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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
06877600 SMOKY HILL RIVER AT ENTERPRISE, KS
LOCATION - Lat 38°54'23", long 97°07'03" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NW 1/4 NW 1/4 SE 1/4 sec.20, T.13 S., R.3 E., Dickinson County, KS, Hydrologic Unit 10260008, on right bank at downstream side of bridge on Kansas Highway 43 in Enterprise, 18.6 mi upstream from Chapman Creek, and at mile 43.3.
DRAINAGE AREA - 19,260 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 1390: 1935(M).
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1934 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,098.25 ft above NGVD of 1929. Nov. 1, 1934, to Jan. 28, 1935, nonrecording gage and Jan. 29, 1935, to May 3, 1959, water-stage recorder at site 0.2 mi downstream at datum 0.40 ft lower. May 4, 1959, to Sept. 30, 1991, datum of gage 5.00 ft higher at same site. July 16, 1998, moved gage to new State Highway 43 bridge about 0.1 mi downstream from previous site at previous datum.
REMARKS - Natural flow affected by six lakes or reservoirs, and by numerous diversions upstream from station. Satellite telemeter at station.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD - Flood in May 1903 reached stage of about 27 ft, present site and datum, from information by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, discharge, 90,000 ft³/s.
