The Concordia Lake streamgage near Concordia is owned by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and funded in cooperation with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Stage (water-surface elevation) measurements are made and recorded at 15-minute intervals and transmitted to the USGS office every hour. Stage and streamflow values are displayed in near real-time.
Concordia Lake, also known as Edwin A Pape Lake, is a reservoir in Lafayette County located in the Central Dissected Till Plains of Missouri. Edwin A Pape was a prominent resident of Concordia (Memories), and the city is named after the Book of Concord. The city of Concordia uses the lake to provide drinking water for its residents.
The streamgage is located on the Edwin A Pape Lake dam, an earthen embankment dam about three miles south of Concordia in Lafayette County. The station consists of a shelter, a data collection platform, an electronic pressure transducer used to measure the elevation of the lake and a staff stage gage used to manually verify stages. Learn how a USGS streamgage works.
Streamgage Information
- 10-Digit Hydrologic Unit Code: 1030010403
- Area of HUC10 Basin: 309 square miles
- Lake Drainage Area: 8.51 square miles
- Gage Location: 38°55'59", -93°34'57" (Lafayette County)
- Gage Datum: 690 feet above NAVD88
USGS Tools
- Observation Elevation: March 30, 2007 to present
- Surface Area: March 30, 2007 to present
- Reservoir Storage: Oct. 1, 2007
The Concordia Lake near Concordia streamgage webpage is maintained by USGS. Users are able to create graphs and tables using the recorded parameters (surface area, reservoir storage and elevation) that can be customized to show current and historical observations and daily data for any time frame within period of record. A location map and Water-Year Summary also are available. Customize your own data output online.
Why is the Concordia Lake Streamgage near Concordia Important?
The streamgage provides recreational users in the area, surrounding landowners and the public with accurate lake elevation data. The data collected is also valuable for determining the amount of drinking water available in the reservoir for the residents of Concordia. The Water Resources Center uses lake level data from this streamgage for flood, drought and water supply studies.
Around the lake, people can enjoy:
- Bird-watching
- Picnicking
- Fishing
- Boating
For more information about recreation activities located within the basin, contact the Missouri Department of Conservation.
Figure 3. Agricultural fields near the reservoir.
Figure 4. Streamgage and reservoir water intake.
Figure 5. Top of dam.
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