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USGS 06818000 Missouri River at St. Joseph, MO

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The water-quality monitor parameters are collected seasonally.



This station managed by the Kansas City Field Office.

Available Parameters Available Period
  
2007-10-01  2026-10-14
1987-10-01  2026-10-14
2007-10-01  2026-10-14
2007-10-01  2026-10-14
2007-10-01  2026-10-14
2007-10-01  2026-10-14
2021-12-09  2026-10-14
2007-10-01  2026-10-14







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Summary of all available data for this site
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Temperature, water, degrees Celsius
Most recent instantaneous value: 20.6 10-14-2026   05:00 CDT
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Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent instantaneous value: 42100 10-14-2026   04:35 CDT
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Daily discharge, cubic feet per second -- statistics for Oct 14 based on 69 water years of record more
Min
(2006)		 25th
percen-
tile		 Most Recent
Instantaneous
Value Oct 14		 Median Mean 75th
percen-
tile		 Max
(1974)
25600 36800 42100 42100 51300 56400 161000

Gage height, feet
Most recent instantaneous value: 7.72 10-14-2026   04:35 CDT
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Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius
Most recent instantaneous value: 717 10-14-2026   05:00 CDT
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Dissolved oxygen, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter
Most recent instantaneous value: 8.4 10-14-2026   05:00 CDT
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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)
Most recent instantaneous value: 29.1 10-14-2026   05:00 CDT
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Nitrate plus nitrite, water, in situ, milligrams per liter as nitrogen, Nitratax
Most recent instantaneous value: 2.3 10-14-2026   05:00 CDT
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Phosphorus, water, unfiltered, estimated by regression equation, milligrams per liter as phosphorus
Most recent instantaneous value: 0.21 10-14-2026   05:00 CDT
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