WATER MONITORING STATION ANALYSIS – CALENDAR YEAR 2017 to 2018
SITE NUMBER: 393937093090901
SITE NAME: Turkey Creek nr Sumner MO, Fulbright Rd
COOPERATION: Swan Lake National Wildlife Refuge
WATERSHED: 48.9 square miles
EQUIPMENT:
Sutron Satlink V2 in a metal gage housing in communication with a KPSI transducer mounted on a fencepost in the streambed. Instruments are powered by two
solar panels run to a battery inside the gage housing. Stage data are collected at 15 minute intervals, and water temperature data are collected at hourly
intervals. Prior to 09/29/2015, the data logger was a Sutron Monitor 1.
SITE CHARACTERISTICS:
The site is located approximately one mile north of the confluence of Turkey and Elk Creeks just upstream of Swan Lake National Wildlife Refuge and Silver Lake.
The transducer is deployed throughout the year collecting water temperature and water level data. The bottom is mucky with a significant portion of clays and
fine sediments. Water levels respond rapidly to rainfall, but low flows are typical where the control is often affected by Silver Lake water levels downstream.
GAGE RECORD:
The record from 01/01/2017 to 10/03/2018 is complete. The logger records stage on the 15, 30, 45 and hourly minute markers. Site visits were made by Region
3 Hydrologists or Refuge staff to download the data, take logger readings and record stage. All stage readings were taken using reference points (RP) 4 or 5.
The data is reported in mean sea level (MSL), and the datum of the gage is NAVD 88.
