USGS Streamgage 06893000
Missouri River at Kansas City, MO
Missouri River at Kansas City, MO is USGS streamgage 06893000, monitoring river discharge in hydrologic subbasin 10300101. It drains a watershed of about 484,100 square miles. Discharge records at this site go back to 1844. Typical flow runs near 59,980.6 cfs in July and 54,893.3 cfs in April, with the higher of the two arriving in July.
Gauge details
- Drainage area
- 484,100 sq mi
- Gauge elevation
- 723 ft
- Subbasin (HUC-8)
- 10300101
- Coordinates
- 39.11172, -94.58814
- USGS site number
- 06893000
- Records begin
- 1844-06-16 (182 years)
Typical flow by month
Long-term daily discharge percentiles from the USGS record (up to 69 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 | 16,554.8 | 27,519.4 | 49,103.2 | |
| February | 20,906.9 | 33,317.2 | 65,024.1 | |
| March | 26,335.5 | 46,654.8 | 100,435.5 | |
| April | 38,216.7 | 54,893.3 | 120,566.7 | |
| May | 40,671 | 65,271 | 125,806.5 | |
| June | 42,666.7 | 72,313.3 | 140,733.3 | |
| July | 39,271 | 59,980.6 | 117,416.1 | |
| August | 36,854.8 | 49,890.3 | 88,077.4 | |
| September | 37,093.3 | 48,063.3 | 94,560 | |
| October | 36,167.7 | 47,422.6 | 86,396.8 | |
| November | 24,673.3 | 45,856.7 | 82,896.7 | |
| December | 19,048.4 | 31,851.6 | 64,500 |
All values in cubic feet per second (cfs).