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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.
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Characteristic Group | Date Range* |
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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 |
What other information is available for this location?
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Location Metadata | Value |
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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 |