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Feature Details

Feature ID
482755
Name
Solomon River
Class
Stream
Feature Code
Stream
Location
Dickinson County - Kansas
Citation
Source Type
Map
Reference
US
Originator
U.S. Geological Survey
Notes
Primarily from U.S. Geological Survey 1:24,000-scale topographic maps (or 1:25K, Puerto Rico 1:20K) and from U.S. Board on Geographic Names files. In some instances, from 1:62,500 scale or 1:250,000 scale maps.
Distribution Date
December 31, 1981
Title
Edition
Original Citation
Primarily from U.S. Geological Survey 1:24,000-scale topographic maps (or 1:25K, Puerto Rico 1:20K) and from U.S. Board on Geographic Names files.
Entry Date
October 13, 1978
*Elevation
348 meters / 1142 feet
Designations
History
Originally known as the Wiskapella, from two Indian words, meaning "salt water."
Description
incomplete record. 184 mile long tributary of Smoky Hill River.
Census CodeClass CodeGSA CodeOPM Code
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Variant Names

 
NameIn PartOriginatorReferenceSeries NamePublication DateSource URLTitleEditionNotesAdditional Information
Mahki'neohe
No
Grinnell, George Bird
US
-
March 31, 1906
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Cheyenne Stream Names
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American Anthropologist, New Series Volume 8, Number 1, January-March 1906
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Mahkineohe
No
-
KS
-
-
-
-
-
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Rydjord, John. Kansas Place Names, Norman, Okla: University of Oklahoma Press, 1972. Geographic Name Information including origins, organized by subject categories.
Nepahalla River
No
-
KS
-
-
-
-
-
-
Rydjord, John. Kansas Place Names, Norman, Okla: University of Oklahoma Press, 1972. Geographic Name Information including origins, organized by subject categories.
Nepaholla River
No
-
KS
-
-
-
-
-
-
Rydjord, John. Kansas Place Names, Norman, Okla: University of Oklahoma Press, 1972. Geographic Name Information including origins, organized by subject categories.
Riviere de Soucis
No
U.S. Geological Survey
US
Geographic Names Phase I data compilation (1976-1981)
December 31, 1981
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-
-
Primarily from U.S. Geological Survey 1:24,000-scale topographic maps (or 1:25K, Puerto Rico 1:20K) and from U.S. Board on Geographic Names files. In some instances, from 1:62,500 scale or 1:250,000 scale maps.
Primarily from U.S. Geological Survey 1:24,000-scale topographic maps (or 1:25K, Puerto Rico 1:20K) and from U.S. Board on Geographic Names files.
Solomons Creek
No
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KS
-
-
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Rydjord, John. Kansas Place Names, Norman, Okla: University of Oklahoma Press, 1972. Geographic Name Information including origins, organized by subject categories.
Solomons Fork
No
-
KS
-
-
-
-
-
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Rydjord, John. Kansas Place Names, Norman, Okla: University of Oklahoma Press, 1972. Geographic Name Information including origins, organized by subject categories.
Wisgapalla River
No
-
KS
-
-
-
-
-
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Rydjord, John. Kansas Place Names, Norman, Okla: University of Oklahoma Press, 1972. Geographic Name Information including origins, organized by subject categories.
Wiskapalla River
No
U.S. Geological Survey
US
Geographic Names Phase I data compilation (1976-1981)
December 31, 1981
-
-
-
Primarily from U.S. Geological Survey 1:24,000-scale topographic maps (or 1:25K, Puerto Rico 1:20K) and from U.S. Board on Geographic Names files. In some instances, from 1:62,500 scale or 1:250,000 scale maps.
Primarily from U.S. Geological Survey 1:24,000-scale topographic maps (or 1:25K, Puerto Rico 1:20K) and from U.S. Board on Geographic Names files.
Wiskapella
No
Gannett, Henry
US
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December 31, 1905
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The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States
2nd
USGS Bulletin 258
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Decisions

NameDateAuthorityType
Decision Cards

Filename
Coordinates

SequenceCoordinatesMapState
1
38.9036111, -97.3691927 / 38° 54' 13.00" N, 97° 22' 9.09" W
Solomon
KS
2
39.5008435, -98.3864476 / 39° 30' 3.04" N, 98° 23' 11.21" W
Cawker City
KS
3
39.4750098, -98.2919995 / 39° 28' 30.04" N, 98° 17' 31.20" W
Glen Elder South
KS
4
39.4638972, -98.1836622 / 39° 27' 50.03" N, 98° 11' 1.18" W
Solomon Rapids
KS
5
39.4166721, -98.0447684 / 39° 25' 0.02" N, 98° 2' 41.17" W
Beloit
KS
6
39.3944486, -97.9780997 / 39° 23' 40.01" N, 97° 58' 41.16" W
Simpson
KS
7
39.3666699, -97.9114315 / 39° 22' 0.01" N, 97° 54' 41.15" W
Glasco SW
KS
8
39.3555581, -97.8669860 / 39° 21' 20.01" N, 97° 52' 1.15" W
Glasco
KS
9
39.2166670, -97.7586488 / 39° 13' 0.00" N, 97° 45' 31.14" W
Tescott NE
KS
10
39.1388897, -97.7475375 / 39° 8' 20.00" N, 97° 44' 51.14" W
Minneapolis North
KS
11
39.0972226, -97.6892023 / 39° 5' 50.00" N, 97° 41' 21.13" W
Minneapolis South
KS
12
39.0055558, -97.5919771 / 39° 0' 20.00" N, 97° 35' 31.12" W
Bennington
KS
13
38.9250000, -97.4169720 / 38° 55' 30.00" N, 97° 25' 1.10" W
Niles
KS
14
39.4730657, -98.4333942 / 39° 28' 23.04" N, 98° 26' 0.22" W
Mill Creek
KS
Government Units

SequenceState or EquivalentCounty or Equivalent
1
Kansas
Dickinson County
2
Kansas
Saline County
3
Kansas
Mitchell County
4
Kansas
Ottawa County
5
Kansas
Cloud County
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