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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1978-06-29 2003-08-06
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1973-08-27 1979-09-07
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1973-08-27 1979-09-23
Nutrient Water-quality 1973-08-27 1979-05-10
Organics, other Water-quality 1974-06-18 1974-06-18
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1973-08-27 2024-11-21
Sediment Water-quality 1975-07-09 1979-09-07
n/a Peak Measurements 1977-06-25 2023-07-22
n/a Site Visits 2002-10-03 2024-10-22
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2015-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 07157940 is associated with a Stream in Comanche County, Kansas. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1973 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
07157940 n/a
Site name
BLUFF C NR BUTTERMILK, KS n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 370148.62 n/a
DMS longitude 0992843.34 n/a
Decimal latitude 37.0301722 n/a
Decimal longitude -99.4787056 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from Digital MAP. N
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - .1 sec (Differentially-Corrected GPS). 1
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
Comanche County 033
Country US n/a
Land net location description S03 T35S R20W 6 n/a
Name of location map PROTECTION SW, KS n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 1700.49 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
11040008
Drainage basin
07 n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 19730824 n/a
Drainage area
657.00 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 581.00 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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