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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 2010-08-04 2024-11-24
n/a Peak Measurements 2013-03-10 2023-08-07
n/a Site Visits 2010-08-05 2024-09-27
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2012-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 06863420 is associated with a Stream in Trego County, Kansas. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 2010 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
06863420 n/a
Site name
BIG C NR ELLIS, KS n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 385524 n/a
DMS longitude 0993903 n/a
Decimal latitude 38.9233333 n/a
Decimal longitude -99.6508333 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 1 sec. S
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
Trego County 195
Country US n/a
Land net location description SWSWNWS15 T13S R21W 6 n/a
Name of location map OGALLAH n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 2157.67 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .09 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
10260007
Drainage basin
06 n/a
Topographic setting
Stream channel
C
Flags for instruments at site NNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
338.00 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 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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