USGS Streamgage 06910800
Marais Des Cygnes River near Reading, KS
Marais Des Cygnes River near Reading, KS is USGS streamgage 06910800, monitoring river discharge in hydrologic subbasin 10290101. It drains a watershed of about 177 square miles. Discharge records at this site go back to 1969. Typical flow runs near 10.3 cfs in July and 47.4 cfs in April, with the higher of the two arriving in April.
Gauge details
- Drainage area
- 177 sq mi
- Gauge elevation
- 1,054 ft
- Subbasin (HUC-8)
- 10290101
- Coordinates
- 38.56696, -95.96166
- USGS site number
- 06910800
- Records begin
- 1969-05-15 (57 years)
Typical flow by month
Long-term daily discharge percentiles from the USGS record (up to 57 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 | 12 | 111.9 | |
| February | 1 | 19.9 | 192.8 | |
| March | 1.9 | 36.2 | 343.6 | |
| April | 3.6 | 47.4 | 380 | |
| May | 5.9 | 50 | 563.6 | |
| June | 3.2 | 30.3 | 419 | |
| July | 0.5 | 10.3 | 144.3 | |
| August | 0 | 3.9 | 54.6 | |
| September | 0 | 2.3 | 73 | |
| October | 0 | 2 | 97.1 | |
| November | 0 | 6.9 | 92.6 | |
| December | 0.2 | 11.4 | 96.1 |
All values in cubic feet per second (cfs).