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 2014-06-03 2024-11-11
n/a Peak Measurements 2014-09-01 2023-07-03
n/a Site Visits 2014-06-03 2024-08-07
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2014-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 06855850 is associated with a Stream in Cloud County, Kansas. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 2014 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
06855850 n/a
Site name
BUFFALO C 4 MI E OF JAMESTOWN, KS n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 393533.29 n/a
DMS longitude 0974653.16 n/a
Decimal latitude 39.59258056 n/a
Decimal longitude -97.7814333 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from Digital MAP. N
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - .1 sec (Differentially-Corrected GPS). 1
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
Kansas 20
State
Kansas 20
County
Cloud County 029
Country US n/a
Land net location description S28 T05S R04W 6 n/a
Name of location map JAMESTOWN, KS n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 1356.13 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .12 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
10250017
Drainage basin
06 n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
380.00 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 380.00 square miles n/a
Time Zone abbreviation CST n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time
Y n/a
Data reliability
n/a
Data-other GW files n/a
National aquifer n/a
Local aquifer n/a
Local aquifer type
n/a
Well depth n/a
Hole depth
n/a
Source of depth data n/a
Project number n/a

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