USGS Streamgage 06878600
Lyon C near Junction City, KS
Lyon C near Junction City, KS is USGS streamgage 06878600, monitoring river discharge in hydrologic subbasin 10260008. It drains a watershed of about 258 square miles. Discharge records at this site go back to 2003. Typical flow runs near 36.8 cfs in July and 30.8 cfs in April, with the higher of the two arriving in July.
Gauge details
- Drainage area
- 258 sq mi
- Gauge elevation
- 1,073 ft
- Subbasin (HUC-8)
- 10260008
- Coordinates
- 38.94917, -96.85806
- USGS site number
- 06878600
- Records begin
- 2003-09-06 (23 years)
Typical flow by month
Long-term daily discharge percentiles from the USGS record (up to 23 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 | 11.2 | 24.9 | 120.3 | |
| February | 12.6 | 26.5 | 141.9 | |
| March | 13.3 | 25.4 | 319.3 | |
| April | 13.6 | 30.8 | 306 | |
| May | 13.1 | 80 | 1,375.8 | |
| June | 9 | 78.2 | 749.2 | |
| July | 2.9 | 36.8 | 456.7 | |
| August | 3.9 | 30.7 | 695 | |
| September | 6.1 | 21.5 | 161.6 | |
| October | 4.9 | 20.8 | 153.2 | |
| November | 8.4 | 26.1 | 71 | |
| December | 11.1 | 24.6 | 280.2 |
All values in cubic feet per second (cfs).