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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 2011-05-25 2011-05-25
Information Water-quality 2002-10-25 2021-05-20
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 2011-05-25 2021-05-16
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 2002-10-22 2024-11-21
Sediment Water-quality 2011-04-26 2021-05-20
n/a Peak Measurements 2003-04-20 2022-05-26
n/a Site Visits 2002-10-25 2024-11-06
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 06891260 is associated with a Stream in Shawnee County, Kansas. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 2002 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
06891260 n/a
Site name
WAKARUSA R NR RICHLAND, KS n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 385331 n/a
DMS longitude 0953540 n/a
Decimal latitude 38.89194444 n/a
Decimal longitude -95.5944444 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
Shawnee County 177
Country US n/a
Land net location description SWSWNWS25 T13S R16E 6 n/a
Name of location map RICHLAND n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 891.70 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Differentially corrected Global Positioning System. D
Altitude accuracy 0.1 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
10270104
Drainage basin
06 n/a
Topographic setting
Stream channel
C
Flags for instruments at site NNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
164 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 164 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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