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  • New to WDFN: see current water conditions throughout the state using the new State Pages. Filter by continuous data type and age of data, view latest values, and link to graphing options to explore the data further. To learn more, read our announcement on the Water Data for the Nation blog.
Important Legacy real-time page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 1974-02-13 2018-09-05
Information Water-quality 1955-10-01 2023-08-29
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1955-10-01 1990-04-26
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1955-10-01 2024-11-23
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1955-10-01 1990-04-26
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1955-10-01 1990-04-26
Microbiological Water-quality 1974-10-11 1989-07-19
Nutrient Water-quality 1955-10-01 2020-06-17
Organics, PCBs Water-quality 1986-04-08 1989-06-02
Organics, other Water-quality 1974-10-11 2020-06-17
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1986-04-08 1998-07-29
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1950-10-01 2024-11-23
Radiochemistry Water-quality 1980-04-09 1989-04-24
Sediment Daily Values, Water-quality 1960-01-26 2023-08-29
n/a Peak Measurements 1903-05-31 2023-04-26
n/a Site Visits 1902-07-09 2024-08-05
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 06887000 is associated with a Stream in Riley County, Kansas. Current conditions of Discharge, Dissolved oxygen, Gage height, and more are available. Water data back to 1902 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
06887000 n/a
Site name
BIG BLUE R NR MANHATTAN, KS n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 391414 n/a
DMS longitude 0963416 n/a
Decimal latitude 39.2372186 n/a
Decimal longitude -96.5713918 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
Riley County 161
Country US n/a
Land net location description NWSWNES30 T09S R08E 6 n/a
Name of location map n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 989.25 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .09 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
10270205
Drainage basin
06 n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNNYNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 18950412 n/a
Drainage area
9640 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 9640 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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