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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1940-05-19 1940-06-05
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1940-05-19 2024-11-21
Sediment Water-quality 1940-05-19 1940-06-05
n/a Peak Measurements 2014-06-10 2023-06-06
n/a Site Visits 2013-10-24 2024-11-19
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2014-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 07182260 is associated with a Stream in Lyon County, Kansas. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1940 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
07182260 n/a
Site name
COTTONWOOD R AT EMPORIA, KS n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 382306.40 n/a
DMS longitude 0961053.10 n/a
Decimal latitude 38.3851111 n/a
Decimal longitude -96.1814167 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
Lyon County 111
Country US n/a
Land net location description NESWNWS22 T19S R11E 6 n/a
Name of location map EMPORIA n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 1077.25 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
11070203
Drainage basin
07 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
1833.00 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 1833.00 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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