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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1982-07-01 2003-07-10
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1964-06-15 1966-02-08
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1964-06-15 1987-03-17
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1965-06-01 1966-02-08
Nutrient Water-quality 1965-06-01 1966-02-08
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1954-10-01 2024-11-21
Sediment Water-quality 1965-06-01 1982-07-01
n/a Peak Measurements 1903-05-29 2023-08-09
n/a Site Visits 1955-04-13 2024-11-19
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 06870300 is associated with a Stream in Saline County, Kansas. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1903 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
06870300 n/a
Site name
GYPSUM C NR GYPSUM, KS n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 383738.15 n/a
DMS longitude 0972539.21 n/a
Decimal latitude 38.62726389 n/a
Decimal longitude -97.4275583 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Mapping grade GPS unit (handheld accuracy range 12 to 40 ft) G
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - .01 sec (Differentially-Corrected GPS). H
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
Saline County 169
Country US n/a
Land net location description SESESWS15 T16S R01W 6 n/a
Name of location map n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 1232.16 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from topographic map. M
Altitude accuracy 1 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
10260008
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 19541001 n/a
Drainage area
117 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 117 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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