HCDN: Streamflow Data Set, 1874 - 1988
By J.R. Slack, Alan M. Lumb, and Jurate Maciunas Landwehr
USGS Water-Resources Investigations Report 93-4076


Station 06884500 L BLUE R AT WATERVILLE, KS


Description, qualifying comments, and acceptable water years.

Drainage area is 3509 sq.mi.                            Datum is 1110.87 ft.
Located in hydrologic unit 10270207 at Latitude: 39:46:40N  Longitude: 096:51:40W
Station is in the state of KS (county code 117) and serviced by the KS office.
Channel slope is 4.26 feet/mile
Stream length is 247.10 miles
Mean basin elevation is 1649.00 feet above National Geodetic Vertical Datum
Percent of contributing drainage area covered by 
   Storage: 0.20%     Lakes: N.A.%        Forests: 2.00%      Glaciers: N.A.%
Soil infiltration index is 2.78 inches
Annual precipitation is 29.00 inches
Precipitation intensity is 2.80 inches/24 hour (expected on the average once each two years)
January minimum temperature is 16.00 degrees Fahrenheit
Comments and qualifications on the data:
   Station discontinued April 28,1958 and moved 11.5 miles upstream to Barnes (06884400). Even though the discharges
   are not equivalent, the data for the relocated station were published under this station's name through Sept. 1962
   The quality of the record at this station does not support using it at a time scale shorter than monthly.


Monthly and longer averages for 31 water years are acceptable (all years except partial years).
A water year with acceptable data is indicated by an asterisk in the time line, which spans 1874 through 1988.

                                                   Water year
1     1         1         1         1         1         1         1         1         1         1         1       1
8     8         8         9         9         9         9         9         9         9         9         9       9
7     8         9         0         1         2         3         4         5         6         7         8       8
4-----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5--8
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The streamflow data Daily values, monthly mean values, and yearly mean values of streamflow data are available in tablular form. Select the desired option from the list below.

The data tables do not have column heading for ease of reading into statistical programs. For a detailed description of the format of the data tables, select the corresponding file from the list below.

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