USGS Streamgage 06893620
Rock Creek at Kentucky Road in Independence, MO
Rock Creek at Kentucky Road in Independence, MO is USGS streamgage 06893620, monitoring river discharge in hydrologic subbasin 10300101. It drains a watershed of about 10 square miles. Discharge records at this site go back to 2005. Typical flow runs near 2.1 cfs in July and 3.8 cfs in April, with the higher of the two arriving in April.
Gauge details
- Drainage area
- 10 sq mi
- Gauge elevation
- 744 ft
- Subbasin (HUC-8)
- 10300101
- Coordinates
- 39.11194, -94.47222
- USGS site number
- 06893620
- Records begin
- 2005-07-08 (21 years)
Typical flow by month
Long-term daily discharge percentiles from the USGS record (up to 20 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 | 1.5 | 8 | |
| February | 0.6 | 2 | 8.1 | |
| March | 0.9 | 3.4 | 17.7 | |
| April | 1.1 | 3.8 | 27.6 | |
| May | 1.4 | 5.3 | 41.2 | |
| June | 0.7 | 3.7 | 24.2 | |
| July | 0.4 | 2.1 | 30.7 | |
| August | 0.3 | 1.3 | 27.6 | |
| September | 0.3 | 1.4 | 18.2 | |
| October | 0.3 | 1.1 | 14.8 | |
| November | 0.5 | 1.1 | 9.3 | |
| December | 0.5 | 1.4 | 8.8 |
All values in cubic feet per second (cfs).
Other gauges in this subbasin
- Cedar Creek near Lee's Summit, MO
- Little Blue River. at Lees Summit Rd in Independence
- Adair Creek at Independence, MO
- Crackerneck Creek at Selsa Rd. in Independence, MO
- Spring Branch Creek at Holke Rd in Independence, MO
- Little Blue River near Lake City, MO
- Fishing River above Mosby, MO
- Missouri River at Napoleon, MO