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WACONDA LK AT GLEN ELDER, KS (USGS-06874200) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This lake, reservoir, impoundment site, maintained by the USGS Kansas Water Science Center (identifier USGS-KS), has the name "WACONDA LK AT GLEN ELDER, KS" and has the identifier USGS-06874200. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)10260015. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site. This site has a drainage area of 5076.00 sq mi and the contributing drainage area is 5076.00 sq mi.

This site is located in Mitchell County County, Kansas at 39.49612120000000 degrees latitude and -98.3136669000000 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-06874200" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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When were data collected at this location?

Periods of record for data characteristic groups

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton 1992 - 1993
Biological, Fish 1992 - 1993
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1992 - 1993
Nutrient 1992 - 1993
Organics, Other 1992 - 1993
Physical 1992 - 1993
*Date ranges may contain gap years

What other information is available for this location?

Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier USGS-KS
OrganizationFormalName USGS Kansas Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-06874200
MonitoringLocationName WACONDA LK AT GLEN ELDER, KS
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment
HUCEightDigitCode 10260015
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 5076.00
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode sq mi
ContributingDrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 5076.00
ContributingDrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode sq mi
LatitudeMeasure 39.49612120000000
LongitudeMeasure -98.3136669000000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 1
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode minutes
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 20
CountyCode 123
ProviderName NWIS