USGS Streamgage 06863420
Big C near Ellis, KS
Big C near Ellis, KS is USGS streamgage 06863420, monitoring river discharge in hydrologic subbasin 10260007. It drains a watershed of about 338 square miles. Discharge records at this site go back to 2010. Typical flow runs near 0.7 cfs in July and 3.9 cfs in April, with the higher of the two arriving in April.
Gauge details
- Drainage area
- 338 sq mi
- Gauge elevation
- 2,159 ft
- Subbasin (HUC-8)
- 10260007
- Coordinates
- 38.92333, -99.65083
- USGS site number
- 06863420
- Records begin
- 2010-08-04 (16 years)
Typical flow by month
Long-term daily discharge percentiles from the USGS record (up to 14 years of data), averaged within each month. These describe the historical normal range — they are not a forecast and not today's reading.
| Month | Low p10 | Typical p50 | High p90 | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 2.6 | 14.5 | |
| February | 0.1 | 3.2 | 15 | |
| March | 0.1 | 3.3 | 21.4 | |
| April | 0 | 3.9 | 19.4 | |
| May | 0 | 4.6 | 126 | |
| June | 0 | 2.2 | 50.7 | |
| July | 0 | 0.7 | 36.6 | |
| August | 0 | 0.3 | 46.4 | |
| September | 0 | 0.4 | 31 | |
| October | 0 | 0.7 | 19.3 | |
| November | 0 | 1.2 | 13.1 | |
| December | 0 | 1.9 | 16.3 |
All values in cubic feet per second (cfs).