USGS Streamgage 06911000
Marais Des Cygnes River at Melvern, KS
Marais Des Cygnes River at Melvern, KS is USGS streamgage 06911000, monitoring river discharge in hydrologic subbasin 10290101. It drains a watershed of about 351 square miles. Discharge records at this site go back to 1939. Typical flow runs near 22 cfs in July and 38.8 cfs in April, with the higher of the two arriving in April.
Gauge details
- Drainage area
- 351 sq mi
- Gauge elevation
- 979 ft
- Subbasin (HUC-8)
- 10290101
- Coordinates
- 38.51611, -95.69611
- USGS site number
- 06911000
- Records begin
- 1939-10-01 (87 years)
Typical flow by month
Long-term daily discharge percentiles from the USGS record (up to 87 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 | 30 | 418 | |
| February | 0.2 | 26.6 | 392.7 | |
| March | 0.2 | 33.6 | 474.5 | |
| April | 6.2 | 38.8 | 652.1 | |
| May | 7.5 | 49.4 | 1,092.8 | |
| June | 5 | 59.6 | 1,489.4 | |
| July | 0.9 | 22 | 731 | |
| August | 0 | 19.1 | 195.3 | |
| September | 0 | 19.8 | 302.6 | |
| October | 0 | 21.2 | 347.8 | |
| November | 0 | 21.3 | 196 | |
| December | 0 | 24.3 | 283.1 |
All values in cubic feet per second (cfs).