USGS 06887000 BIG BLUE R NR MANHATTAN, KS

PROVISIONAL DATA SUBJECT TO REVISION

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This station is operated by the USGS and funded by the Logo for COE U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District.

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This station managed by the Lawrence field office.

Available Parameters Available Period
  
2018-07-26  2026-01-08
1990-10-01  2026-01-08
2007-10-01  2026-01-08
2018-07-26  2026-01-08
2018-12-14  2026-01-08
2018-12-14  2026-01-08
2023-04-05  2026-01-08
2018-07-26  2026-01-08
2025-07-01  2025-12-10







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Summary of all available data for this site
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Temperature, water, degrees Celsius, [YSI EXO]
Most recent instantaneous value: 4.1 01-08-2026   08:00 CST
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Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent instantaneous value: 348 01-08-2026   08:00 CST
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Daily discharge, cubic feet per second -- statistics for Jan 8 based on 75 water years of record more
Min
(1970)		 25th
percen-
tile		 Most Recent
Instantaneous
Value Jan 8		 Median 75th
percen-
tile		 Mean Max
(2019)
58.0 332 348 500 931 939 9470

Gage height, feet
Most recent instantaneous value: 0.87 01-08-2026   08:00 CST
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Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius, [YSI EXO]
Most recent instantaneous value: 518 01-08-2026   08:00 CST
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Dissolved oxygen, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter, [YSI EXO]
Most recent instantaneous value: 12.3 01-08-2026   08:00 CST
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Dissolved oxygen, water, unfiltered, percent of saturation, [YSI EXO]
Most recent instantaneous value: 95 01-08-2026   08:00 CST
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pH, water, unfiltered, field, standard units, [YSI EXO]
Most recent instantaneous value: 8.5 01-08-2026   08:00 CST
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Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU), [YSI EXO]
Most recent instantaneous value: 4.0 01-08-2026   08:00 CST
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Nitrate plus nitrite, water, in situ, milligrams per liter as nitrogen
 
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