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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 1987-09-28 2011-10-31
Information Water-quality 1955-11-16 2011-10-31
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1953-03-20 2005-07-26
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Daily Values, Water-quality 1953-03-20 2011-10-31
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1953-03-20 2005-07-26
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1953-03-20 2005-07-26
Microbiological Water-quality 1969-09-25 2005-07-26
Nutrient Water-quality 1953-03-20 2005-07-26
Organics, PCBs Water-quality 1988-11-15 1995-05-30
Organics, other Water-quality 1969-07-22 2011-10-31
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1969-12-11 2005-07-26
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1917-06-12 2024-11-21
Radiochemistry Water-quality 1987-07-22 1989-04-20
Sediment Water-quality 1986-07-08 2005-07-26
n/a Peak Measurements 1869-01-01 2023-05-31
n/a Site Visits 1934-06-05 2024-09-30
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 06889000 is associated with a Stream in Shawnee County, Kansas. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1869 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
06889000 n/a
Site name
KANSAS R AT TOPEKA, KS n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 390400 n/a
DMS longitude 0953858 n/a
Decimal latitude 39.0666666 n/a
Decimal longitude -95.6497028 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
Shawnee County 177
Country US n/a
Land net location description NWNWSWS28 T11S R16E 6 n/a
Name of location map n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 847.08 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
10270102
Drainage basin
06 n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site YYNNYNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 19040424 n/a
Drainage area
56720 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 56720 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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