USGS Streamgage 06917000
L Osage River at Fulton, KS
L Osage River at Fulton, KS is USGS streamgage 06917000, monitoring river discharge in hydrologic subbasin 10290103. It drains a watershed of about 314 square miles. Discharge records at this site go back to 1948. Typical flow runs near 13.4 cfs in July and 107.6 cfs in April, with the higher of the two arriving in April.
Gauge details
- Drainage area
- 314 sq mi
- Gauge elevation
- 816 ft
- Subbasin (HUC-8)
- 10290103
- Coordinates
- 38.00892, -94.70413
- USGS site number
- 06917000
- Records begin
- 1948-11-09 (78 years)
Typical flow by month
Long-term daily discharge percentiles from the USGS record (up to 78 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 | 0.5 | 32.8 | 318.5 | |
| February | 1.4 | 59.2 | 454 | |
| March | 2.4 | 101.3 | 784.4 | |
| April | 12.8 | 107.6 | 848.1 | |
| May | 14.7 | 98.8 | 1,189 | |
| June | 5.6 | 66.6 | 894.1 | |
| July | 0.8 | 13.4 | 373.8 | |
| August | 0.1 | 2.8 | 105.9 | |
| September | 0 | 2 | 212.2 | |
| October | 0 | 4.6 | 259.3 | |
| November | 0 | 16 | 358.1 | |
| December | 0.2 | 23.9 | 283.4 |
All values in cubic feet per second (cfs).