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USGS 06887500 KANSAS R AT WAMEGO, 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. Water-quality monitors funded in cooperation with Kansas Water Office, WaterOne, City of Olathe, City of Topeka, and USGS cooperative matchings funds as part of the USGS National Water Quality Program.

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This station managed by the Lawrence field office.

Available Parameters Available Period
  
2012-08-31  2014-06-09
2014-06-11  2025-10-24
1990-10-01  2025-10-24
2007-10-01  2025-10-24
2012-08-31  2014-06-09
2014-06-24  2025-10-23
2012-08-31  2014-06-09
2015-06-02  2025-10-24
2015-06-02  2025-10-24
2012-08-31  2014-06-09
2014-06-21  2025-10-24
2014-06-11  2025-10-24
2015-05-06  2025-10-24
2012-08-31  2014-06-09
2012-08-31  2014-06-09
2014-06-11  2025-10-24
2012-08-31  2014-06-09
2025-06-30  2025-10-24







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Summary of all available data for this site
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Temperature, water, degrees Celsius, Discontinued June 2014
 
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Temperature, water, degrees Celsius, [YSI EXO]
Most recent instantaneous value: 15.4 10-24-2025   00:45 CDT
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Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent instantaneous value: 879 10-24-2025   00:30 CDT
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Daily discharge, cubic feet per second -- statistics for Oct 24 based on 106 water years of record more
Min
(1957)		 Most Recent
Instantaneous
Value Oct 24		 25th
percen-
tile		 Median 75th
percen-
tile		 Mean Max
(1942)
295 879 917 1390 3130 3450 46300

Gage height, feet
Most recent instantaneous value: 3.44 10-24-2025   00:30 CDT
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Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius, Discontinued June 2014
 
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Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius, [YSI EXO]
Most recent instantaneous value: 895 10-23-2025   23:45 CDT
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Dissolved oxygen, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter, Discontinued June 2014
 
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Dissolved oxygen, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter, [YSI EXO]
Most recent instantaneous value: 9.6 10-24-2025   00:45 CDT
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Dissolved oxygen, water, unfiltered, percent of saturation, [YSI EXO]
Most recent instantaneous value: 96 10-24-2025   00:45 CDT
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pH, water, unfiltered, field, standard units, Discontinued June 2014
 
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pH, water, unfiltered, field, standard units, [YSI EXO]
Most recent instantaneous value: 8.7 10-24-2025   00:45 CDT
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Chlorophyll fluorescence (fChl), water, in situ, fluorometric method, excitation at 470 +-15 nm, emission at 685 +-20 nm, relative fluorescence units (RFU), [YSI EXO]
Most recent instantaneous value: 7.0 10-24-2025   00:45 CDT
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Phycocyanin relative fluorescence (fPC), water, in situ, relative fluorescence units (RFU), [YSI EXO]
Most recent instantaneous value: 1.01 10-24-2025   00:45 CDT
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Chlorophyll, total, water, fluorometric, 650-700 nanometers, in situ sensor, micrograms per liter, Discontinued June 2014
 
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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), Discontinued June 2014
 
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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: 12.8 10-24-2025   00:45 CDT
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Cyanobacteria fluorescence of phycocyanin (fPC), water, in situ, concentration estimated from reference material, cells per milliliter, Discontinued June 2014
 
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Nitrate plus nitrite, water, in situ, milligrams per liter as nitrogen
Most recent instantaneous value: 0.20 10-24-2025   00:45 CDT
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