USGS Streamgage 06893820
Little Blue River. at Lees Summit Rd in Independence
Little Blue River. at Lees Summit Rd in Independence is USGS streamgage 06893820, monitoring river discharge in hydrologic subbasin 10300101. It drains a watershed of about 98 square miles. Discharge records at this site go back to 2009. Typical flow runs near 28 cfs in July and 55 cfs in April, with the higher of the two arriving in April.
Gauge details
- Drainage area
- 98 sq mi
- Gauge elevation
- 762 ft
- Subbasin (HUC-8)
- 10300101
- Coordinates
- 39.01736, -94.38728
- USGS site number
- 06893820
- Records begin
- 2009-10-07 (17 years)
Typical flow by month
Long-term daily discharge percentiles from the USGS record (up to 17 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 | 7 | 17.1 | 173.4 | |
| February | 8.8 | 26.6 | 146.5 | |
| March | 12.8 | 50.1 | 298.9 | |
| April | 16.1 | 55 | 377.7 | |
| May | 13 | 98.4 | 814.8 | |
| June | 10.1 | 42.7 | 643.5 | |
| July | 6.4 | 28 | 524 | |
| August | 6.2 | 17.6 | 360 | |
| September | 5.4 | 16.3 | 187.4 | |
| October | 4.7 | 14.2 | 233 | |
| November | 8 | 16.9 | 133.4 | |
| December | 6.1 | 14.8 | 193.9 |
All values in cubic feet per second (cfs).