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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1950-10-16 1975-01-15
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1950-10-16 1975-01-15
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1950-10-16 1975-01-15
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1961-10-16 1975-01-15
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1950-10-16 1974-10-24
Nutrient Water-quality 1950-10-16 1975-01-15
Organics, other Water-quality 1950-10-16 1951-09-05
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1939-10-01 2024-11-21
Sediment Water-quality 1941-01-02 1958-05-16
n/a Peak Measurements 1938-05-30 2023-08-14
n/a Site Visits 2011-05-18 2024-09-25
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2011-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 06864000 is associated with a Stream in Russell County, Kansas. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1938 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
06864000 n/a
Site name
SMOKY HILL R NR RUSSELL, KS n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 384636 n/a
DMS longitude 0985116 n/a
Decimal latitude 38.7766781 n/a
Decimal longitude -98.8548066 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
Russell County 167
Country US n/a
Land net location description NWNWSWS02 T15S R14W 6 n/a
Name of location map n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 1687.66 feet n/a
Method altitude determined U n/a
Altitude accuracy 1 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
10260006
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 19391019 n/a
Drainage area
6965.00 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 6965.00 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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