USGS Streamgage 06866900
Saline River near Wakeeney, KS
Saline River near Wakeeney, KS is USGS streamgage 06866900, monitoring river discharge in hydrologic subbasin 10260009. It drains a watershed of about 696 square miles. Discharge records at this site go back to 1950. Typical flow runs near 1 cfs in July and 6.8 cfs in April, with the higher of the two arriving in April.
Gauge details
- Drainage area
- 696 sq mi
- Gauge elevation
- 2,251 ft
- Subbasin (HUC-8)
- 10260009
- Coordinates
- 39.10619, -99.86955
- USGS site number
- 06866900
- Records begin
- 1950-07-01 (76 years)
Typical flow by month
Long-term daily discharge percentiles from the USGS record (up to 71 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 | 2.2 | 13.7 | |
| February | 0 | 4 | 20.1 | |
| March | 0 | 5.9 | 22.8 | |
| April | 0 | 6.8 | 24.7 | |
| May | 0 | 5.1 | 48.1 | |
| June | 0 | 3.3 | 48.6 | |
| July | 0 | 1 | 45.2 | |
| August | 0 | 0.3 | 28.2 | |
| September | 0 | 0.4 | 29.3 | |
| October | 0 | 0.4 | 19.4 | |
| November | 0 | 0.9 | 14.4 | |
| December | 0 | 1.5 | 13.1 |
All values in cubic feet per second (cfs).