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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1984-10-16 2003-08-06
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1984-11-08 1999-06-08
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1984-10-01 2024-11-24
n/a Peak Measurements 1985-02-24 2023-06-02
n/a Site Visits 1958-03-10 2024-10-16
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 06915800 is associated with a Stream in Linn County, Kansas. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1958 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
06915800 n/a
Site name
MARAIS DES CYGNES R AT LA CYGNE, KS n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 382043 n/a
DMS longitude 0944620 n/a
Decimal latitude 38.34529858 n/a
Decimal longitude -94.7724591 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
Linn County 107
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 776.50 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .1 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
10290102
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 19841107 n/a
Drainage area
2669 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 2669 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 NNNNNNNN 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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