Suspended sediment
Overview
Suspended sediment is a measurement of the particulate matter in water.
High concentrations of suspended sediment can cause problems for fish by clogging gills
and for aquatic plants by limiting growth because of reduced light penetration.
Suspended sediment provides a medium for the accumulation and transport
of other constituents such as phosphorus and bacteria and metals.
Water-quality standards and criteria are developed by the States, approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(USEPA), and then promulgated (passed into law) as standards by each State.
Graphs on this website allow comparison of measured and computed data
to these standards and criteria by plotting them as straight lines.
When evaluating data to decide whether water quality is suitable
for the intended use,
viewers are cautioned to consider the uncertainty associated with these computed data.
Water-quality Standards and Criteria
Kansas maximum (narrative)
Current water-quality criteria in Kansas for TSS (a measurement similar to total suspended sediment) are narrative criteria that state that artificial sources of suspended solids cannot be added that would interfere with aquatic life.
Source: Kansas Department of Health and the Environment
(view online)
Stations That Measure or Compute Continuous Suspended sediment
Click a station to view measurements of suspended sediment.
| Prairie Dog Creek above Keith Sebelius Lake, KS |
06847900 |
| Smoky Hill River at Ellsworth, KS |
06864500 |
| Solomon River at Niles, KS |
06876900 |
| Smoky Hill River at Enterprise, KS |
06877600 |
| Big Blue River at Marysville, KS |
06882510 |
| Little Blue River near Barnes, KS |
06884400 |
| Black Vermillion River near Frankfort, KS |
06885500 |
| Big Blue River near Manhattan, KS |
06887000 |
| Kansas River at Wamego, KS |
06887500 |
| Kansas River at Topeka, KS |
06889000 |
| Delaware River near Muscotah, KS |
06890100 |
| Kansas River at DeSoto, KS |
06892350 |
| Kill Creek at 95 Street near DeSoto, KS |
06892360 |
| Cedar Creek at Highway 56 at Olathe, KS |
06892440 |
| Cedar Creek near DeSoto, KS |
06892495 |
| Mill Creek at Johnson Drive, Shawnee, KS |
06892513 |
| Blue River at Kenneth Road, Overland Park, KS |
06893100 |
| Blue R at Blue Ridge Ext in KC, MO |
06893150 |
| Indian Creek at State Line Road, Leawood, KS |
06893390 |
| Dragoon Creek near Burlingame, KS |
06911900 |
| Walnut Creek at Albert, KS |
07141900 |
| Rattlesnake Creek near Zenith, KS |
07142575 |
| Little Arkansas River at Highway 50 near Halstead, KS |
07143672 |
| Little Arkansas River near Sedgwick, KS |
07144100 |
| North Fork Ninnescah River above Cheney Reservoir, KS |
07144780 |
| Cheney Reservoir near Cheney, KS |
07144790 |
| Arkansas River at Arkansas City, KS |
07146500 |
| Walnut River at Winfield, KS |
07147800 |
| Elk River at Elk Falls, KS |
07169800 |
| Cottonwood River at Plymouth, KS |
07182250 |
| Neosho River at Burlington, KS |
07182510 |
| Neosho River near Parsons, KS |
07183500 |
| Mill Creek at Woodland Road, Olathe, KS |
385404094485800 |
| Mill Creek at 87th Street Lane, Johnson county, KS |
385800094485300 |
| Clear Creek at 86th Street Terrace, Lenexa, KS |
385818094520300 |
| Coon Creek at Woodland Road, Lenexa, KS |
385826094491700 |
| Unnamed tributary at Barkley Drive, Lenexa, KS |
385835094471300 |
| Unnamed tributary into Shawnee Mission Lake, Lenexa, KS |
385859094473700 |
| Clear Creek at 79th Street, Lenexa, KS |
385906094524400 |
| Unnamed tributary into Shawnee Mission Lake Wetland, KS |
385910094474400 |
| Unnamed tributary near Shawnee Mission Lake, Shawnee, KS |
385922094485500 |
| Little Mill Creek at Lackman Road, Shawnee, KS |
385952094454000 |
| Little Mill Creek at Warwick Lane, Shawnee, KS |
390010094482100 |
| Mill Creek near Shawnee Mission, KS |
390026094485800 |
| Clear Creek at Clare Road, Shawnee, KS |
390051094522200 |
| Clear Creek at Woodland Road, Shawnee, KS |
390056094493200 |
