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WILSON LK NR WILSON, KS (USGS-06868100) site data in the Water Quality Portal

Data Provider: NWIS (Learn more about Water Quality Portal Data Providers)

This lake, reservoir, impoundment site, maintained by the USGS Kansas Water Science Center (identifier USGS-KS), has the name "WILSON LK NR WILSON, KS" and has the identifier USGS-06868100. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)10260009. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site. This site has a drainage area of 1917 sq mi and the contributing drainage area is 1917 sq mi.

This site is located in Russell County County, Kansas at 38.96445544000000 degrees latitude and -98.4925653000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolated from MAP." and the accuracy is 1 minutes.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "USGS-06868100" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

What other monitoring locations are upstream or downstream from this one?

Upstream and downstream locations

This map shows all Water Quality Portal stations that are 10 miles upstream (dashed dark blue) and 10 miles downstream (solid light blue) of this monitoring location (indicated by the large blue circle). The upstream and downstream functionality is provided by the Network Linked Data Index.

When were data collected at this location?

Periods of record for data characteristic groups

For a more detailed breakdown of data, go to the Monitoring Report at the EPA How's My Waterway Application
Characteristic Group Date Range*
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton 1992 - 1993
Biological, Fish 1992 - 1993
Information 1966 - 1975
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1966 - 1975
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1966 - 1993
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1966 - 1975
Nutrient 1966 - 1993
Organics, Other 1992 - 1993
Physical 1966 - 1993
*Date ranges may contain gap years

What other information is available for this location?

Detailed Metadata

For the definitions of the metadata elements, please go to the Water Quality Portal user guide

Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier USGS-KS
OrganizationFormalName USGS Kansas Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-06868100
MonitoringLocationName WILSON LK NR WILSON, KS
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment
HUCEightDigitCode 10260009
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 1917
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode sq mi
ContributingDrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 1917
ContributingDrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode sq mi
LatitudeMeasure 38.96445544000000
LongitudeMeasure -98.4925653000000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 1
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode minutes
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 20
CountyCode 167
ProviderName NWIS