USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
06892350 KANSAS RIVER AT DESOTO, KS
LOCATION - Lat 38°59'00", long 94°57'52" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NE 1/4 SE 1/4 SE 1/4 sec.28, T.12 S., R.22 E., Leavenworth County, KS, Hydrologic Unit 10270104, on right bank at downstream side of bridge on county highway, north edge of DeSoto, 0.4 mi upstream from Kill Creek, and at mile 31.0.
DRAINAGE AREA - 59,756 mi². of which a large area is noncontributing.
REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 806: Drainage area.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - July 1917 to current year. Monthly discharge only for some periods published in WSP 1310. Prior to October 1973, published as "at Bonner Springs."
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 753.87 ft above NGVD of 1929. July 9, 1917, to Apr. 23, 1934, nonrecording gage; Apr. 24, 1934, to Nov. 25, 1960, water-stage recorder at site 9.7 mi downstream at datum 11.81 ft lower; Nov. 26, 1960, to Feb. 9, 1961, nonrecording gage; Feb. 10, 1961, to Sept. 30, 1971, water-stage recorder at site 10.2 mi downstream at datum 17.81 ft lower; and Oct. 1, 1971, to Sept. 30, 1973, at site 10.2 mi downstream at datum 22.81 ft lower. Lowered gage datum 5.0 ft Sept. 30, 1996, to 753.87 ft.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum stage known since at least 1844, that of July 13, 1951.
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - Water years 1975-81, 2000-05. August 2012 to current year.
PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD - SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: October 1974 to September 1981, June 1999 to September 2005, August 2012 to June 2014 (discontinued).
SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE (EXO2): June 2014 to current year.
pH: June 1999 to September 2005, August 2012 to June 2014 (discontinued).
pH (EXO2): June 2014 to current year.
WATER TEMPERATURE: October 1974 to September 1981, June 1999 to September 2005, August 2012 to June 2014 (discontinued).
WATER TEMPERATURE (EXO2): June 2014 to current year.
DISSOLVED OXYGEN (Lumin): June 1999 to September 2005, August 2012 to June 2014 (discontinued).
DISSOLVED OXYGEN (EXO2): June 2014 to current year.
TURBIDITY (YSI 6026 sensor): June 1999 to September 2005 (discontinued).
TURBIDITY (YSI 6136 sensor): October 2003 to September 2005, August 2012 to June 2014 (discontinued).
TURBIDITY (EXO2): June 2014 to current year.
INSTRUMENTATION - Mulitparameter water-quality monitor.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD - SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Maximum, 1,600 microsiemens/cm, Jan. 18, 1975; minimum, 93 microsiemens/cm, May 31, 2013.
SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE (EXO2): Maximum, 1,030 microsiemens/cm, Jan. 31, 2015; minimum, 210 microsiemens/cm, June 6, 2015.
pH: Maximum, 9.5 standard units, Aug. 10, 2003; minimum, 7.4 standard units, June 30, 1999.
pH (EXOW): Maximum, 9.3 standard units, May 5, 2015; minimum, 7.4 standard units, May 6, 2015.
WATER TEMPERATURE: Maximum, 34.8°C, Aug. 8, 2002; minimum, -0.8°C, Feb. 22, 2013.
WATER TEMPERATURE (EXO2): Maximum, 32.5°C, Aug. 3, 2015; minimum, -0.1°C, Dec. 30, 2014.
DISSOLVED OXYGEN (Lumin): Maximum, 21.7 mg/L, Nov. 7, 1999; minimum, 4.4 mg/L, July 25, 2005.
DISSOLVED OXYGEN (EXO2): Maximum, 17.1 mg/L, Apr. 1, 2015; minimum, 5.3 mg/L, Sept. 8, 2015.
TURBIDITY (YSI 6136 sensor): Maximum, 1,440 FNU, June 17, 2004; minimum, 4.1 FNU, Jan. 25, 2013.
TURBIDITY (EXO2): Maximum, 1,590 FNU, May 6, 2015; minimum, 4.3 FNU, Feb. 15, 2015.