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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 2012-07-24 2024-11-21
n/a Peak Measurements 2011-01-01 2022-06-06
n/a Site Visits 2012-07-24 2024-11-04
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2012-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 06868850 is associated with a Stream in Lincoln County, Kansas. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 2011 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
06868850 n/a
Site name
SALINE R AT LINCOLN, KS n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 390141.95 n/a
DMS longitude 0980900.60 n/a
Decimal latitude 39.02831944 n/a
Decimal longitude -98.1501667 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
Lincoln County 105
Country US n/a
Land net location description S07 T12S R07W 6 n/a
Name of location map LINCOLN, KS n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 1332.20 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .06 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
10260010
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
2550.00 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 NNNNNNNN 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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