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Important Legacy real-time page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1982-10-08 2003-09-15
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1979-11-19 1999-09-14
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1969-05-15 2024-11-21
Sediment Water-quality 1981-09-01 1992-03-18
n/a Peak Measurements 1969-06-27 2023-05-10
n/a Site Visits 1969-06-23 2024-10-23
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 06910800 is associated with a Stream in Lyon County, Kansas. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1969 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
06910800 n/a
Site name
MARAIS DES CYGNES R NR READING, KS n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 383401 n/a
DMS longitude 0955741 n/a
Decimal latitude 38.56695524 n/a
Decimal longitude -95.961657 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
Lyon County 111
Country US n/a
Land net location description NENW S15 T17S R13E 6 n/a
Name of location map n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 1048.32 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
10290101
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 196905 n/a
Drainage area
177 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 177 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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