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Water year 2024: 2024-10-01 to 2025-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
06876900 SOLOMON RIVER AT NILES, KS
LOCATION - Lat 38°58'08.37", long 97°28'37.36" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in sec.31, T.12 S., R.1 W., Ottawa County, KS, Hydrologic Unit 10260015, on right bank at downstream side of county highway bridge, 0.8 mi west of Niles, and at mile 21.6.
DRAINAGE AREA - 6,770 mi². approximately.
REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 806: Drainage area. WSP 926: 1935. WSP 1310: 1897-1903. WSP 1440: 1903, 1919, 1927.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - May 1897 to November 1903, October 1917 to current year. Published as "near Bennington" October 1917 to May 1919. Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1310.
GAGE - Water-stage recorders. Datum of gage is 1,161.44 ft. above msl (NAVD88). Previous datum of gage was 1,160.97 ft above NGVD of 1929. Prior to Nov. 30, 1903, nonrecording gage at present site and at different datum. Oct. 1, 1917, to May 31, 1919, nonrecording gage near Bennington, 27 mi upstream at different datum. June 1, 1919, to Sept. 30, 1922, nonrecording gage at present site at datum 2.00 ft. higher. Oct. 1, 1922, to Apr. 25, 1934, nonrecording gage at present site and datum.
REMARKS - Flow moderately regulated since 1967 by Waconda Lake (station 06874200), 150.8 mi upstream. Slight regulation since 1955 by Kirwin Reservoir (station 06871700) and since 1956 by Webster Reservoir (station 06873100). Many small diversions upstream from station for irrigation. Satellite telemeter at station.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Flood of May 24, 2007 reached a stage of 29.83 ft. with a computed discharge of 19,100 cfs.