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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1967-09-05 2003-09-15
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1962-11-14 1966-03-22
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1962-11-14 2003-05-20
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1962-11-14 1966-03-22
Nutrient Water-quality 1962-11-14 1966-03-22
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1962-11-14 2024-11-24
Sediment Water-quality 1967-09-05 2003-05-20
n/a Peak Measurements 1968-05-25 2023-06-01
n/a Site Visits 1976-07-03 2024-11-21
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 07169800 is associated with a Stream in Elk County, Kansas. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1962 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
07169800 n/a
Site name
ELK R AT ELK FALLS, KS n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 372232 n/a
DMS longitude 0961107 n/a
Decimal latitude 37.37559729 n/a
Decimal longitude -96.185548 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
Elk County 049
Country US n/a
Land net location description S03 T31S R11E 6 n/a
Name of location map LONGTON NW, KS n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 897.70 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .14 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
11070104
Drainage basin
07 n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NYNNYNNNNYNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 19670106 n/a
Drainage area
220 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 220 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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