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USGS 06818000 Missouri River at St. Joseph, MO

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The water-quality monitor parameters are collected seasonally.


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This station managed by the Kansas City Field Office.

Available Parameters Available Period
  
2007-10-01  2025-11-10
1987-10-01  2025-11-10
2007-10-01  2025-11-10
2007-10-01  2025-11-10
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Summary of all available data for this site
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Temperature, water, degrees Celsius
 
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Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent instantaneous value: 36900 11-10-2025   12:35 CST
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Daily discharge, cubic feet per second -- statistics for Nov 10 based on 68 water years of record more
Min
(1992)		 25th
percen-
tile		 Most Recent
Instantaneous
Value Nov 10		 Median Mean 75th
percen-
tile		 Max
(2020)
16900 34800 36900 41900 46700 57200 112000

Gage height, feet
Most recent instantaneous value: 6.02 11-10-2025   12:35 CST
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Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius
 
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Dissolved oxygen, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter, Optical DO
 
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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)
 
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Nitrate plus nitrite, water, in situ, milligrams per liter as nitrogen, Nitratax
Most recent instantaneous value: 1.1 11-10-2025   12:00 CST
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Phosphorus, water, unfiltered, estimated by regression equation, milligrams per liter as phosphorus
Most recent instantaneous value: 0.22 11-10-2025   12:00 CST
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