USGS Streamgage 06868850
Saline River at Lincoln, KS
Saline River at Lincoln, KS is USGS streamgage 06868850, monitoring river discharge in hydrologic subbasin 10260010. It drains a watershed of about 2,550 square miles. Discharge records at this site go back to 2011. Typical flow runs near 40.4 cfs in July and 30.6 cfs in April, with the higher of the two arriving in July.
Gauge details
- Drainage area
- 2,550 sq mi
- Gauge elevation
- 1,371 ft
- Subbasin (HUC-8)
- 10260010
- Coordinates
- 39.02832, -98.15017
- USGS site number
- 06868850
- Records begin
- 2011-01-01 (15 years)
Typical flow by month
Long-term daily discharge percentiles from the USGS record (up to 14 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 | 10.5 | 17.1 | 496.1 | |
| February | 11.1 | 19.2 | 331.7 | |
| March | 10.8 | 18 | 681.5 | |
| April | 15 | 30.6 | 372.4 | |
| May | 17.4 | 43.5 | 1,385.8 | |
| June | 16.7 | 76.1 | 951.1 | |
| July | 13.5 | 40.4 | 627.3 | |
| August | 13 | 31.4 | 866.1 | |
| September | 10.8 | 24.2 | 1,097.5 | |
| October | 6 | 16 | 684.4 | |
| November | 6.4 | 16.6 | 252.4 | |
| December | 8.9 | 15.9 | 589 |
All values in cubic feet per second (cfs).