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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1961-10-16 2003-09-12
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1961-10-16 1970-09-24
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1961-10-16 1999-06-16
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1961-10-16 1970-09-24
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1961-10-16 1970-04-22
Nutrient Water-quality 1961-10-16 1970-09-24
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1946-04-01 2024-11-21
Sediment Water-quality 1958-03-30 1999-06-22
n/a Peak Measurements 1946-10-06 2023-05-19
n/a Site Visits 1946-09-30 2024-09-27
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 06863500 is associated with a Stream in Ellis County, Kansas. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1946 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
06863500 n/a
Site name
BIG C NR HAYS, KS n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 385108 n/a
DMS longitude 0991904 n/a
Decimal latitude 38.852234 n/a
Decimal longitude -99.3181589 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 1 min. M
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1927 NAD27
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
Kansas 20
State
Kansas 20
County
Ellis County 051
Country US n/a
Land net location description NWSWNWS10 T14S R18W 6 n/a
Name of location map n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 1954.30 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .13 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
10260007
Drainage basin
06 n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site YYYNYNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 19460424 n/a
Drainage area
549 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 549 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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