USGS Streamgage 06879100
Kansas River at Fort Riley, KS
Kansas River at Fort Riley, KS is USGS streamgage 06879100, monitoring river discharge in hydrologic subbasin 10270101. It drains a watershed of about 44,870 square miles. Discharge records at this site go back to 1963. Typical flow runs near 1,925.5 cfs in July and 1,142.4 cfs in April, with the higher of the two arriving in July.
Gauge details
- Drainage area
- 44,870 sq mi
- Gauge elevation
- 1,053 ft
- Subbasin (HUC-8)
- 10270101
- Coordinates
- 39.06166, -96.7664
- USGS site number
- 06879100
- Records begin
- 1963-12-19 (63 years)
Typical flow by month
Long-term daily discharge percentiles from the USGS record (up to 62 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 | 285.8 | 805.1 | 2,774.5 | |
| February | 300.7 | 939 | 3,858.3 | |
| March | 311.8 | 1,097.5 | 5,877.4 | |
| April | 343 | 1,142.4 | 8,119.7 | |
| May | 376.7 | 1,863.2 | 10,978.4 | |
| June | 477.4 | 2,580 | 10,052 | |
| July | 363.2 | 1,925.5 | 8,878.1 | |
| August | 451 | 1,299 | 6,803.2 | |
| September | 358.5 | 1,061.5 | 5,033.7 | |
| October | 320.1 | 735.9 | 5,231.6 | |
| November | 282.3 | 646.6 | 4,904.3 | |
| December | 280 | 945 | 4,410.3 |
All values in cubic feet per second (cfs).