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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 2012-01-21 2024-11-24
n/a Peak Measurements 1973-10-11 1989-01-01
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2014-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 06879815 is associated with a Stream in Riley County, Kansas. Current conditions of Gage height are available. Water data back to 1973 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
06879815 n/a
Site name
WILDCAT C AT SETH CHILDS RD, MANHATTAN, KS n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 391105.07 n/a
DMS longitude 0963639.03 n/a
Decimal latitude 39.18474167 n/a
Decimal longitude -96.6108417 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - .5 sec (PLGR/PPS GPS). 5
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
Riley County 161
Country US n/a
Land net location description NWSENES14 T10S R07E 6 n/a
Name of location map MANHATTAN n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 1017.64 feet n/a
Method altitude determined G n/a
Altitude accuracy 0.2 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
10270101
Drainage basin
06 n/a
Topographic setting
Stream channel
C
Flags for instruments at site NNNNYNYNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 19731001 n/a
Drainage area
93.30 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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