USGS Streamgage 06891080
Kansas River at Lawrence, KS
Kansas River at Lawrence, KS is USGS streamgage 06891080, monitoring river discharge in hydrologic subbasin 10270104. It drains a watershed of about 58,500 square miles. Discharge records at this site go back to 2012. Typical flow runs near 4,800.3 cfs in July and 1,876 cfs in April, with the higher of the two arriving in July.
Gauge details
- Drainage area
- 58,500 sq mi
- Gauge elevation
- 791 ft
- Subbasin (HUC-8)
- 10270104
- Coordinates
- 38.97328, -95.23211
- USGS site number
- 06891080
- Records begin
- 2012-09-14 (14 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 | 748.8 | 1,954.2 | 11,970.6 | |
| February | 844.1 | 2,225.2 | 7,585.4 | |
| March | 805.4 | 1,691.6 | 10,797.4 | |
| April | 969 | 1,876 | 17,203.7 | |
| May | 1,443.2 | 6,986.5 | 32,000 | |
| June | 1,795.3 | 9,277 | 39,856.7 | |
| July | 1,348.1 | 4,800.3 | 32,783.9 | |
| August | 1,107.5 | 2,286.8 | 23,406.5 | |
| September | 1,011.8 | 1,973.3 | 18,443.3 | |
| October | 902 | 1,420 | 13,184.5 | |
| November | 796.4 | 1,272.3 | 20,023.3 | |
| December | 757.3 | 2,592.6 | 19,154.8 |
All values in cubic feet per second (cfs).