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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  2026-01-23  
 Daily Data
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1939-10-01  2026-01-22  31524 
    Gage height, feet  1994-04-09  2026-01-22  11424 
 Daily Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1939-10-01  2025-11-16 31457 
    Gage height, feet  1994-04-09  2025-10-03 11362 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1939-10  2025-11  
    Gage height, feet  1994-04  2025-10  
 Annual Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1940  2026  
    Gage height, feet  1994  2026  
 Peak streamflow 1938-05-30  2025-09-24  87 
 Field measurements 1940-02-15  2026-01-06  326 
 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  2025  20 
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OPERATION:
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