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 06891500 WAKARUSA R NR LAWRENCE, KS


Description, qualifying comments, and acceptable water years.

Drainage area is 425 sq.mi.                             Datum is 799.26 ft.
Located in hydrologic unit 10270104 at Latitude: 38:54:40N  Longitude: 095:15:37W
Station is in the state of KS (county code 045) and serviced by the KS office.
Channel slope is 3.78 feet/mile
Stream length is 70.30 miles
Mean basin elevation is 1020.00 feet above National Geodetic Vertical Datum
Percent of contributing drainage area covered by 
   Storage: 0.28%     Lakes: N.A.%        Forests: 5.47%      Glaciers: N.A.%
Soil infiltration index is 2.34 inches
Annual precipitation is 37.00 inches
Precipitation intensity is 3.56 inches/24 hour (expected on the average once each two years)
January minimum temperature is 20.00 degrees Fahrenheit
Comments and qualifications on the data:
   Regulated after 1977 WY. 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 48 water years are acceptable (some whole years and all partial years are excluded).
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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