USGS Streamgage 06892518
Kansas River near Lake Quivira, KS
Kansas River near Lake Quivira, KS is USGS streamgage 06892518, monitoring river discharge in hydrologic subbasin 10270104. It drains a watershed of about 59,985 square miles. Discharge records at this site go back to 2015. Typical flow runs near 6,508.1 cfs in July and 3,455.3 cfs in April, with the higher of the two arriving in July.
Gauge details
- Drainage area
- 59,985 sq mi
- Gauge elevation
- 737 ft
- Subbasin (HUC-8)
- 10270104
- Coordinates
- 39.04611, -94.78944
- USGS site number
- 06892518
- Records begin
- 2015-11-23 (11 years)
Typical flow by month
Long-term daily discharge percentiles from the USGS record (up to 11 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 | 965.7 | 2,820.6 | 13,580.6 | |
| February | 1,378 | 2,858.6 | 9,173.2 | |
| March | 1,166.9 | 2,438.4 | 13,774.5 | |
| April | 1,391.7 | 3,455.3 | 22,651.7 | |
| May | 1,895.2 | 10,746.5 | 43,729 | |
| June | 1,831 | 10,201 | 45,340 | |
| July | 1,504.5 | 6,508.1 | 40,471 | |
| August | 1,274 | 2,621 | 31,725.8 | |
| September | 1,128.3 | 2,518.7 | 24,650 | |
| October | 1,148.1 | 2,137.7 | 16,613.2 | |
| November | 1,017.8 | 1,854 | 23,376.7 | |
| December | 977 | 2,981.6 | 20,651.6 |
All values in cubic feet per second (cfs).