USGS Streamgage 06856600
Republican River at Clay Center, KS
Republican River at Clay Center, KS is USGS streamgage 06856600, monitoring river discharge in hydrologic subbasin 10250017. It drains a watershed of about 24,542 square miles. Discharge records at this site go back to 1903. Typical flow runs near 591.6 cfs in July and 591.1 cfs in April, with the higher of the two arriving in July.
Gauge details
- Drainage area
- 24,542 sq mi
- Gauge elevation
- 1,176 ft
- Subbasin (HUC-8)
- 10250017
- Coordinates
- 39.35555, -97.12752
- USGS site number
- 06856600
- Records begin
- 1903-05-29 (123 years)
Typical flow by month
Long-term daily discharge percentiles from the USGS record (up to 109 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 | 72.3 | 279.3 | 711.8 | |
| February | 110.6 | 410.8 | 1,207.4 | |
| March | 147.2 | 585.3 | 1,580 | |
| April | 135.5 | 591.1 | 1,986.3 | |
| May | 147 | 707.9 | 3,259.7 | |
| June | 173.6 | 835.5 | 4,667 | |
| July | 150.7 | 591.6 | 3,127.1 | |
| August | 105.6 | 445.4 | 1,997.1 | |
| September | 61.5 | 306.2 | 1,868.3 | |
| October | 47.3 | 219.5 | 1,306.2 | |
| November | 63.4 | 267.8 | 931 | |
| December | 67.4 | 274.3 | 769.9 |
All values in cubic feet per second (cfs).