USGS Streamgage 06891000
Kansas River at Lecompton, KS
Kansas River at Lecompton, KS is USGS streamgage 06891000, monitoring river discharge in hydrologic subbasin 10270104. It drains a watershed of about 58,460 square miles. Discharge records at this site go back to 1891. Typical flow runs near 6,007.1 cfs in July and 3,862.3 cfs in April, with the higher of the two arriving in July.
Gauge details
- Drainage area
- 58,460 sq mi
- Gauge elevation
- 832 ft
- Subbasin (HUC-8)
- 10270104
- Coordinates
- 39.05111, -95.38636
- USGS site number
- 06891000
- Records begin
- 1891-06-01 (135 years)
Typical flow by month
Long-term daily discharge percentiles from the USGS record (up to 90 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 | 737.2 | 2,061 | 6,177.1 | |
| February | 908.2 | 2,551.4 | 9,980.3 | |
| March | 978.6 | 3,417.1 | 16,019 | |
| April | 1,082 | 3,862.3 | 22,776.7 | |
| May | 1,409 | 6,103.2 | 26,454.8 | |
| June | 2,148.7 | 8,724 | 32,953.3 | |
| July | 1,735.8 | 6,007.1 | 24,396.8 | |
| August | 1,219 | 3,406.8 | 15,111.6 | |
| September | 1,043.1 | 2,722 | 14,521.3 | |
| October | 952 | 2,126.8 | 12,379 | |
| November | 777 | 2,021.3 | 9,308 | |
| December | 748.3 | 2,439.4 | 8,443.5 |
All values in cubic feet per second (cfs).