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USGS 06860000 SMOKY HILL R AT ELKADER, KS

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 38°47'41",   Longitude 100°51'29"   NAD27
Logan County, Kansas, Hydrologic Unit 10260003
Drainage area: 3,555 square miles
Contributing drainage area: 3,555 square miles,
Datum of gage: 2,623.72 feet above   NAVD88.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)    1990-10-01  2025-10-16  
 Daily Data
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1939-10-01  2025-10-03  31411 
    Gage height, feet  1994-04-09  2025-10-03  11362 
 Daily Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1939-10-01  2025-07-13 31331 
    Gage height, feet  1994-04-09  2025-07-13 11284 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1939-10  2025-07  
    Gage height, feet  1994-04  2025-07  
 Annual Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1940  2025  
    Gage height, feet  1994  2025  
 Peak streamflow 1938-05-30  2024-07-06  86 
 Field measurements 1940-02-15  2025-09-23  324 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP) 1966-04-22  2009-08-24  126 
 Water-Year Summary 2006  2024  19 
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