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Water-Year Summary for Site 06866900

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00060 Discharge(Mean)  
00065 Gage height(Mean)  

Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
06866900 SALINE RIVER NEAR WAKEENEY, KS
LOCATION - Lat 39°06'22", long 99°52'11" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NW 1/4 SW 1/4 SW 1/4 sec.10, T.11 S., R.23 W., Trego County, KS, Hydrologic Unit 10260009, on left bank at downstream side of bridge on U.S. Highway 283, 1 mi upstream from Trego Creek, and 5 mi north of WaKeeney.
DRAINAGE AREA - 696 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1955 to September 1966, October 1981 to current year.
GAGE -

Water-stage recorder.

The current datum of gage was calculated as 2134.146 ft above sea level NAVD 88 from a static survey of RM1 using Trimble R8 equipment conducted on 7/20/21 by J. Hawkins USGS.

The previous Datum of gage is 2,217.46 ft National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. Oct. 1, 1955, to May 22, 1958, wire-weight and crest-stage gages and May 23, 1958, to Sept. 30, 1966, water-stage recorder at same site and datum.

REMARKS - Natural flow affected by groundwater withdrawals, diversion for irrigation, and return flow from irrigated areas. Satellite telemeter at station.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum stage known since at least 1879, about 27 ft in July 1950, from information by local resident.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum stage and discharge 23.91 ft., 35,120 cfs on May 28, 2018.