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Water-Year Summary for Site 06887500

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Available Parameters
00010 Temperature, water(Max.,Min.,Mean)  
00010 Temperature, water(Mean)  
00060 Discharge(Mean)  
00065 Gage height(Mean)  
00095 Specific cond at 25C(Max.,Min.,Mean)  
00095 Specific cond at 25C(Mean)  
00300 Dissolved oxygen(Mean)  
00300 Dissolved oxygen(Mean)  
00400 pH(Max.,Min.,Med.)  
00400 pH(Med.)  
32320 fChl,in situ,470/685(Min.,Mean,Max.)  
32321 Relative fPC, water, in situ(Mean,Min.,Max.)  
62361 Chlorophyll, in situ(Mean,Min.,Max.)  
63680 Turbidity, Form Neph(Mean,Min.,Max.)  
63680 Turbidity, Form Neph(Mean)  
95202 Cyanobac-PC, water, in situ(Mean)  

Water year 2024: 2024-10-01 to 2025-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
06887500 KANSAS RIVER AT WAMEGO, KS
LOCATION - Lat 39°11'54", long 96°18'19" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in SW 1/4 NW 1/4 SE 1/4 sec.09, T.10 S., R.10 E., Pottawatomie County, KS, Hydrologic Unit 10270102, on left bank at upstream side of bridge on Kansas Highway 99 at Wamego, 3.0 mi downstream from Antelope Creek, and at mile 126.9.
DRAINAGE AREA - 55,280 mi². of which a large area is probably noncontributing.
REVISIONS HISTORY -

WSP 806: Drainage area. WSP 1310: 1937(M).

After review of downstream Kansas River sites during the winter of 2024 (January-February), it was determined that the original ice estimations were drawn too high. Ice estimations were redrawn from January 12-31. BSL 8/28/2024

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - January 1919 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 951.05 ft above NAVD88. Prior to Aug. 1, 1934, nonrecording gage and Aug. 1, 1934, to Sept. 30, 1955, water-stage recorder at present site at datum 3.00 ft higher.
REMARKS - Natural flow affected by reservoirs in Colorado, Nebraska, and Kansas, and by numerous small diversions for irrigation upstream from station. Satellite telemeter at station.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD - Flood in May 1903 reached a stage of 29.3 ft, present datum, determined by U.S. Weather Bureau, from floodmarks.
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - Water years 1970-74, 1999-2005, August 2012 to current year.
PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD -

SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: October 1969 to September 1974, June 1999 to September 2005, August 2012 to June 2014 (discontinued).

SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE (EXO2): June 2014 to current year.

pH: July 1999 to September 2005, August 2012 to June 2014 (discontinued).

pH (EXO2): June 2014 to current year.

WATER TEMPERATURE: October 1969 to September 1974, July 1999 to September 2005, August 2012 to June 2014 (discontinued).

WATER TEMPERATURE (EXO2): June 2014 to current year.

DISSOLVED OXYGEN (Lumin): July 1999 to September 2005, August 2012 to June 2014 (discontinued).

DISSOLVED OXYGEN (EXO2)): June 2014 to current year.

TURBIDITY (YSI 6026 sensor): July 1999 to September 2005 (discontinued).

TURBIDITY (YSI 6136 sensor): May 2004 to September 2005, August 2012 to June 2014 (discontinued).

TURBIDITY (EXO2): June 2014 to current year.

CHLOROPHYLL (EXO2): JUNE 2014 to current year

PHYCOCYANIN (EXO2): APRIL 2019 to current year

INSTRUMENTATION - Mulitparameter water-quality monitor.
REMARKS -  
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD -

SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE (EXO): Maximum, 2040 µs/cm, June 9, 2018: Minimum, 159 µs/cm, Sept. 4, 2018

pH (EXO): Maximum, 9.4 standard units, July 12, 2014; Minimum, 7.2 standard units, May 19, 2015

WATER TEMPERATURE (EXO): Maximum, 35.8 °C, Aug. 22, 2023; Minimum, -0.11 °C, Feb. 25, 2022

DISSOLVED OXYGEN (EXO): Maximum, 21.6 mg/l, June 19, 2023; Minimum, 3.7 mg/l, July 25, 2023

TURBIDITY (EXO): Maximum, 1290 FNU, May 17, 2021; Minimum, 3.0 FNU, Nov. 6, 2023

CHLOROPHYLL (EXO): Maximum, 30.8 RFU, Sept. 9, 2017; Minimum, 0.3 RFU, Jan. 4, 2015

PHYCOCYANIN (EXO): Maximum, 4.75 RFU, Sept. 9, 2017; Minimum, 0.01 RFU, March 6, 2015