USGS Streamgage 06930000
Big Piney River near Big Piney, MO
Big Piney River near Big Piney, MO is USGS streamgage 06930000, monitoring river discharge in hydrologic subbasin 10290202. It drains a watershed of about 560 square miles. Discharge records at this site go back to 1921. Typical flow runs near 198 cfs in July and 571.3 cfs in April, with the higher of the two arriving in April.
Gauge details
- Drainage area
- 560 sq mi
- Gauge elevation
- 818 ft
- Subbasin (HUC-8)
- 10290202
- Coordinates
- 37.66564, -92.04992
- USGS site number
- 06930000
- Records begin
- 1921-10-01 (105 years)
Typical flow by month
Long-term daily discharge percentiles from the USGS record (up to 105 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 | 136.5 | 305.4 | 1,081.8 | |
| February | 156.6 | 375.6 | 1,212.6 | |
| March | 220.3 | 552 | 1,745.2 | |
| April | 230.9 | 571.3 | 2,054.3 | |
| May | 200.2 | 518.8 | 2,049.4 | |
| June | 157.3 | 308.6 | 1,045.5 | |
| July | 116.8 | 198 | 435.6 | |
| August | 105.1 | 164 | 361.6 | |
| September | 100.3 | 161.6 | 415 | |
| October | 109.2 | 166.1 | 425.9 | |
| November | 122.5 | 193.2 | 977.8 | |
| December | 133.4 | 261.1 | 879.7 |
All values in cubic feet per second (cfs).